A TIME FOR GIVING

USA VALUES - CDP Phone 507-452-2658, Twin Cities 763-550-0769
Character Development Program Fax 507-452-2202
102 Walnut Street www.usavalues-character.org
Winona, Minnesota 55987 twolfgram@wcprinting.com
(A 501 (c) (3) company)

A TIME FOR GIVING

Children are the focus of the community and this unifying focus could be used positively. We could serve children and ourselves growth and prosperity if we accelerate investing in our age 3-6 most disadvantaged children. A partial focus on children is already used by the private sector to grow and prosper. Investments in a continuous improvement in our community focus on children will require that first-things-first be done right the first time. Let's draft this public premise from the following 100 word start:

The Truth Without the gift of Early Reading Skills all children are behind before they even start kindergarten.

The Gift Only an individual gift delivers early reading skills at age 3, 4 and 5. This gift is the key to opportunity. It is society’s best (effective and lowest cost) approach to preparing the most at-risk children to want opportunities, choices and engagement.

The Focus When 100% of the children start kindergarten ready to read English the urban school has the resources to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress Requirement of No Child Left Behind. The principal is totally vested in this desired outcome.

Many important societal issues are addressed when the community commits to giving the gift of 100% early literacy, one-size-fits-one, to its collective self. The gift is ethical, moral, proven economic, and elusive. Our society has never prepared 100% of the children in urban areas to start kindergarten ready-to-read. Education and government could ask for the focused gift for the most disadvantaged children through the voice of the powerful effective citizen.

On the world stage a very powerful body of volunteers suggests we should be creating literacy for our own good. The 9-11 Commission Report, on page 377, defines, I quote, “the agenda of opportunity for the world to be literacy as freedom." The most powerful in the USA should be open to make good on this promise of freedom to at least 100% of the age 3-6 disadvantaged children.

As schools and governments tell us they don't have the money; we can now say, yes you do! Just go to the Blogspot; http://ulticharnetwork.blogspot.com/ and start to work it out. Or go to www.usavalues-character.org and opt in for a gift of needed dedicated resources.

USA VALUES–CDP, Character Development Programs promotes truth; 1) The gift of Early Reading Skills (the FIRST value) is required for all age 3–6 children before they start kindergarten; 2) This individual gift is the key to opportunity; schools and government will never replace the individual in this effort at this age; 3) The gift is the most effective and lowest cost approach to preparing at-risk children for opportunities; 4) The principal is vested in 100% of the children starting kindergarten ready-to-read.CDP is a 501(C)(3) business expecting to link families, paid volunteers, early childhood learning and faith-base resources, schools, corporations and agencies to first deliver 100% of the children to be ready-to-read starting in kindergarten.

Sincerely,

Thomas D. Wolfgram
Executive Director