Success By 6^TM Leadership Council

Wendy Smith, Chair
Publix Super Markets

David Adkins, Vice Chair
Herald-Tribune Media Group

Keith DuBose, Esq., Past Chair
Matthews, Eastmoore, Hardy, Crauwels & Garcia, P. A.

Kerry Kirschner
Argus Foundation

John Lewis
Community Representative

Karen Rushing
Clerk of Circuit Court

Bill Little
Sarasota County Government

Lori M. White
The School Board of Sarasota County Florida

Marie Byrd-Blake, Ed. D.
USF Sarasota-Manatee

Charles Henry
Sarasota County Health Department

Success By 6^TM supports the following programs:

WHAT IS SUCCESS BY 6™?

Success By 6^™ is investment: Community resources are leveraged and pay dividends as young children access services and opportunities to enter school ready to learn.

Success By 6^™ is collaboration: Partnerships between public and private organizations combine expertise and resources.

Success By 6^™ is prevention: Insuring healthy early child development prevents serious problems in later years.

Since 1989, United Ways across the country have been investing in early childhood through Success By 6™, an early childhood initiative begun in Minneapolis in 1988. United Ways convene community leaders to coordinate the efforts of business, government, labor, education, heath and human service providers. Key Success By 6^® strategies are: raising awareness about early childhood development, improving access to critical health and human services and advocating for public policy that supports all children.

WHY SUCCESS BY 6™?

Success By 6^™ focuses on early childhood development and is spearheaded by thirteen community leaders.

Medical and scientific research shows that:

• 90% of the brain is developed by age 3.
• The return on investment is $17.00 for every $1.00 we spend on children 0 - 6.

Building relationships between the private and public sectors creates a shared vision in the community for all children to succeed.

RESULTS

• Since May 2002, 1408 children have received Success By 6^™ Emergency Childcare scholarships.
• Over $455,000 has been raised to support these scholarships.
• Over 10,000 "Ready, Set, Grow! Getting Ready for Kindergarten" Family Calendars have been distributed to local families, preschools and libraries each year.
• The sixth annual "Ready, Set, Grow" Infant to Kindergarten Fair was held at Westfield Sarasota Square Mall with 49 agencies and over 4,000 attendees.

For more information on Success By 6^™, please contact:

Katie Knight
Sarasota Area President
United Way Suncoast
1445 2nd Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 366-2686
katiek@uwsrq.com