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County-wide Listening Tour Planned

The Children's Trust of Alachua County is planning a listening tour of the county where they will hear from county residents about the mission and plans for the Trust. The Listening Tour will go to each municipality to hear what is on the families' minds about their children's needs.

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The Trust in the Community 

Here are just some of our visits as reported on Twitter. Follow us to keep up to date. Twitter: https://twitter.com/childrenalachua

Empowerment Leadership Camp

It’s Summertime and members of our team were excited to check-in on one of our funded providers, Empowerment Leadership Camp at Cone Park. Great to see our providers working with our youth to instill leadership skills early on. #skills #empower#youth #summer pic.twitter.com/XGlRk9X8IQ

Camp Just for Us

Shout out to the kiddos & staff at “Camp Just For Us.” Our team visited the camp and enjoyed seeing all the kids enjoying the activities. It’s great that kids have opportunities to learn & play in a safe environment. pic.twitter.com/syv1C3wUwK

5th Ave Neighborhood Association

Happy to host The 5th Ave Neighborhood Association. Great to be part of the neighborhood meeting and to hear from residents. Thanks LT. Scott, Sgt. Lormil & Mr. Traywick, Crime Prevention for providing updates from @GainesvillePD.

We look forward to being part of the association. pic.twitter.com/E4OJqczrk0

4th Annual Aviation Academy

Kudos to @100BlackMen of Greater Gainesville GNV for hosting 4th Annual Aviation Academy. We were thrilled to sponsor this year’s event. Great speakers on Day 1 greetings by Kristy Goldwire, & Day 2, lots of flying. How exciting to expose our youth to aviation. pic.twitter.com/Pldgycx2ka

In the Media

• Children’s Trust Plans County-wide Listening Tour - June 17, 2022
• Alachua County taxable property values see annual jump of 9.4% in new estimates – June 14, 2022
• Newberry's Opioid Task Force partners with the city of Archer - WCJB - June 14, 2022
• Camp to focus on leadership – June 10, 2022

Trust Board Member Cornell Elected to the Florida Association of Counties Board of Directors

Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell was elected to the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Board of Directors at the Association’s Annual Conference and Educational Exhibit on July 1st.  Learn more from Alachua County Headlines.

Bonnie Bowman Selected as Policy Fellow by Children's Forum

The Children's Forum's new initiative, the Early Childhood Policy WORKS Advocacy Fellowship (ECPWAF), has selected Bonnie Bowman to be a Policy Fellow along with 20 others across Florida. Bonnie is the Owner and Director of Persimmons Early Learning Academy in Gainesville. She recently completed the Alachua County Master Class Business Leadership Institute for Early Learning and is participating in the Accreditation Academy; both are Children's Trust projects. Bonnie has been an educator for more than twenty years. She holds a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida and a master's degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Florida. She has a National Board Certification, and was Norton Elementary's Teacher of the Year in 2009. 

Guidelines for Public Comments 

Public comments can be made in person at the Children’s Trust Board Meetings, or by completing a comment card at www.childrenstrustofalachuacounty.us/commentcard