Seven Mountains Media and My Bigfoot Legends, along with PNC Bank, teamed up with Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. (LCHS) to collect new books for preschool-aged children as part of its ‘Book it with Bigfoot’ campaign.

The book drive took place throughout the month of August at Luzerne County Head Start’s central office building in Wilkes-Barre.

The books will be distributed to three and four-year-old children who are enrolled in Head Start services at LCHS’s Beekman Street center.

LCHS is an income-based program that provides early childhood education and comprehensive services to pregnant women, children from birth through age five, and their families throughout Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. (LCHS) will provide its summer learning experience to children in the summer of 2023, thanks to a golf tournament sponsored by Navient, a loan management, servicing and asset recovery company.

The annual event held at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountain Top raised approximately $28,000 for LCHS’s Jump Start program. The program is a 4-week-long summer learning experience that offers comprehensive services for 30 eligible 3 and 4-year-old children who will attend LCHS in the fall.

This year marked the 16th year for the tournament that supports early learning experiences for children. In addition to the tournament, several businesses provided sponsorship and gift donations for raffle drawings and other prizes.

The Navient Community Fund also awarded an $8,000 grant to LCHS to support the summer learning program.

 

  

Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. in conjunction with the Wilkes-Barre City Health Department and Maternal & Family Health Services will hold the second of two childhood nutrition events on Tues., Sept. 20th at the Head Start Beekman Street location in Wilkes-Barre from 11am – 3pm. Several community agencies that provide various services to families in need will be present. All families and their children are invited to attend this free event. There will be a bicycle helmet giveaway, samples of nutritious meals and more! The project is funded by the PA Dept. of Health’s Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. The first childhood nutrition event was held back in June.