Episode 10 of the INK! Podcast has dropped and it’s FLY! In this episode, Ian MacDonald and Jim Wheeler speak with Mary Alice Hayes, INK!’s Five Learning Years (FLY) Program Director about the importance of literacy success for our youngest students in Pre-K, Kindergarten and First grade. Since 2015, the FLY Program has helped…
INK! is accepting new mentor applications for the 2024-2025 school year to support the life-altering Take Stock in Children® program serving St. Johns County middle and high school students. January is National Mentoring Month INK! is excited to announce the launch of its National Mentoring Month Campaign January 1, 2024, aimed at increasing the number…
The Teacher selected to represent St. Johns County in the Florida Teacher of the Year process will be announced at the countywide event on February 1 Five public school teachers selected as finalists for the St. Johns County Teacher of the Year honor were announced by Investing in Kids (INK!) on Tuesday, December 19 during…
EmPOWERing STEM Educators Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), in partnership with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF), recently awarded $10,325 to INK!, the St. Johns County Education Foundation, as part of the company’s statewide EmPOWERing STEM Educators initiative. The EmPOWERing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) grant supports STEM-focused peer-to-peer professional development to…
INK! recently received a generous donation of $37,187.84 from Publix Super Markets, Inc. to benefit the nonprofit’s Tools 4 Schools program. Barry Rickelman, Publix District Manager, along with representatives from the management teams at local Publix retail stores recently presented Cathy Newman, INK! Executive Director and staff members with the charitable contribution. Thank you, Publix…
INK! recently received a donation of $5,000 from THE PLAYERS Championship to support the Tools 4 Schools classroom supply program. “It is all thanks to the support of partners and fans that THE PLAYERS is able to respond to the needs of our community by providing teachers with the supplies needed to ensure academic success…
INK! recently received a generous donation of $7,500 from St. Augustine Lions Club. According to Cathy Newman, INK!’s Executive Director, the contribution supports the purchase of scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year, supporting new students being accepted into Take Stock in Children-St. Johns County (TSIC). The TSIC program provides low-income students with a unique opportunity…
Take Stock in Children-St. Johns County to benefit from the Columbia Restaurant’s 26th Annual Community Harvest program this September We are excited and grateful to share that INK!’s Take Stock in Children-St. Johns County college scholarship program has been selected by the 1905 Family Of Restaurants to benefit from the 26th Annual Community Harvest program.…
Investing in Kids (INK!) along with the Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the success of its Champions for Children grants that funded innovative classroom projects in St. Johns County schools during the 2022-2023 school year. Community First Cares gave $25,000 for Champions for Children for the…
On May 15, INK! hosted at ceremony to celebrate the St. Johns County Take Stock in Children® (TSIC) graduating seniors. Each student is graduating from St. Johns County public high schools this May and each will be attending college supported by a scholarship funded by individual donors, corporate sponsors, and community partners. The evening program…