{"id":2712,"date":"2020-12-25T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2020-12-29T11:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:47:24","slug":"greetings-from-the-family-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/greetings-from-the-family-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the Family Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Readiness To Learn switched to working remotely, providing services over the summer, updating our website, and modifying <\/span>our Back To School<\/em><\/i> Program, our focus has been on maintaining the essence of the work we are doing:\u00a0helping families remove barriers, and facilitating the creative efforts of our community to make sure every child feels ready to learn.\u00a0<\/span>Back To School <\/em><\/i>was able to help 189 students have what they need to be prepared for the 20\/21 school year, including basic school supplies, quality headphones, at-home organization kits and internet connections at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHoliday House<\/em> is Readiness To Learn's annual program that allows parents in challenging financial situations to select toys their kids will appreciate.\u00a0Once families qualify for this festive event, they can shop in our store, fill stockings with treasures, wrap presents, and enjoy holiday treats like cookies and soup in our transformed <\/span>Family Resource Center <\/em><\/i>(FRC).\u00a0This annual tradition is put together over several weeks with our staff and countless volunteers, young and old, who work together to make sure Holiday House is FUN, and that parents have CHOICE about the gifts they give, and all people feel RESPECTED and SAFE.\u00a0Holiday House<\/em> 2019 served 389 children from 194 families. <\/span><\/p>\n

In response to COVID-19, we have redesigned the <\/span>Holiday House <\/em><\/i>program, and for 2020 we're calling it <\/span>Holiday Help<\/em><\/i>!\u00a0We've designed a program that we hope will still be fun, give parents a choice, and make people feel respected while honoring the rules of social distancing.\u00a0Thank you to the South Whidbey Record for the recent article that covers the reinvention of this years program - click here to read the story.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Families can sign up for Holiday Help<\/em> by<\/span> clicking here<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to sign up to volunteer<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to donate to Holiday Help<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Readiness To Learn switched to working remotely, providing services over the summer, updating our website, and modifying our Back To School Program, our focus has been on maintaining the essence of the work we are doing:\u00a0helping families remove barriers, and facilitating the creative efforts of our community to make sure every child feels ready to learn.\u00a0Back To School was …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}