Tri-Valley Opportunity Council Welcomes Two New Members to the Board of Directors

Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dale Svaren and Lana Glover have joined the Tri-Valley Board of Directors. The board includes 18 members from West Marshall, West Polk and Norman Counties that involve all sectors of our communities: public, private, and low-income. Dale Svaren joins the board representing the Private Sector of

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Tri-Valley Hosts a BLAST! Program for Young Babysitters

Tri-Valley recently held a Babysitter Lessons and Safety Training (BLAST) program in conjunction with its Migrant & Seasonal Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council meeting in Alexandria, MN. Policy Council members had the opportunity to bring their children, ages 11-14 years of age, to attend the BLAST training while parents attended the Policy Council meeting. Mary Johnson, Tri-Valley

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‘Grandmas’ find each day is rewarding in its own way

Story courtesy of Jess Bengtson (Crookston Daily Times) http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20131108/NEWS/131109632 Washington Elementary in Crookston has two extraordinary ladies who are part of the Foster Grandparent program. They come to Washington to help the children during and after school with reading, writing, and art projects. All teachers say these Grandmas are a “blessing.” Grandma Addie Woinarowicz started

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MNsure Information / Enrollment Session to Be Held at Tri-Valley on Monday, November 18

Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. in collaboration with Northwest Community Action, Inc. (Badger, Minn.) will host an information/enrollment session at the Tri-Valley office located at 102 North Broadway in Crookston. The event will be held on Monday, November 18 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. with individual sessions running every 20-30 minutes. Appointments are strongly recommended but walk-ins are

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Local Child Care Programs Seeing Stars

The Child Care Aware Program at Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. announced today that local child care programs are seeing stars; Parent Aware Star ratings that is. Kim Feiro, Karen Salentiny, Sunrise Center for Children and Families in Crookston and Susan Weber and June Kassa in East Grand Forks recently completed the Star Rating process called

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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Donates Books to Tri-Valley Head Start

Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. would like to thank the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation for their generous donation of 650 books for the children and families at the South Central Area Learning Center (Winnebago), South Eastern Learning Site (Rochester) and Elysian Area Learning Center (Elysian) through the Book Start grant. Photo left to right: Jenn Derry- Winnebago

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DeMers Honored with National Head Start Association Award

(Crookston, Minn.)- Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dennis P. DeMers was bestowed with the Head Start Pioneers Award at the 2013 Living Our Legacy Luncheon. The luncheon was part of the 40th Annual Head Start Conference held on Wednesday, May 1 in Washington, D.C. and hosted by the National Head Start Association (NHSA).

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Tri-Valley Foster Grandparent Keeps Crookston After School Program in Stitches

Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. Foster Grandparent Adeline Woinarowicz wanted to give the kids she volunteers with a new experience. She wanted to teach them a craft, something other than coloring, something “different”. The result is an after school program that includes learning how to embroider. Woinarowicz who has been a Foster Grandparent since 2004 teaches

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