MARCH 2005
   
  SATURDAY, MARCH 12
 

Second Annual Ready, Set, Read Child
Care Literacy Fair
Time TBD

All licensed child care providers are eligible to receive up to $500 in “First 5 Bucks” to
purchase books, toys, and learning materials
from a range of vendors at our second annual Child Care Literacy Fair. Apply now!

Applications available at www.firstfivecc.org.
   
  THURSDAY, MARCH 17
 

Universal Pre-Kindergarten Forum
8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Walnut Creek

Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan and Dr. Karen Hill
Scott will present key issues and dialogue with participants about the value of preschool
learning and ways to establish linkages
between the Early Childhood Education (ECE)
and K-12 systems to achieve voluntary
Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) for all
children. This interactive forum is the
first step in a process to develop a Strategic Action Plan to implement Universal Pre-Kindergarten in Contra Costa County when
state funding becomes available. Register
now!

Forms are available at www.firstfivecc.org.
   
   
  APRIL 2005
   
  SATURDAY, APRIL 2
 

Week of the Young Child Fair
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Buchanan Park
4150 Harbor Street (at Buchanan Road)
Pittsburg

The Fourth Annual Week of the Young Child
Fair offers valuable information for parents on health and safety, parenting, finding child care and more.

Free activities for young children include arts
and crafts, a jumpee structure, clowns and
face painting, storytelling, prizes, children’s entertainment and more.

For more info, contact (925) 335-9991 ext. 38.
   
  SATURDAY, APRIL 16
 

Week of the Young Child Fair
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Laurel Ball Field Park
On Laurel Road Between Rose and O’Hara
Oakley

The Fourth Annual Week of the Young Child
Fair offers valuable information for parents on health and safety, parenting, finding child care and more.

Free activities for young children include arts
and crafts, a jumpee structure, clowns and
face painting, storytelling, prizes, children’s entertainment and more.

For more info, contact (925) 335-9991 ext. 38.
   
  SATURDAY, APRIL 23
 

Week of the Young Child Fair
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Church of Christ
1020 East Tregallas Road
Antioch

The Fourth Annual Week of the Young Child
Fair offers valuable information for parents on health and safety, parenting, finding child care and more.

Free activities for young children include arts
and crafts, a jumpee structure, clowns and
face painting, storytelling, prizes, children’s entertainment and more.

For more info, contact (925) 335-9991 ext. 38.
   
   
  AUGUST 2005
   
  SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
 

Third Annual Ready, Set, Read Child
Care Literacy Fair
Concord Hilton

All licensed child care providers are eligible to receive up to $500 in “First 5 Bucks” to
purchase books, toys, and learning materials
from a range of vendors at our third annual
Child Care Literacy Fair.

The Fair is ONLY for those who have been Awarded a Grant.
   
  TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
 

Domestic Violence Summit on CCTV
10:00 am

CCTV will air the Creating a Safe and Bright Futures for Children Exposed to Domestic
Violence Summit. National and local experts discuss how to help children exposed to
domestic violence grow up safe, healthy,
and nurtured.

CCTV is Comcast channel 27 and Astound
channel 32. Visit CCTV at http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/ccctv/index.htm.
   
  THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
 

Domestic Violence Summit on CCTV
6:00 pm

CCTV will air the Creating a Safe and Bright Futures for Children Exposed to Domestic
Violence Summit. National and local experts discuss how to help children exposed to
domestic violence grow up safe, healthy,
and nurtured.

CCTV is Comcast channel 27 and Astound
channel 32. Visit CCTV at http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/ccctv/index.htm.