April Meeting Highlights:
Here are some resources and summaries of conversations from today's meeting of Chester's Mentoring Initiative:
Chester Upland School District Family Summit (Sat, April 17 9-2 at Chester High: fun activities and free food)
Drug-Free Communities Town Hall: Mental Health Matters in the Midst of a Pandemic (April 22)
https://delcolibraries.libcal.com/event/7629617
Free Pre-k to 8th grade Healthy Kids Running program (5 Sundays starting this weekend)
https://fe-en.mls-phi-prd.deltatre.digital/news/healthy-kids-running-to-be-held-at-subaru-park
April is our designated Chester letter-writing campaign month! Please share this link with families to communicate to political leaders a vision for Chester's future.
Brighten the lives of children affected by addiction. Order a free art kit and care package at https://shevlinfamilyfoundation.org/community-engagement
To list your summer programming plans in the Chester Education Foundation calendar, email maggieburns516@gmail.com
Chester Upland Youth Soccer has created a very short survey for families to share their concerns about their children’s level of physical activity during the pandemic. Please feel free to share it and let us know if you want to have the results for your grant applications or other purposes: https://forms.gle/1ynTVjpc6gv6FJwR6
Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems has grants for prevention education programming. Details at https://chimes.org/services/behavioral-health/prevention-and-education-programs/delaware-county-prevention-services/
Our main speaker today was the energetic and bright Tina Jackson, who hopes we all can be CHIP ambassadors to the families we serve. CHIP insurance is available for children under 19 at almost all income levels, and covers braces, behavioral services, YMCA membership and other valuable services for no or little cost. You can access the materials at https://cuys.org/mentoring (just below the photo on the left side.) Tina at TLJackson@hpplans.com can also give you more materials and any further information.