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Through Rain, Sleet and Driving Snow - Our Army of BABY THINK IT OVER Volunteers Came Through!
The Baby Think It Over (BTIO) program had a very successful school year. The infant simulators were in ten schools and 789 students had the RealCare Baby experience. The majority of time, fifty to sixty babies were distributed weekly to schools across Saginaw County. Our volunteers played a vital role in the success of this program.
On Fridays the infant simulators were delivered to the classroom. Getting sixty plus babies assigned to sixty plus students before the bell rang was a hair-raising process. Andra Stackhouse came in every Friday at different times depending on the school scheduled and helped load the babies into the van. Andra learned the distribution process quickly. This made the process less time consuming and hectic for the teachers, students and Vera.
First thing every Monday morning at or before seven A.M. the babies must be picked up. No matter how early we had to leave the CAN Council Michelle Wright would come along to assist. Michelle was a great asset to the BTIO team. She even suggested and helped implement a new process to make pick up day a lot easier.
Once the infants are returned they have to be undressed, washed, all the clothes must be laundered and then re-dressed before Friday’s drop off. In addition, EVERY baby must go through a detailed diagnostic test to ensure that it is working properly for the next class. Preparing the sixty three infant simulators for a new class every week is very labor intensive and time consuming. There were two teams of ladies that became pros at the procedure.
Monday’s team, Kim Sujkowski and Wendy Rhodes conducted the tedious diagnostic testing and washed every baby that went out the previous weekend. On Tuesday’s CAN Board member Gail Schnarstein and active volunteer Jan Dise would dress the babies and make sure all the proper materials were in the box and ready to go before Friday.
Another amazing improvement that was made to the program was a custom shelving system for the infant simulators designed and built by Vic Davila. The simulators have to be plugged into outlets to be recharged for several days. Vic designed custom storing and charging system for the sixty-three infant simulators. This shelving system allowed the babies charging cords to be positioned directly in front of the babies. This eliminated the nightmare of untangling numerous cords for more than sixty simulators every week.
With their generous gift of time and talent, the BTIO volunteers improved the Baby Think It Over program and made it more successful and allowed us to reach even more students in Saginaw County. If you would like more information about this program please contact Vera Harrison at 989.752.7226.
Our CASA program is honored to announce that we have been awarded two grants from the National CASA Association for Expansion and Capacity Building.
The first order of business is to hire a full-time CASA Volunteer Supervisor. If you are you have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Criminal Justice or related studies and/or have a minimum of 3 years of work related experience. If you are knowledgeable about our child welfare system and believe that you can make a difference in their lives, read on! After you review the job description, please send your resume to 1311 N. Michigan Saginaw, MI 48602 or email it to rroberts@cancouncil.org The deadline for submission is June 21st at 4pm.
We Need You!
There are many Events and Activities for Summer 2010 that will be utilizing our CAN volunteers. We have the best volunteers and look forward to seeing you this summer. CAN Volunteers must go through an application, screening, orientation and approval process. The Volunteer Page contains volunteer job descriptions and you can down load an application.
April CAN Talk NewsletterThis newsletter is chock full of news from the CAN Council. You will find articles on:
Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities including a Family Activity Calendar for the month of April
Re-accreditation of CAC and CASA
Junior League gives CAN Council a makeover (we love it!)
and much much more. Take a peek!
Child Abuse Prevention Month is April! Sign your school, church or organization up for activities and events in April to bring awareness to prevent child abuse and neglect in Saginaw. For more information call Catherine or Ellen (989) 752-7226.
Your organization could:
q Simply plant a “Pinwheels for Prevention Garden” at your organization’s location. For information call Catherine or Ellen (989) 752-7226.
q Create a display, poster or place excerpts in your organization’s announcements, newsletters or bulletins. CAN Council Saginaw Materials and online resources:
q Distribute Parent Information Handouts at your church or school. The following links have some very useful parent handouts:
q Organize a collection drive “Fill a Van for CAN” Wishlist for the month of April. Items are delivered on Sunday April 25th for “Fill a Van for CAN” (or items can be dropped off during business hours).
q Get your own Pinwheel! Look for local Credit Unions and McDonalds who are will be selling Pinwheels or Blue Ribbon Cards for $1 throughout the month of April. Parent Information and prevention material will be distributed.
q Please join us for a CAP Month event (click here for more details)
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Gloria Novak, CASA Supervisor and Randy Roberts, CASA Director hold the National CASA re-accreditation certificate. |
Laura Cosier, Care Coordinator; |
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The Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) and the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) programs of the CAN Council Saginaw County have both received re-accreditation from their respective national accreditation agencies, National Children’s Alliance and the National CASA Association. These national accrediting agencies have many standards that these agencies have to meet in order to achieve and maintain their accredited status. Congratulations CAC and CASA! |
It is with tremendous enthusiasm and pride that we announce our 2010 Child Advocates of the Year: Ted and Ruth Braun. With a long history of working to improve the lives of children, the Braun’s are involved in the work of several agencies: Salvation Army, United Way, Saginaw Community Foundation and Saginaw Valley State University, to name a few. They were selected among nominations from the Board of Directors.
Pictured here, Ted and Ruth Braun can’t stop smiling following the news that they had been selected for this special award. The Braun’s will be honored during our 17th Annual Mardi Gras Auction on Thursday, February 25th held at Apple Mountain Resort. You can join in the celebration by purchasing your tickets or become a sponsor here on our website.
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After the many emails to keep you all up-to-date on our Saginaw Community Foundation Endowment Challenge, I am excited to tell you that we, along with additional generous donors, made it possible to surpass our goal by today!
As of today, the investments brought to the Saginaw Community Foundation for the CAN Council was:
$26,866.27
Thank you all so much for your generosity and the time you spent to make this happen! A special thank you to the hardworking fund development team inspired by Tammy Bernier and Delores Gale! I am extremely proud to lead an organization whose supporters truly put their money where their heart is!
With my heartfelt gratitude for each of you,
Suzanne Greenberg
President/CEO
