20 • The Beacon May 12 , 2022
Hopewell School hosts a family resource fair
By Marianne Austin
Hopewell School hosted an Early Childhood Family Resource Fair on May 4 to connect families with resources in the community .
“ We ’ re excited to have a family and community event for people to come in because there are a lot of resources that families may not be aware of ,” said Shannon Shontz , director of education at Hopewell School . “ We wanted to share that with families , so we contacted many community agencies to join us this evening . We invited all early childhood students in the county , preschools , daycares , our schools , and we are hoping for a good turnout .
“ They can walk around and explore the different resources , and we have craft stations , snacks , a s ’ mores table , artwork that they can do and some give-aways at the end of the evening . We appreciate all the help from the community . Noah from Papa John ’ s donated pizza coupons , and Shelby Theater donated movie tickets , and hopefully this will be something families can benefit from .”
Shana Miller , early childhood director , and Heather Grogro , early intervention service coordinator and supervisor , were handing out pamphlets about the programs available to families and magnets , water bottles , hand sanitizer and color-changing cups .
“ We are with Help Me Grow , an early childhood intervention program ,” Grogro said . “ We want to let families know about resources available to them . We work with
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Two-year-old Lincoln Tingle was playing with balloons at the s ’ mores table . His dad is a teacher at Hopewell School .
children birth to age 3 . Early intervention services support families in the home setting who might have a child that has a diagnosis or disability . We support pregnant moms from birth up
to age 3 with information about development and activities to enhance the bond between mothers and their child . We provide therapy services to children that have delays or disabilities with no cost to families .”
C o s h o c t o n C i t y Health Department has a federally funded program for medically handicapped children . It helps with medical bills and expenses for children with extreme medical conditions that meet the criteria for the service .
“ There are multiple avenues it can help with ,” said Beau Timmons , registered nurse .
They were giving T-shirts and handouts with information about services the health department provides .
Cindy Hilbish , health educator with Coshocton County Health Department , said , “ WIC is part of our program , along with maternal child health , and we ’ re promoting healthy eating and topics that parents might want to know about — shopping , healthy physical activities and other things . It ’ s tick season , and we have information about Lyme disease , regular childhood immunizations , COVID and healthy eating charts . We are taking WIC applications over the phone at this time .”
Coshocton Public Library youth services librarian Corazazon Britton said , “ We have resource books , braille books , launch pads which are tablets with educational content preloaded that don ’ t need Wi-Fi , character kits that have books and literary characters available at the library . Partnering with Developmental Disabilities , they have specially selected adaptive toys you can check out .”
You could apply for library cards , make a craft or join the summer reading program , which will start June 2 at 4 p . m . at the library . This year ’ s theme is “ Oceans of Possibilities .”
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