With partners like the the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut and the local school system, chamber of commerce and Discovery Communities, Catherine Foley has helped plan a regional conference on the importance of early childhood development as a means of economic development that will take place this Fall.
What else is she up to?
Coordinating and promoting New London's PLTI (Parent Leadership Training Institute) Alumni group's weekly cable access program on issues relating to today's families, and working with WTNH NewsChannel 8 to broadcast the "ABCs of School Readiness" on the program, Convening regional players around the issue of early childhood development, Sending Ready, Set, Grow postcards through her monthly newsletter, Recruiting Friends by sending emails to her contacts and asking that they encourage their contacts to sign-up, too.
And Catherine still has more tricks up her sleeve...
[1]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/community_1025.html
[2]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/friends_champions_about.html
[3]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/chatter.html
[4]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/chatter_submit.html