General news and announcements
On Sunday, January 25th, Conestoga Mall was flooded with children and families looking to celebrate the 17th annual Family Literacy Day in style. The event offered fun and engaging activities for children of all ages, … Continued
This year the Accelerator Centre has been fast-tracking early literacy as well as technology startups. While best known for building successful companies by offering entrepreneurs in-house mentorship, office space and access to funding, this year … Continued
What started as a simple tweet, quickly turned into something bigger, much bigger. #WRTalk, managed by Mallory Manchur, is a hashtag used every Wednesday evening by individuals in Waterloo Region to network with local businesses … Continued
The Brantford Blast home opener was also a celebration for Strong Start to reading!
Relationships with school boards and schools are crucial to the success of our Letters, Sounds and Words program. We are honoured and thrilled to have been the recipient of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board’s … Continued
Recently, Strong Start made the move to join social media – and we’re glad we did! Throughout March and April, Strong Start was nominated through a social media campaign for the KW Non-Profit Innovation Grant … Continued
The 2013 Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Dream Home was a “sell out” success thanks to an incredibly generous community! The home, located in prestigious Deer Ridge, was built with quality and exceptional design and dressed to … Continued
A Blooming Affair Fashion Show, one of KW Oktoberfest’s feature events, celebrated 40 chic years. This year’s stylish event helped ‘outfit’ Strong Start with proceeds from the raffle going to support our early literacy programs. … Continued
Our thanks to Peter Ham and the members of the Brantford Blast hockey organization for welcoming the local Strong Start family to the Brantford Civic Centre for the game on January 3rd! Prior to the … Continued
By Ashley Csanady, KW Record WATERLOO REGION — Children’s literacy is getting a boost locally. On Wednesday evening, Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region selected Strong Start, a local children’s literacy not-for-profit organization, as its first … Continued
