Empowering Young Minds: The Strong Start Program and the Right to Read
Please click here to read the article Empowering Young Minds: The Strong Start Program and the Right to Read, in Global Heroes, featuring Strong Start’s impact.
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Strong Start Celebrates Enhancements to their Volunteer Experience Thanks to $101,400 OTF Grant
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Strong Start Celebrates Enhancements to their Volunteer Experience Thanks to $101,400 OTF Grant Waterloo, ON – On Wednesday, the team at Strong Start Charitable Organization had the pleasure of … Continued
Strong Start 1 of 40 local charitable organizations to receive grants through Waterloo Region Community Foundation
Please read this media release from the Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF) that highlights the grant Strong Start received for its Get Ready for School program. Strong Start is very grateful for the support of the … Continued
Inclusive Education for All – Strong Start receives London Community Foundation’s 2023 Community Vitality Grant for $65,000 over two years
Please read this story from the London Community Foundation’s website featuring Strong Start’s work to enhance program materials from an equity, diversity and inclusion perspective. Strong Start is very grateful for the support of the … Continued
Strong Start Wins 2022 Diamond Award – Waterloo Region Record Readers’ Choice
This past July, Strong Start was very humbled to be nominated as one of the top ten charities in the 2022 Waterloo Region Record Readers’ Choice Awards, for the third year in a row. Today, … Continued
Extra literacy programs help fill learning lag left by COVID-19
Extra literacy programs help fill learning lag left by COVID-19 CBC News, May 4, 2022 Strong Start and Levelled Literacy are a boost to kids still new to in-person learning Learning to read can pose … Continued
Strong Start receives $1 million grant from 2021 TD Ready Challenge Copy
The 2021 TD Ready Challenge will support Strong Start to address predicted learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic WATERLOO, January 26, 2022 – Strong Start has been named one of the 15 … Continued
Waterloo-based childhood literacy charity gets $1M grant
Three-year funding boost will expand Strong Start’s early literacy program to help more children whose learning was disrupted by pandemic restrictions By Johanna Weidner Record Reporter Tue., Feb. 15, 2022 WATERLOO — A Waterloo-based charity … Continued
CHANGE Lifestyle & Apparel
When you visit St. Jacob’s shop, Change Lifestyle and Apparel, you are welcomed as a friend, treated with a hospitality so often missing from the modern retail experience. The store is the vision of local … Continued
Strong Start adapts online and in-person programs with OTF grant’s support to address the learning disparity in Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario. Strong Start is excited to announce they are the recipient of a $96,600 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, as part of the Resilient Communities Fund. Investment will contribute to Strong Start’s ability … Continued