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Get Involved/Involucrándose

UAMS Head Start and Early Head Start is a federally funded program. As part of our funding, we are required to obtain 20% of our funds from the local community through donations of items, time and space.

Make a Difference!

There are many ways to get involved in helping our program including participating in our holiday gift drive Stuff the Stocking, helping in the classroom, volunteering in the offices, sprucing up our sites, and providing clothing, diapers and wipes for our families. Volunteer opportunities are available to anyone in the community.

Community Partnerships/Asociaciones comunitarias

We value our community and are open to partnering with local organizations to help meet the needs of our families.  We are currently looking to partner with local food banks, as many of our families struggle with food insecurity.  If your organization could help us with this or if you have an idea for a different type of partnership with us, please contact Rebecca Pecor at rlpecor@uams.edu or Tyra Larkin at tmlarkin@uams.edu.

Past partnerships include: Rock n Rollin’ Library and Arkansas Workforce Development Services.


Valoramos nuestra comunidad y estamos abiertos a asociarnos con organizaciones locales para ayudar a satisfacer las necesidades de nuestras familias. Actualmente estamos buscando asociarnos con los bancos de alimentos locales, ya que muchas de nuestras familias luchan contra la inseguridad alimentaria. Si su organización puede ayudarnos con esto o si tiene una idea para un tipo diferente de asociación con nosotros, comuníquese con

Rebecca Pecor al rlpecor@uams.edu o Tyra Larkin al tmlarkin@uams.edu.

Las asociaciones anteriores incluyen: la biblioteca Rock n Rollin y los Arkansas Workforce Development Services (servicios de desarrollo de la fuerza laboral de Arkansas).

Donations/Donar

Donations of new children’s clothing, diapers and wipes can be made to our central office at 8901 Kanis Road, Little Rock, AR. We also appreciate classroom and school supplies. Please call the central office at 501-570-5000 to make arrangements.

You can give monetary donations directly at our giving link.


Se pueden hacer donaciones de ropa nueva, pañales y toallitas húmedas para niños en nuestra oficina central en 8901 Kanis Road, Little Rock, AR. También apreciamos los útiles escolares y para el aula. Llame a la oficina central al 501-570-5000 para hacer arreglos.

Puede hacer donaciones monetarias directamente en nuestro enlace de donaciones.

 

Adopt-a-Family/Adoptar una familia

We will pair you with a family in need. Please visit this page for more information. If interested, please email Rebecca Pecor at rlpecor@uams.edu and let her know what size household you would like to adopt.


Lo emparejaremos con una familia necesitada. Haga clic aquí para obtener más información. Si está interesado, envíe un correo electrónico a Rebecca Pecor a rlpecor@uams.edu y déjeme saber qué tamaño de hogar le gustaría adoptar.

Sponsor a Field Trip/Patrocine una excursión

Our children enjoy exploring Pulaski County through field trips to farms, orchards, museums and other exciting venues. Field Trips are only made possible by sponsors who can pay the admission fees. If you are able to financially sponsor a classroom trip please complete the Field Trip Sponsor Form.


Nuestros niños disfrutan explorando el condado de Pulaski a través de excursiones a granjas, huertos, museos y otros lugares interesantes. Las excursiones solo son posibles gracias a los patrocinadores que pueden pagar las tarifas de admisión. Si puede patrocinar financieramente un viaje a un aula, complete el formulario de patrocinador de viaje de campo.

Stuff the Stocking Gift Drive/Rellena la colecta de regalos Stocking

Stuff the Stocking is a campaign where we rally the community to make sure every single student we serve gets a present for the holidays. Each sponsor group is paired with a classroom of infants and toddlers or preschoolers and provided with their ages and genders. Your group will then gather and wrap the gifts and bring them to the classroom on a designated day. Some groups choose to drop off the gifts, while other groups like to stay and watch the children open the gifts. The choice is up to you!!

For more information or to sign up, please fill out the Stuff the Stocking Interest Form.


Stuff the Stocking es una campaña en la que unimos a la comunidad para asegurarnos de que todos los estudiantes a los que servimos reciban un regalo para las festividades. Cada grupo patrocinador se empareja con un salón de clases de bebés y niños pequeños o preescolar y se les proporciona según su edad y género. Luego, su grupo reunirá y envolverá los obsequios y los traerá al aula en un día designado. Algunos grupos optan por dejar los regalos, mientras que a otros grupos les gusta quedarse y ver a los niños abrir los regalos. La elección depende de usted !!

Para obtener más información o para registrarse, complete el formulario Rellena la colecta de regalos Stocking.

Volunteers/Voluntario

In order to volunteer you will need to complete the following:

Volunteer Application

TB Test (from your physician).

If applicable to your volunteer position, we will run a criminal background check and sex offender registry check.


Para ser voluntario, deberá completar lo siguiente:

Solicitud de voluntariado

Prueba de TB (de su médico).

Si es aplicable, realizaremos una verificación de antecedentes penales y una verificación del registro de agresores sexuales.

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