JULY NEWSLETTER

VIDEO MESSAGE FROM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RUDY TREJO

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

EMC Insurance Company awarded CFUM a $5,000 grant to be used for Awesome Summer Days academic enrichment programming. The grant targeted the purchasing of STEAM supplies as well as supporting the experience-focused field trips for the students.

With more than 110 years in business, EMC Insurance Companies has stood the test of time—providing comprehensive protection, superior service and financial security to its policyholders, agents and team members.

THANK YOU EMC!!

Businessolver awarded CFUM a $2,500 grant to use towards STEAM enrichment activities. The grant will be used to purchase supplies for the CFUM STEAM cart. The cart provides students opportunities to learn science and engineering concepts through experimentation.

Businessolver is a leader in benefits administration with a technology and service model that is designed to deliver a personalized benefits journey.

THANK YOU BUSINESSOLVER!!

Dollar General awarded CFUM a $2,500 summer reading grant throughout their Literacy Foundation. These grants support the creation or expansion of summer reading programs. With the funds CFUM will purchase additional books for the program library as well as for each child's individual library.

Dollar General stands for convenience, quality brands and low prices. Dollar General’s stores aim to make shopping a hassle-free experience. Small, neighborhood stores stocked with carefully-edited merchandise assortments to make shopping simpler.

THANK YOU DOLLAR GENERAL!!

Know a company that CFUM should connect with? Contact Amy Tagliareni at amy@cfum.org.

VOLUNTEER WITH CFUM

Studies have found that students who read 20 minutes a day outside the classroom:

Are more likely to score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests.
Will have read 851 hours by the fourth grade.
Average lifetime earning potential increases $50,000 for every year a child reads 20 minutes a day outside the classroom.

CFUM HAPPENINGS

CFUM After School Program Now Accepting Applications

Registration is now open for The Haven, CFUM's after school educational enrichment program.

The Haven is a daily after school program that enhances academic skills learned throughout the school day. With a goal of supplementing school-based curriculum, The Haven also incorporates tools to improve social emotional skills. The Haven utilizes literacy enrichment, S.T.E.A.M. activities, recreation and extracurricular activities, club participation and project-based learning opportunities for kids K-5th grade.

If you are interested in enrolling email Program Coordinator Sabrina Ollie at sabrina@cfum.org

CFUM Partners with the Science Center of Iowa

Through a partnership with the Science Center of Iowa, fifth and sixth grade girls enrolled in Awesome Summer Days spent this week at Science Center Space Camp.

Activities included racing rovers, cosmic art challenge, interviewing NASA Scientist Dr. Rafael Eufrasio, launching rockets, coding a robot, creating a drone helicopter and making a spectroscope.

Thank you to the Science Center of Iowa for providing our students with such an out-of-this-world opportunity to combine fun and learning.

LEARN MORE

CFUM is looking for a Breakfast Club Coordinator and a Youth Development Specialist.

The coordinator is responsible for ensuring that meals are developed, prepared, and served, while facilitating day of volunteers and providing oversight and assistance to program participants.

The purpose of CFUM’s Youth Development Specialist is to advance the mission of CFUM by working directly with children and volunteers in CFUM’s out-of-school time programming, including spring and winter break, after school, and summer.

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