Thrive To Five is a project of Communities In Schools of Tempe and Kyrene that is funded by First Things First to provide family support services to parents and/or caregivers of children between the ages of birth to five years old.

Thrive To Five has the goals of promoting understanding of early child development and brain growth and to provide families and caregivers with the tools to help children reach their potential and enter school ready to learn.

Family Support Services are offered through the Family Resource Centers of the Tempe Elementary and Kyrene School Districts. Parent Liaisons work within the Resource Centers as a direct contact for parents in their community.

This program serves the communities of Chandler, Tempe, Guadalupe and Ahwatukee Arizona. Click here for the website!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

You Can Help!!

The Kyrene Prevention Team is working together to create 700 Summer Activity Packs for homeless and Title I students. The goal of the Summer Activity Pack is to keep students active and engaged in learning while schools are closed. Our packs will specifically target students in grades K-3, who are homeless or academically at risk (targeted Title I).

We need your help collecting items to support our students! Do you have a group that can host a drive? Can you add this information to a newsletter? Can you post the needed items to your Facebook page or Twitter account? Our team greatly appreciates any support you can provide for this project.


Needed donations are:
  • crayons & markers
  • decks of cards
  • card games (K-3rd grade ages)
  • board games (K-3rd grade ages)
  • spiral bound notebooks
  • glue sticks
  • jump ropes
*All items need to be received by Wednesday, May 4. *

Items can be donated at the Family Resource Center, located at 1330 East Dava Drive, Tempe AZ 85283 OR given to Amanda Hamm at the District Office, located at 8700 South Kyrene Road, Tempe, AZ 85284

The items listed below will be included in the Summer Activity Packs and will be provided by a grant from the Kyrene Foundation.

• Appropriate grade level books will be purchased
• Math and Language Arts teachers are creating activity lists and games for each grade level to be included
• Drawstring backpacks for items to be packaged in

Summer Activity Packs will be packaged by Community volunteers on Friday, May 6 at the Resource Center from 9am-noon.

If you would like to volunteer to assist with assembly, please email kfvolunteer@cox.net

Many thanks for your support!!
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