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Salina Area United
Way
P.O. Box 355
Salina, KS 67402-0355
(785) 827-1312
Archived Success Stories
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Nurturing Children
& Youth
A room full of laughing smiling
children probably aren't aware that they are learning better use of the English
language and being prepared for kindergarten. The tutoring program is
made possible through Success By 6 grants from Bank of America and Salina
Regional Health Foundation's Community Health Investment Program.
Volunteers at Catholic
Charities offer tutoring to Hispanic children so they can improve their English
language skills and prepare to enter kindergarten.
While the children are
practicing their alphabet, counting the reviewing their shapes and colors,
their parents are taking parenting classes in the same building from either
Parents as Teacher or CAPS (Child Abuse Prevention Services).
The tutoring
program is held every Tuesday and has steadily grown from three children to
an average of 18 children. Maribel Panuco, the director of the program
is very pleased with the growth and said that you can already see a difference
in the children. "The children look forward to coming and are not as
shy as they were when we started." said Panuco.
| A volunteer helps
a child with a worksheet that will help improve his English language skills. |
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