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African American
Mutual Assistance Network, Inc.
A.A.M.A.N.
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Adding Links To Your Community's Chain Of Prosperity!
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CEO and Founder
Cecil Adams, Jr.
Board Members
Valjean J. Adams
Dwayne Adams
Elverta Boone
James Pus
Fawn Tyler
Marcus Tyler
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Our Mission
AAMAN is committed to giving at-risk children of low-income families the resources to realize the possibility of a successful and productive life. We believe the quality of the investment we make in them and their families will help to positively shape their future. These children represent the promise of accomplishing great things and deserve every opportunity to fulfill that promise without restrictions. AAMAN inspires children to learn, adults to teach and communities to move forward together.
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PHOTO BY
Teri Steckelberg
SMIF
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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
President and CEO Tim Penny
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Clara Fields Multicultural Literacy Program
Founder and Director Valjean Adams
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In Owatonna, MN, September 25, 2008 the African American Mutual Assistance Network, Inc.-(AAMAN) was one of 29 organizations to receive books through Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's BookStart program, a partnership between SMIF and Capstone Publishers. This effort is part of SMIF's Early Childhood Initiative; focused on providing resources so all children can have a healthy life of learning, achieving, and succeeding.
The African American Mutual Assistance Network, Inc. was selected to receive 400 books valued at $6,380.00 because of our outstanding early literacy opportunities for young children and their families within Southern Minnesota. The African American Mutual Assistance Network, Inc. will incorporate the books into their Clara Fields Multicultural Literacy Program's BookStart Give-Away Programs. We plan to have three Programs: The first at the La Crescent Public Library, MN, the second at the Winona Public Library, MN and if there are any books left...a third again at the La Crescent Public Library. At these events, young children will receive one of the books to take home and keep.
"We are pleased to be able to partner with Capstone Publishers to provide these exceptional resources to promote early literacy and learning for our young children," notes SMIF's President and CEO Tim Penny. "We believe investing in our young children is a long term workforce strategy that will lead to a capable workforce."
"The Clara Fields Multicultural Literacy Program is to give children that are at the greatest risk of educational failure equal access to literacy opportunities and resources," notes Program Director and Founder Valjean J. Adams. "Our Literacy Program promotes and supports early childhood literacy in minority, at-risk, and low income families; to develop prolific readers in each preschooler by the time they start kindergarten and to greatly improve the literacy skills of those children in K-6th grade. Our Read Me A Story initiative is designed to promote literacy while strengthening that essential nurturing bond between a jailed parent and their child."
For more information on SMIF's Early Childhood Initiative partnerships and resources, visit www.smifoundation.org or contact Anni O'Neill at annin@smifoundation.org.
Source: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Press Release
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Federal Tax Exempt No.
870722089
501 (c) 3
MN. Tax Exempt No.
8368073
WI. Tax Exempt No.
049955
Corporate Charter No.
1765591-2
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BookStart Programs Details
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Our First BookStart Give-Away
December 27, 2008
10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
La Crescent Public Library
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Bring a Blanket and Snuggle up with a book, Hot Chocolate, Cookies and enjoy Puppeteer, Lucy Freeman. Each child will take home a book.
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Parents Will Learn Modeling Reading.
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Each Child receives a Book-Mark (similar to 3 at left) to help prepare for school.
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Our Second BookStart Give-Away
January 16, 2009
4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Winona Public Library
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Cecil Adams, Jr., CEO and Founder, AAMAN • Valjean J. Adams, COO and Co-Founder, AAMAN
2709 South Avenue, Suite E, Wisconsin 54601 • 955 Hwy. 61 E. Suite 123, Winona, Minnesota 55987
Email aaman@aaman.us • Telephone 608-779-0676 Website http://aaman.us
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UNICEF
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