Please help support Imprints!

Thanks to the article about us in last week’s Yes Weekly! (http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/article-11805-forsyth-nonprofit-braces-for-cuts-to-early-education-programs.html), Whole Foods has designated Imprints as their “donate a dime” agency for the next quarter (April-June)!

Please bring your own bags to shop at the Winston-Salem Whole Foods and when the cashier asks if you'd like to donate your bag credit to Imprints, please say, "Yes!"

Thank you for your support!

Looking for something to do this weekend?

The 2nd annual Imprints Cares About Literacy Used Book Sale is here!

Join us on Friday February 25th from 4 to 9pm. Shop for books while enjoying a delicious array of wine, beer, and appetizers from Bob's Big Gas Subs and Pub.

You can also purchase books on Saturday the 26th from 9am to 3pm. During the last hour, get even more bargains during our "Bag Sale." Stuff a bag full of books for only $5! Bags are provided. 

We hope to see you there!

We Need Your Gently Used Books

 Imprints is doing it again! The 2nd annual Used Book Sale is set for Friday and Saturday, February 25th and 26th.

To donate your books or for more information, please contact Betty West at 336.722.6296 x206 or bwest@imprintsforfamilies.org

Books for all ages are welcome!

Please help!

Beginning tomorrow, April 6th at 9am, GoodSearch will donate $1 for each toolbar that is downloaded. The catch is that GoodSearch has a $5,000 limit, so Imprints supporters need to be some of the first 5,000 people to download it.

Starting at 9am, download this link onto every web browser that you can: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/imprints

Please ask your friends and family to download this money saving toolbar so they can help us get as much of that $5,000 as we can. Thank you for your support!!!!

If you are unfamiliar with GoodSearch and how it helps Imprints, please read this to learn more.

Used Book Sale

Calling all readers!!!

Our Used Book Sale is this weekend, Saturday from 9 to 4 and Sunday from 12 to 5. We have over 5,000 books for you to choose from and they are priced from 50 cents to $5. On Sunday from 4 to 5pm, we are having a Bag Sale for $5 per bag.  Bags are provided.

Sales will provide scholarships for Imprints Cares, our Before & After Care program.

We hope to see you there!!

Have you voted yet?

Friday, December 11th is the deadline for the first round of voting. If you haven't done it yet, please vote for Imprints today!

Click Here to Vote

Vote for Imprints!

Facebook is teaming up with Chase to donate $5 million dollars to various charities through a program called Chase Community Giving.

The first voting period runs from November 15th through December 11th. On December 15th, the top 100 charities will each receive $25,000. The second round of voting will take place from January 15th through 19th. The winner of that voting period will receive $1 million and 5 runner-ups will receive $100,000 on February 1st.

Please vote for Imprints today!

You can help Imprints on Cyber Monday!

I hope you have survived Black Friday - now it's time for Cyber Monday! Several online stores and services have adopted the Monday following Black Friday as a day for them to offer special savings. As you begin your journey to savings, please remember that by beginning your online shopping extravaganza at www.GoodShop.com, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to Imprints.

Here's how it works:
1) Go to www.GoodShop.com and select Imprints as your charity of choice.
2) Click on the store of your choice.
3) Click "Shop Now!"
4) A message will come up that says "Your purchases will automatically generate a donation and will be displayed on GoodShop after confirmation by the merchant (this could take several weeks)." (Basically, this means that after your credit card has been charged and your purchase has been shipped, the donation will be made to Imprints).
5) After that message, you will be automatically redirected to the store you chose.
6) You will not see anything else about Imprints as your make your purchase. In a few weeks you can check back on GoodShop and see the impact your purchase has made.

GoodShop has about 1,000 participating stores including: Amazon, eBay, Target, Apple, Toys R Us, and Old Navy. The site also has thousands of money-saving coupons! Please remember to use this site on Cyber Monday and any other day you shop online. If you're just researching things online, use the Yahoo! powered search engine at www.GoodSearch.com, and each search will accumulate about a penny will go to Imprints.

Thank you for your support!

Parent Resource Fair - November 10th

The Parent Resource Fair will be here before you know it, so make sure it's marked on your calendar. Here is the information again in case you missed it.

Please join us at Imprints on Tuesday, November 10th from 6 to 7:30pm to learn about community resources for you and your family.

Representatives of the following agencies will be on hand to give out information and helpful advice:

· Family Services/Ways to Work Program

· Work/Family Resource Center

· Goodwill Industries

· Consumer Credit Counseling

· The Experiment in Self Reliance, Inc.

· Crisis Control Ministries

Refreshments and child care are provided. Please contact Trina Stephens at (336) 722-6296 x211 or tstephens@imprintsforfamilies.org to RSVP.

Imprints is located at the Augsburg Community Center, 502 N. Broad St., Winston Salem, NC (corner of Broad St. and 6th Street.) Parking is located in the parking lot off of Pilot View St.

Imprints in the Community

Imprints is presenting a block exhibit at the Stratford Village Fall Fest on October 24th from 11am to 1pm. Stratford Village is located at 146 S. Stratford Road. Please see below for more information about the festival:

Stratford Village invites you to enjoy the crisp fall weather in our outdoor courtyard during our 2009 Fall Fest Celebration! As a proud supporter of our local economy, we'll be offering activities and goods that benefit our Triad friends and neighbors.

- Sidewalk sale and special offers throughout the day
- Live radio remote with 107.5 KZL from 11am to 1pm
- Food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina
- Children's book reading and signing of The Wonderful World of Sparkle Girl and Doobins by author Kim Underwood and illustrator Garnet Goldman
- Local open-air market
- Live music
- Imprints Block Party, a tactile play-and-learn exhibit with blocks of all sizes, for children aged 8 months to 8 years and their parents
- Plus much more!

Help Wanted!

You may have noticed the new GoodSearch/GoodShop logo that was added to our sidebar recently. This is a great new way to raise money for Imprints, here’s how:

Clicking on the logo directs you to a search engine, GoodSearch.com, which is powered by Yahoo! Select Imprints as your charity of choice and they will donate about a penny to Imprints for each search! Set your homepage to GoodSearch for easy access.

In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to Imprints. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to Imprints!

This is an easy way to make a difference. Thank you for your support!

What does a parent educator do?

As stated in a previous post, one way that parent educators reach families is through individual education. Individual education occurs mainly through personal visits which are most often held in the family’s home. At these visits parent educators talk with the family about the developmental stage that their child is in and what to expect next. They also talk about any issues or concerns the family is having and help them through it. A main event of the visit is the parent-child activity. This activity uses materials that can be easily found in the home and compliments the developmental stage that the child is in.

Recently Imprints collaborated with Frank Eaton and the Bully Documentary Company to film a parent educator on a home visit. Please view the video below to better understand the role of a parent educator.