Volunteer Coordinator Newsletter

Northeast Region

Welcome Back! Volume 1, Issue 1, Date

Happy New Year and welcome back to Jumpstart!
Hopefully your winter breaks was relaxing and you feel
refreshed for both a new semester and the continuation of
your service with Jumpstart. My name is Molly Juhlin, and I “Acquiring literacy is an

am the Americorps VISTA at the Northeast Office. My empowering process, enabling

millions to enjoy access to
primary responsibility at Jumpstart is to support you, the
knowledge and information
VCs, and the work you are doing at your sites. Please feel
which broadens horizons,
free to contact me with questions, comments or concerns
increases opportunities and
as you begin the spring term! Thank you and I look forward creates alternatives for building
to working with you! a better live.” -Kofi Annan

Important Deadlines Newsletter Spotlight

What? When? Who? Where?

• Bridgewater State’s
VTT February 1 All VCs To Molly Operation Warm

VC Questionnaire Ongoing Any VCs who To Molly • VC of the Month

haven’t replied
Click here if you
to the email • Early Childhood Education
did not get the
questions! in the news!

• MLK Day Volunteer

Opportunity

Operation Warm

Corps members at Bridgewater State came together to create

cards and wrap up coats for this winter’s Operation Warm.
The cards contained friendly winter messages and turned out
beautifully! Jenn Thibodeau, the Bridgewater State Site
Manager delivered the coats to each of the Program Partner
Head Starts. The family advocates from each center were
amazed at the kindness and generosity involved. Great job
Bridgewater! Take a look at the photographs from the project.
The festive cards. The card
below reads “Don’t forget to
bundle up on those cold days.
From your friends at
Jumpstart.”

Left: Bridgewater State

Corps Members are all
smiles while hard at work!
VC of the Month!
Name: Ashley Tarbet
School: Emerson
Year: Senior! (4th year with Jumpstart!)
Major: Double major in Social Advocacy and New Media
Hometown: Brockton, MA
Favorite children’s book: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.
Why do you like it? My dad used to read it to me all the time when I was little and
it was the first book I was able to read on all on my own!
Favorite Jumpstart memory: My favorite Jumpstart memory is last year's Baskets of
Love Holiday Drive. We collected a whole lot of stuff (school supplies, art supplies,
winter apparel, books, active learning materials, puzzles) for all 60 kids at our
preschool, including more than one book for each child. We drove everything to
Dorchester after finals in the middle of a snowstorm, but all the volunteers still
showed up and the reactions from the children were priceless. They loved all the
gifts they received and the teachers were really excited because the children were
excited.
Fun Fact: Last year I participated in my school’s Alternative Spring Break in
Waveland, MS. We spent the week meeting people and helping to rebuild the
community, including building a deck on stilts 14 ft. above the ground that wrapped
around three sides of a house!

Early Childhood Education in the News!

The New York Times
reports on the latest in Early
Childhood Education.
Obama pledges $10 billion for early childhood
education
The New York Times reports that President-elect Obama
pledges $10 billion for early childhood education. This will be
the largest new federal initiative for young children since Head
Start began in 1965. Despite the recession, Mr. Obama has
emphasized his interest in making strategic investments in early
childhood education saying “We simply cannot afford to
sideline key priorities like education.” Read the rest of the
article at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/us/
politics/17early.html.

A Jumpstart student speaks
to NECN reporter about
her artwork.
Spotlight on Jumpstart!
NECN’s series State of Education: Making the grade in
Massachusetts highlights the work Jumpstart is doing to prepare
children for kindergarten. The segment highlights work Corps
Members are doing at preschools in Boston and speaks with
Northeast Executive Director Sue Werley about the program.
To watch the segment and read more about it, check out at
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/2008/12/17/State-of-
Education-Benefit-of/1229563453.html.
 Volunteer on MLK Day! A day ON, not a day OFF!
Mark your calendars! Join AmeriCorps Alums and Boston Cares Volunteers on

Monday, January 19th to participate in a national day of service to celebrate MLK day: A day
ON not a day OFF!! For more information check out the following website! http://
americorpsalumsboston.blogspot.com/2009/01/rsvp-now-for-mlk-day-activities.html Time is
ticking, respond ASAP!

Northeast VC Contact Information

Boston College: UMass Boston:

Quincy Lacerte: lacerteq@bc.edu Cassandra Semexant:

csemexant@gmail.com

Boston University:
UConn:
Alex Nordberg: alexn@bu.edu
Sapora Turenshine:
Han Nguyen: Hann1118@msn.com
sapora.turenshine@uconn.edu

Bridgewater:
URI:
Teresa Carr: jumpstartvc@gmail.com
All URI VCs: jumpstarturivcs@gmail.com

Meggin Stone: megginrose@mail.uri.edu

Evan White: evan_white@mail.uri.edu

Chelsea Cornell: cmcornell@gmail.com

Courtney O’Keefe:
Emerson: cokeefe1989@yahoo.com
Ashley Tarbet: Ashley_tarbet@emerson.edu

Christina Naramore: Wheelock:

Christina_naramore@emerson.edu
Amanda Baldaro:
Amanda.baldaro@wheelock.edu
Northeastern: Jessica Pascoal:
Isabella Kwon: kwon.is@neu.edu Jessica.pascoal@wheelock.edu

Sherry Lee: sherrylee89@gmail.com

Jumpstart, Northeast Region:

Simmons: Molly Juhlin: molly.juhlin@jstart.org

Maria Nilson: nilson@simmons.edu Phone: 857.413.4626

Suffolk: