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![]() We all know of the life-saving work international organizations perform for impoverished children overseas. The founders of Tampa Bay’s Child have long supported international sponsorship programs and will continue to do so. But there are children in our own community who desperately need help and support – and who could benefit from a similar sponsorship relationship. Tampa Bay’s Child was formed to provide just such a sponsorship opportunity – with the goal of building the school-readiness, futures, and very lives of low-income children here in our own backyard. ![]() Are such sponsorships needed? You bet. Just consider the following realities:
More than 20% of Hillsborough children are not ready when they enter kindergarten, and one out of every two are at risk, through poverty or low maternal education, of failing in school (Hillsborough Children’s Board Strategic Plan; School Readiness Uniform Screening System); Two out of every three African-American students, and one-third of Caucasian students, can’t read at grade level. While a new study shows that all racial and income groups are showing improvement in 4th-grade reading proficiency, the reading gap between kids living in poverty and their higher-income classmates is growing ever wider. (St. Petersburg Times, May 2004); Compared to the national average, Florida has: more kids in poverty; more kids without health insurance; more kids born low-birthweight; more teens giving birth; more single-parent families; and more parents making less money. Florida’s ranking on child-wellbeing has fallen over the last decade to 38th among the 50 states. (Kids Count report, funded by Annie E. Casey Foundation) Sponsorship
can ensure that low-income children in struggling families receive the
items and services, necessary to success in school and life, that others
take for granted. Although a monthly sponsor contribution of $28 may
not stretch as far as it does in some overseas communities, it can still
make a difference in the life of a child. That’s especially true
since Tampa Bay’s Child stretches the buying power of sponsor
contributions through bulk purchasing and commercial discounts –
so that a $28 monthly sponsor contribution ends up buying far more than
$28 worth of goods and services.
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