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What is Success By 6®

Success By 6® is a province-wide early childhood development initiative working to support the healthy development of children from conception to age 6. (See the provincial Success By 6® website.)  Success By 6 ® is prevention-focused, research-informed and community-based. Its vision is a community where all children are valued, respected, nurtured, loved, and given the opportunity to develop to their full potential as creative, caring, competent, and responsible adults.  

In the South Okanagan-Similkameen, Success By 6® is a member of the Communities for Kids (CFK) early childhood development (ECD) coalition. Success By 6® works in partnership with CFK  to achieve the coalition’s vision, mission and goals.  

What does Success By 6® do?

Success By 6® builds and enhances community by engaging all citizens in support of ECD, and funding programs that strengthen services for young children and their families. This means bringing together all community stakeholders to identify a community’s ECD needs, and then develop and implement a plan to meet those needs. 

Success By 6® funded projects in the South Okanagan-Similkameen

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.

                                                       Communities for Kids/Success By 6   
                    Funded Projects in the South Okanagan-Similkameen from 2007 to 2010 
Communities  CFK/SB6 Funding Provided    Leveraged Funds*   Total 
Hedley      
Woodlie Park Playground  $           20,000.00  $           2,500.00  $      22,500.00
       
Keremeos      
Pine Park Playground  $           18,850.00  $           6,020.00  $      24,870.00
Family Centre Awning  $               507.99  $             300.00  $          807.99
       
Okanagan Falls      
Tumble Bumble Resources  $            1,037.64  $           2,876.00  $        3,913.64
Recreation Department Equipment  $               778.81    $          778.81
OK Falls Elementary School Playground Equipment  $            1,000.00  $         45,000.00  $      46,000.00
       
Oliver      
Oliver Family Transportation Initiative  $           12,000.00  $           2,784.00  $      14,784.00
Recreation Department Equipment  $            1,200.00  $           7,664.75  $        8,864.75
Mother Goose Program  $            2,753.00  $             920.00  $        3,673.00
Mother Goose Program 2  $            5,567.39  $           3,180.00  $        8,747.39
Family Fair with Heart 2010  $            1,950.00    $        1,950.00
       
Osoyoos      
Parenting Panel Discussions  $            1,000.00  $           1,685.00  $        2,685.00
Community Kitchen and Garden Project  $            1,200.00  $         45,960.00  $      47,160.00
Ages and Stages: Understanding Your Child  $            8,900.00    $        8,900.00
       
Osoyoos Indian Band      
Community Park Revitalization  $           10,000.00  $         97,650.00  $    107,650.00
       
Penticton      
Community Action Plan for Children (CAP-C) Equipment   $            1,015.00  $             756.70  $        1,771.70
Support Group for Families of Children with Disabilities  $            1,400.00    $        1,400.00
After School Program Washroom Renovation  $           10,000.00    $      10,000.00
       
Princeton      
Family Centre  $           20,000.00  $         26,600.00  $      46,600.00
Cooking Wisely Program  $            2,665.60  $             185.00  $        2,850.60
Community Garden  $           20,000.00  $         42,530.00  $      62,530.00
       
Summerland      
Telephone Directory Public Awareness Resource  $               196.76    $          196.76
Strollers for Penticton CCRR  $            2,010.73    $        2,010.73
       
Regional Projects      
Cities Fit For Children Conference  $               300.00    $          300.00
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Workshops  $            6,853.83  $           1,425.00  $        8,278.83
CFK Annual Parenting Conference (2008,2009)  $            4,990.75  $           1,920.00  $        6,910.75
Neurodevelopment Training Series  $            1,969.21  $             500.00  $        2,469.21
Early Learning Network Event (Rejuvenate)  $            1,500.00    $        1,500.00
Prenatal Webpage  $               896.00    $          896.00
Public Education & Awareness   $            9,104.92    $        9,104.92
Rejuvenate 2010: An Early Years Networking Event  $              945.00    $          945.00
CFK Annual Parenting Conference (2010)  $            7,500.00  $           1,700.00  $        9,200.00
     
Aboriginal Projects      
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   
Ullus Naqsilt 2010 $           43,334.00   $       43,334.00   
               
     
Totals  $         355,701.13  $       327,892.49  $    683,593.62    
     
* Leveraged Funds are other funds committed to the project by community partners: typically received by
using Success By 6 funds as seed money.      

 

Aboriginal Engagement: Ullus Naqsilt Project

In 2006, Success By 6® began a consultation process with the four First Nations in our region (the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Penticton Indian Band, and Osoyoos Indian Band), and Penticton's urban Aboriginal agency, the Ooknakane Friendship Center.

Our goal was to establish a working relationship with Aboriginal community members to discuss the importance of ECD, and how Success By 6® can work with the Aboriginal communities to support their ECD needs.

The result of this consultation was the establishment of the Ullus Naqsilt project in 2007-08.  The broad goal of the Ullus Naqsilt (meaning Gathering Family) project is to support the physical, mental, spiritual and cultural health and development of children aged 0-6yrs and their families. Each of the five communities develops and delivers an Ullus Naqsilt program that supports the broad goal of Ullus, but that is suited to the particular needs of their community members. Since 2007-08, Success by 6 has provided approximately $44,000 annually to support the Ullus Naqsilt program. With the provision of the 2010-11 project year funding we have contributed over $177,000 to help enhance ECD in our region's Aboriginal communities.  If you would like more information on this exciting project please contact the Success By 6® Project Coordinator, Blair Lischeron.

 

Success By 6 ® Fundraising

One way that Success By 6® helps communities support their ECD needs is by raising funds in communities to meet those needs. When community members, businesses and other organizations donate to Success By 6® to support their community’s ECD needs, those funds stay in that community.

You can make a donation to support children in your community by going to the  provincial Success By 6® website. See the Donations page on this website for more information.

Success By 6® Partners

The Success By 6® South Okanagan-Similkameen Partners are:

  • Interior Savings Credit Union,
  • Summerland and District Credit Union,
  • Osoyoos Credit Union
  • Valley First Credit Union,
  • United Way of the Central and South Okanagan-Similkameen, and
  • Government of B.C., Ministry of Children and Family Development

 

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