News & Notes

4C Family Newsletter | August 2024

Posted on by Scott Gunnerson

Community Coordinated Care for Children is committed to strengthening our communities and families. It’s our belief that every child deserves a bright and successful future. We produce this newsletter as part of 4C’s mission to be a community leader, providing high-quality services that improve the lives of children and families.

Families can purchase qualifying back-to-school supplies exempt from tax during the 2024 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. The sales tax holiday begins Monday, July 29, and extends through Sunday, August 11. During Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, you can stock up on qualifying back-to-school supplies, clothing, computers and more exempt from tax. For more information and a list of qualifying items, click here.

Back-to-School Family Resources

It’s time for families to prepare children to go back to school. PBS has put together topics, such as coping with back-to-school anxieties and emotions, creating daily routines, and tackling common situations that arise with the start of school. Ease the transition with some fun lunch box or after school snacks and downtime activities. To explore PBS back-to-school resources, click here.

Other back-to-school resources:

  • Helping your child adjust to preschool, click here.
  • Talking to your child’s preschool teacher, click here.
  • Transitioning to kindergarten toolkit, click here.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Here are upcoming free, family-friendly events in Central Florida:

Saturday, July 20
Family Engagement and Resource Expo, Colonial High School, Orlando, 9 a.m.
Family Rec Day, Jim Beech Recreation Center, Ocoee, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, July 24
Free Movie, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Orlando Premiere 14 Fashion Square, 10 a.m.

Thursday, July 25
Free Movie, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Orlando Premiere 14 Fashion Square, 10 a.m.

Saturday, July 27
Family Engagement and Resource Expo, Cypress Creek High School, Orlando, 10 a.m.
Back to School Jam, Chambers Park Community Center, Kissimmee, 10 a.m.
Back to School Giveaway, Florida Technical College, Orlando, 10 a.m.
Back to School Fest, South Orlando YMCA, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 3
Family Engagement & Resource Expo, West Orange NCF Winter Garden, 9 a.m.
Home Depot Kids Workshop, various locations, 9 a.m.
Back-to-School & Health Fair, 1515 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, 9 a.m.
OCSO’s Back to School Bash, 2500 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando, 9 a.m.
Family Engagement & Resource Expo, Union Park Middle School, Orlando, 10 a.m.
Back to School Bash, Zanders Park & Bouler Pool, Winter Garden, 11 a.m.

Monday, August 5
Leu Gardens Storytime, Leu Gardens, Orlando, 10 a.m.

Thursday, August 8
Free movie, The Avengers, Central Park, Winter Park, 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 10
Family Engagement & Resource Expo, Barnett Park Recreation Center, Orlando, 10 a.m.
Family Engagement & Resource Expo, John Bridges Community Center, Apopka, 10 a.m.
Kids Zone, JCPenney, 8001 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, 11 a.m.

Sunday, August 11
Free Family Funday, Mennello Museum, Orlando, noon.

For more events, check out the 4C Community Calendar, click here.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Local public libraries offer a variety of events such as story times. Use these links to learn more about the offerings available to your family:

FAMILY RESOURCES

Head Start/Early Head Start
The 4C Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness and child development for eligible low-income families with children from birth to 5 years old, click here.

Neighborhood Centers for Families
NCF is made up of non-profits, agencies, churches, and groups that work together to provide family-friendly accessible services and activities to Orange County families, click here.

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