Communities for Kids Steering Committee
The Communities for Kids (CFK)
Steering
Committee is
responsible for
setting the
organization’s
strategic
direction,
guiding the work
of the Community
Team and other
contractors, and
securing and
administering
funding that support the work of CFK. The Committee meets monthly to conduct its business, and the Executive provides additional direction to the Community Team in the interim.
Priority
Projects 2009 - 2010
- 2010
Strategic
Plan
implementation:
System of
Care
planning and
implementation
- Success
by 6®
community
project
funding
-
6th
Annual
Parenting
Conference
-
Engaging
local
governments,
community
groups,
businesses,
etc.
Steering
Committee
Meeting Minutes
Please email
Lynn Cook
for previous minutes
Key Documents
Steering Committee Membership
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Tanya
Behardien
Executive Committee
Co-Chair
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Penticton
and
District
Community
Resources
Society
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Website
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Jim
Insley
Executive
Committee
Co-Chair
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Assistant
Superintendent,
School
District
53
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Website
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Susan Brown
Executive Committee
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Community Manager, Prevention,
Interior Health
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Website
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Corinne
Valleau
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Child Care Resources & Referral
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Website
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Naomi
Luddington
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Literacy
Now
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Website
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Brochure |
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Tracy
St.
Claire
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United
Way
|
Website
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Brochure |
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Judy
Sentes
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Executive Director, OSNS Child Development Center
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Website
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James
MacNamara
Executive Committee
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Ministry of Children and Family Development
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Website
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Christine
Davidson
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Interior Health |
Website
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Theresa
Swift
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Parent,
Oliver
Table
Member |
Email |
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Christine
Schwarz |
HUB
Coordinator,
Penticton
and
District
Community
Resources
Society |
Website |
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Jen
Anderson
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Boys and Girls Clubs |
Website |
Brochure |
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City of Penticton Parks and Recreation |
Website |
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Frances
Monro
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Senior
Speech
Language
Pathologist,
Prevention,
Interior
Health |
Website |
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Wendy
Hyer
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Superintendent,
School
District
67
(Okanagan/Skaha) |
Website |
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Projects
Since 2007,
Communities for
Kids, with funding
from Success By 6®,
has supported many
diverse projects
that enhance early
childhood
development in the
South Okanagan
Similkameen.
The following is a
list of those
projects.
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Communities
for
Kids/Success
By 6 |
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Funded
Projects in
the South
Okanagan-Similkameen
from 2007 to
2010 |
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Communities |
CFK/SB6
Funding
Provided |
Leveraged
Funds* |
Total |
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Hedley |
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Woodlie Park
Playground |
$
20,000.00
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$
2,500.00
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$
22,500.00
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Keremeos |
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Pine Park
Playground |
$
18,850.00
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$
6,020.00
|
$
24,870.00
|
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Family
Centre
Awning |
$
507.99 |
$
300.00 |
$
807.99 |
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Okanagan
Falls |
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Tumble
Bumble
Resources |
$
1,037.64
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$
2,876.00
|
$
3,913.64
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Recreation
Department
Equipment |
$
778.81 |
|
$
778.81 |
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OK Falls
Elementary
School
Playground
Equipment |
$
1,000.00
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$
45,000.00
|
$
46,000.00
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Oliver |
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Oliver
Family
Transportation
Initiative |
$
12,000.00
|
$
2,784.00
|
$
14,784.00
|
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Recreation
Department
Equipment |
$
1,200.00
|
$
7,664.75
|
$
8,864.75
|
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Mother Goose
Program |
$
2,753.00
|
$
920.00 |
$
3,673.00
|
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Mother Goose
Program 2 |
$
5,567.39
|
$
3,180.00
|
$
8,747.39 |
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Family Fair
with Heart
2010 |
$
1,950.00
|
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$
1,950.00
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Osoyoos |
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Parenting
Panel
Discussions |
$
1,000.00
|
$
1,685.00
|
$
2,685.00
|
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Community
Kitchen and
Garden
Project |
$
1,200.00
|
$
45,960.00
|
$
47,160.00
|
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Ages and
Stages:
Understanding
Your Child |
$
8,900.00
|
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$
8,900.00
|
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Osoyoos
Indian Band |
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Community
Park
Revitalization |
$
10,000.00
|
$
97,650.00
|
$
107,650.00
|
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Penticton |
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Community
Action Plan
for Children
(CAP-C)
Equipment |
$
1,015.00
|
$
756.70 |
$
1,771.70
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Support
Group for
Families of
Children
with
Disabilities |
$
1,400.00
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$
1,400.00
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After School
Program
Washroom
Renovation |
$
10,000.00
|
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$
10,000.00
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Princeton |
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Family
Centre |
$
20,000.00
|
$
26,600.00
|
$
46,600.00
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Cooking
Wisely
Program |
$
2,665.60 |
$
185.00 |
$
2,850.60
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Community
Garden |
$
20,000.00
|
$
42,530.00
|
$
62,530.00
|
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Summerland |
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Telephone
Directory
Public
Awareness
Resource |
$
196.76 |
|
$
196.76 |
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Strollers
for
Penticton
CCRR |
$
2,010.73
|
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$
2,010.73
|
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Regional
Projects |
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Cities Fit
For Children
Conference |
$
300.00 |
|
$
300.00 |
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Fetal
Alcohol
Spectrum
Disorder
Workshops |
$
6,853.83
|
$
1,425.00
|
$
8,278.83
|
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CFK Annual
Parenting
Conference
(2008,2009) |
$
4,990.75
|
$
1,920.00
|
$
6,910.75
|
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Neurodevelopment
Training
Series |
$
1,969.21
|
$
500.00 |
$
2,469.21
|
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Early
Learning
Network
Event
(Rejuvenate) |
$
1,500.00
|
|
$
1,500.00
|
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Prenatal
Webpage |
$
896.00 |
|
$
896.00 |
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Public
Education &
Awareness |
$
9,104.92
|
|
$
9,104.92
|
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Rejuvenate
2010: An
Early Years
Networking
Event |
$
945.00
|
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$
945.00
|
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CFK Annual
Parenting
Conference
(2010) |
$
7,500.00
|
$
1,700.00
|
$
9,200.00
|
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Aboriginal
Projects |
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Ullus
Naqsilt 2007 |
$
47,606.50 |
$
8,362.04
|
$
55,968.54
|
|
Ullus
Naqsilt 2008 |
$
43,334.00 |
$
19,744.00
|
$
63,078.00
|
|
Ullus
Naqsilt 2009 |
$
43,334.00 |
$
9,330.04
|
$
52,664.00
|
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Ullus
Naqsilt 2010 |
$
43,334.00 |
|
$
43,334.00
|
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Totals |
$
355,701.13
|
$
327,892.49
|
$
683,593.62
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* Leveraged
Funds are
other funds
committed to
the project
by community
partners:
typically
received by |
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using
Success By 6
funds as
seed money. |
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