{"id":3457,"date":"2021-06-23T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/mid-missouri\/?page_id=3457"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:29:24","slug":"parent-packs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/mid-missouri\/philanthropic-programs\/parent-packs\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Packs and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Providing Supplies and Informational
\nBooks to Expectant Parents” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23100c99″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Parent Packs and Beyond is a joint project with Daniel Boone Regional Library. This program has been in existence since 1996. It provides preassembled kits in English and Spanish that are loaned to expectant parents.<\/p>\n

The new “and Beyond” has expanded ALMM participation with Daniel Boone Regional Library.\u00a0 The library program, “1000 Books Before Kindergarten”\u00a0 began in September 2021.\u00a0 As of the end of December 2021,\u00a01,447 children have been registered for the program.\u00a0 The program provides backpacks, books and a reading buddy to children from birth to age 5. The program encourages children to discover the\u00a0joy of reading at an\u00a0early age by\u00a0reading or listening to 1000 books before kindergarten.<\/p>\n

When registered for the program, a child is given a backpack to use to carry their books home from the library and a reading log for the\u00a0first 100 books.\u00a0 When a child reads or listens to a book they fill in a shape on the reading log.\u00a0 When they read or listen to 100 books they receive a prize ( a sticker, a book or a reading buddy) and a reading log for the next 100 books.\u00a0 Upon completion of 1000 books the child receives a framed certificate and a kindergarten starter kit.<\/p>\n

In 2021 ALMM donated funds to purchase backpacks which are given to a child when they are registered for the program.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”The kit contains books on:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23100c99″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\u2022 pregnancy
\n\u2022 fetal development
\n\u2022 childbirth
\n\u2022 baby names
\n\u2022 nutrition and recipes[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”The kit for parents also includes:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23100c99″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]\u2022 an exercise DVD for yoga, including a yoga strap and block
\n\u2022 information on community resources
\n\u2022 a set of plastic teething keys for the new baby[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]Between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024,\u00a0 backpacks, valued at $2,000, were purchased for use in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten at the Daniel Boone Regional Library. Library staff members donated 200 hours and Assistance League members gave 20 hours to the program.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3894″ img_size=”600×600″][vc_single_image image=”5497″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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