United Way Vice President of Community Investments & Operations, LaToria Thomas, hand delivers books from the Dolly Partonâs Imagination Library (DPIL) to Benton Head Start Center on Tuesday, March 30.
In lieu of participating in Read Across America Day, United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) donated 10 sets of books from the Dolly Partonâs Imagination Library (DPIL) to local head start programs or child-care centers in each of the 10 parishes they serve on Tuesday, March 30.
The receiving centers were Brown E. Moore Head Start, Breda Town Center, Red River Head Start, Universal Pre-Kindergarten, Humpty Dumpty Head Start, Bienville Head Start Center, STC Mansfield Head Start, Lifeâs Little Blessings, and Webster Parish ABC Head Start Center.
SHREVEPORT, La. - United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) adopted one local head start program and child-care center in each of the 10 parishes they serve.
Throughout the year, UWNWLA will assist the centers with obtaining the tools necessary for the communityâs youngest children to receive quality early childhood education.
The centers include Benton Head Start Center, Brown E. Moore Head Start, Breda Town Head Start Center, Red River Head Start, Universal Pre-Kindergarten, Humpty Dumpty Head Start, Bienville Head Start Center, STC Mansfield Head Start, Lifeâs Little Blessings, and Webster Parish ABC Head Start Center.
Partnering with local head start centers designed to provide education to preschool children from low-income families is key to UWNWLA s commitment to early childhood literacy.
United Way of Northwest Louisiana donates books from Dolly Partonâs Imagination Library to the region (Source: Bernadette Heier) By Daffney Dawson | March 2, 2021 at 5:37 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 5:37 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) is donating 10 sets of books from Dolly Partonâs Imagination Library to head start programs and child-care centers in each of the parishes they serve.
The centers receiving the books in celebration of Read Across America Day include Benton Head Start Center, Brown E. Moore Head Start, Breda Town Center, Red River Head Start, Universal Pre-Kindergarten, Humpty Dumpty Head Start, Bienville Head Start Center, STC Mansfield Head Start, Lifeâs Little Blessings and Webster Parish ABC Head Start Center.