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Target's "Take Charge of Education" Program
Thank you to all of the staff, parents and friends who have designated Archbishop Damiano School as their K-12 school of choice through Target’s “Take Charge of Education” Program. As of March 2009, Target has donated $920.50 to ADS. If you are a Target Credit card holder, please consider enrolling in Target’s free “Take Charge of Education Program” at Target.com/tcoe or by calling 1-800-316-6142 and designate ADS (ID# 114877) as your K-12 school of choice. As a reminder, Target’s “Take Charge of Education” program is a school fundraising initiative that offers families, teachers and community members an easy way to designate an eligible K-12 school of their choice nationwide and have Target donate an amount equal to one percent of their REDcardSM (Target® Visa® Credit Card, Target Credit CardSM and Target Check CardSM) purchases made at Target and Target.com*. In addition, Target donates ½ percent of all Target Visa Credit Card purchases made everywhere else Visa credit cards are accepted. If you would like additional information on the program, please click on the following link.
http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/community/education/TCOE/tcoe-backgrounder.aspx
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http://myhome.starttogive.com
We are pleased to announce the introduction of an innovative new start page that will improve your internet experience and help support the SJOGCS mission.
Please make http://myhome.starttogive.com your homepage of your internet browser. Use of the web-site is free for all users.
The company that manages the site will make contributions to St. John of God Community Services, based on the advertising revenue generated by the website. Use it for all your Google searches and for linking to your favorite shopping sites (Amazon and EBay)!-------------------------------------------------------
Telecommunications System Upgrade Project
St. John of God Community Services has recently undergone a
complete upgrade of its telecommunications system at the
Westville Grove and Pittsgrove, NJ locations. This
telecommunications upgrade was made possible due to the
fundraising efforts of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John
of God. The upgrade replaced our existing phone system, an
analog/digital PBX which was more than 15 years old, with a
new state of the art Avaya IP/Digital communications
management system which serves St. John of God Community
Services, Archbishop Damiano School, the Hospitaller Order,
the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God and O’Shea
Children’s Center. As a result of the upgrade, all of
our telephone extensions have changed to 4-digit extensions
and the telephone system menu options have also changed.
Therefore, when calling our offices, please listen
carefully to the new menu options. If you need help at
any time, please dial “0” and our receptionist will be
happy to assist you.
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YOUTH
GARDEN RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD
Archbishop Damiano School’s
Not So Secret Garden
was selected from more than 1000 kids’ gardening programs
nationwide to receive a
2009 Youth Garden
Grant from the
National Gardening Association, based in South
Burlington, Vermont.
This award-winning youth gardening program will
receive an assortment of books donated by the National
Gardening Association and a $500 gift card from
The
Home Depot,
which recognizes that today’s youth are the future of
American gardening.
“National
Gardening Association is proud to support this terrific
kids’ garden”, says Michael Metallo, President.
“This program was selected because of a demonstrated
commitment to actively and creatively engaging youth in the
gardening process and to improving the community.
We were able to see from their application that the
garden program will be sustained for years to come.
For more information about the
National Gardening
Association or the
Youth Garden Grants
Program, contact:
Click here to check out the full story --> http://www.kidsgardening.com/Dig/digdetail.taf?Type=Art&id=2257
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