Our mission is to help children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. We do this by providing after school and summer programs which emphasize literacy and community involvement and use the talents of teachers, volunteer tutors, adult caregivers and a variety of local support services.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

GECRC Weekly Up-date

Benefit Recital
You are all welcome to join us in attending a Benefit Recital featuring Phoebe Benich, one of Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center (GECRC) amazing volunteers! On Friday, May 22nd at 7:30pm Phoebe will perform works by Bach, Paganini, Mendelssohn Vivaldi and Dvorak. Held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on 393 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn all are welcome to attend! Donation will be accepted to benefit GECRC. We look forward to seeing you there!


GECRC Open House
Children served by the Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center and their parents, as well as program members and volunteers, are invited to an Open House to celebrate the conclusion of the 2008-9 school year. The event will take place on Friday, May 29, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at Wheaton Church of the Resurrection, 1825 College Ave., Wheaton.

The event will feature story-telling from the kids, short skits and choir performances by the students, as well as presentations of school projects from the academic year. Our first ever Volunteer of the Year award will be given presented this evening as well! Guests are asked to bring a dish to share for dinner.

Registration for the summer camp program will also be available. Guests should R.S.V.P. with the Jessica Rozga at 630-899-9919.


English Language Learners Class needs YOUR Help!
We would first like to congratulate Rebekah Fisher, our English Language Learner facilitator on her Masters of English Language Learning! What a great accomplish and we're so pleased to have her continue offering her valuable teaching skills for us throughout our summer program.

June 1st - June 5th, Rebekah will celebrate this great accomplishment with a week off and GECRC needs your help! If you are available to volunteer an additional afternoon that week we would greatly appreciate your time and energy in filling the gap. Rebekah has prepared lesson plans for each day of the week and it's sure to be a great time of learning! If you have time to offer or any questions about what that week may look like please feel free to contact myself (director@gecrc.org) or Rebekah (renoelck@gmail.com).


GECRC - Still looking for AMAZING Summer Volunteers like YOU!
As our summer program attendance continues to increase, so does GECRC's need for phenomenal volunteers like yourself! As we have previously shared - You, GECRC volunteers, make the difference! It's your presence that keeps the kids of GECRC excited about learning. It's the efforts you show, the work that you do, the care that you demonstrate that draws these kids into active engagement with both the written and spoken word.

Please, consider volunteering for the summer program today! Our summer literacy and life-skills summer program will be held June 22nd - July 24th, Mon. - Fri. from 9:00am - 2:30pm. You're welcome to volunteer for an entire day each week or one (or more!) morning (9:00 - 11:30am) or afternoon (11:30 - 2:30pm) session per week. At this time, the days we are in most need are Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

If you or a friend are interested, please contact Jessica Rozga at 630.899.9919 or director@gecrc.org for more information! The summer just won't be the same without you!


Spring Cleaning?
If you're finding yourself spring cleaning with a pile of school supplies and no where to go - consider donating to GECRC today! As we prepare for the summer program and the school year ahead we are looking to gather the following items:
- gently used backpacks
- rulers
- computer paper (8.5 x 11)
- construction paper
- markers
- notebook paper
- pencils and pencil sharpeners
- gently used books of all reading levels (for our summer library!)
- tape players
- CD players
- headphones
- card stock
- educational games
- non-perishable healthy snacks (for our summer program morning snack)

Donations can be dropped off at Lincoln Elementary School or arranged for pick up by calling 630.899.9919.


Please take note: There will be no GECRC on Friday, May22nd (SIP day) or May 25th (Memorial Day). We will resume afterschool programming on Tuesday, May 26th.
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