Please enjoy a message from our President, Erin Phillips regarding our accomplishments in 2019.
Powerful Parents,
As President of Power2Parent I want to take the opportunity to personally thank each of you for an amazing 2019. Our ability to affect change in policy and legislation that protects parental rights depends on active and engaged parents, grandparents, and community members like you.
In this past year we have been able to do just that, and we have built more momentum than in any of our past six years as an organization.
It is because of your support that we were able to build coalitions and work with diverse organizations in defense of Nevada parents.
During the 2019 Nevada Legislative Session, we worked alongside other groups to lobby for protecting school choice programs like the Nevada Choice Scholarship. We advocated for charter schools and autonomy for private schools. We also stopped a radical sex education bill, aimed at keeping parents from being informed of what is being taught at school, from ever getting a hearing and rallied parents to help amend a bill that would strip parents and young women of their rights to make informed medical decisions.
I am also grateful for an incredible team who has worked tirelessly to promote parent engagement programs all over the valley in the Clark County School District. As parents we recognize that the number one indicator of success for kids in school is parent involvement. I'm so proud that we were able to partner with district schools for two Family Game Nights where we brought over 200 previously donated games and provided them to families who gathered in their child's school for some quality family time. Thank you to Trustee Linda Young who attended as well as other community influencers like Mrs. America Natalie Winslow to support our efforts.
We also made an incredible partnership with Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa who donated over 1500 decks of playing cards to Power2Parent so we could send a deck home with each student at the schools who held the game nights. We fashioned a sticker to each deck with our logo and link to our website where parents could find card games to play together as a family.
With your help, our goal for 2020 is to host one game night per month at a Nevada school and eventually expand this program across the state.
Thanks to your efforts we also began a monthly newsletter with rich content that encourages and informs parents on creative ways to engage our children. Each month we also highlight a teacher who is nominated by a community member. Our Power2Teach program recognizes the incredible contribution teachers make in the lives of our children and rewards them with $50 to Amazon. We are looking forward to announcing our teacher of the year, and awarding them a $500 prize.
As a mom of five children, I am hopeful that the best years for Nevada families are yet to come. I am dedicated to putting in the hard work it will take to secure a bright future for my children and yours and I am grateful beyond words for your investment.
Thank you for each one of you who gave to Power2Parent this past year. I am personally grateful. If you are looking for a place to invest in Nevada this upcoming year and want to support our new programs or legislative efforts, click here to make a donation.
I am looking forward to what we can accomplish together in the years to come.
Thank you,
Erin Phillips President www.Power2Parent.org
Power2Parent is a non-profit organization. As such, we rely on your generous donations to keep fighting for parental rights in Nevada. Thank you.
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