What we're planning for the future

Love and Logic Classes

Stephanie reported that Carol Trout, the social worker for RCDC, has been trained in Love and Logic and is willing to teach classes. The material takes five two-hour classes to cover. The book for the class costs $15, or $25 for a couple to share a book. We talked about offering this instead of the Parenting Fair we discussed earlier.

Things we're thinking about:

• Seeing if we can get a Smart Start grant to subsidize the cost of books
• Offering childcare
• Offering snacks
• Looking for Spanish interpreters (Juanita, Josie, and Gloria were mentioned.) We talked about offering to pay them. Perhaps if they took turns it wouldn't be such a burden.

Shoe Project: "Help Us Put a Soul in Shoes"

We discussed providing Payless shoe vouchers to the school. When kids enroll, if they need shoes for gym, they could get a voucher. Brandee is going to see if Payless would be willing to offer any discounts. We also need to make sure the school is okay with this. We'd like to have this ready by enrollment time next fall.