October Fun Club

The book children will be getting at Fun Club in October is,

More Spaghetti I Say. 

Plan to attend one of the Fun Club nights to enjoy our many

Playful Pasta activities. 

Fun Club dates for October:

Tuesday, October 9           Normal Library                    
Thursday, October 11        Bloomington Library            
                                          5:30-6:45 PM     or     6:10-7:30 PM

Monday, October 15         First Presbyterian Church, Pontiac                          
                                         6:00- 7:15 PM

Buggy for Books!

Heartland Head Start families have begun the Read At Home program for this year.  This year's theme is "Buggy for Books." 

Each family should have recieved a calendar and a book,
I'm a Little Caterpillar.  Families write the number of books they are reading at home with their child each day on the calendar and return it in their child's book bag the first week of the following month.  Each class will be using a poster to track the number of books they are reading.

Last year families read 26,000 books. 

 Let's read even more this year.

Food Distribution Days

Heartland Head Start, United Way of McLean County and Midwest Food Bank partner to provide our families one food distribution day each month.  The scheduled dates for the next few months are:

Thursday, October 4, 2012,    Thrusday, November 8, 2012,  Thrusday, Decemebt 6, 2012

The food distribution takes place between 3 and 5 PM in the lower level of Mid-Central Community Action.  Enter the building from the back parking lot off of Stillwell St.

We not only distribute free food, we also may have other activities such as food tastings, cooking demonstrations, or cooking related items to give-away. 

If you have a food emergency or need trasportation assistance to the food distribution, contact your FRA. 

Parent and Child Connection Meetings

All centers will have a Parent and Child Connection meeting the week of November 5th. 
Different Centers are scheduled on different days of the week.
Please check your child's book bag for information concerning the meeting at your center.

Policy Council

  Please join us at the October meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

This meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Stillwell West. The address is 1407 W. Washington Street in Bloomington. There will be a light meal and social time at 5:30 with the meeting starting at 6:00PM. Policy Council is an important decision-making group made up primarily of parents of enrolled Head Start children who are elected by their peers. There are also Community Representatives serving on the Policy Council. The October meeting will be the final meeting for our outgoing council and the first meeting for our incoming group. Thank you to all who have served this program so well!