Maria Barry Supports Jumpstart DC

Dear Friends and Family,

Join me to support Jumpstart TODAY Wednesday, November 9th - for Give to the Max Day. As many of you know I served on the Jumpstart Local Advisory Board and was so passionate about our mission that I came to work as the first Development Director at Jumpstart DC!

Every child deserves the chance to succeed, yet studies show that children from low-income neighborhoods are at a greater risk of school failure. Jumpstart is a national early education organization that helps these children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be successful in school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late.

Here in Washington, DC, Jumpstart partners 284 Corps members to work with almost 800 Washington D.C. preschool children living in low-income neighborhoods. Together, for the entire 2011-2012 school year, they will work on the language and literacy skills these children need to succeed not only in school, but also in life.

Please consider donating even just $10.00 to help me reach my personal goal of raising $1000 for Jumpstart DC. These funds are critical as we begin to expand our program to serve more children who need us the most.

Best regards,

Maria

"Whether we like it or not, a lot of kids in preschool today will not be able to be competitive in college in ten to fifteen years because they don’t get a Jumpstart. . . we need to be helping parents, and supporting families, and doing the kind of work Jumpstart is doing - by giving an extra hand to children."
-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton