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NBSI Family Troops Day
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 09:51 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
– Nemours BrightStart!, a local pioneering program to combat dyslexia, will provide free on-site screenings to four year olds during the Family Art Festival and Salute to the Troops Event at...

Nemours Celebrates Historic 1st Fundraising Event in Jacksonville
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 09:45 AM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Benefiting Nemours Brightstart! Dyslexia Initiative, this event will allow Nemours to leverage the resources its founder, Alfred I. duPont, left to the organization. ...

DOLLAR GENERAL GRANT

Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)
October 4, 2008

Dollar General recently announced that it has awarded Nemours Children's Clinic a $2,500 Back-to-School grant for its Nemours Bright Start! Dyslexia Initiative. The initiative tests children primarily in local day-care centers to determine which ones have dyslexia and provides help to those who need it. The grants fund new programs, equipment, materials or software for school programs across the nation. For more information, visit www.dollargeneral.com.

Ebony and Ivory Gala
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 06:22 AM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
The Women of Color Cultural Foundation presents its fifth annual Ebony and Ivory Gala, "An Evening of Elegance," at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel, 245 W. Water St....

Dr. Laura Bailet Appointed to Governor Crist’s Task Force on Autism
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 04:28 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Laura Bailet, PhD was appointed today by Governor Charlie Christ of Florida to the Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders....

Nemours and Families Building Better Readers: Offering parents a reading workshop in Spanish
Saturday, June 28, 2008 @ 06:04 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
A dynamic reading workshop completely in Spanish designed for Hispanic parents of elementary age children. ...

BrightStart! Mobile Classrooms
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 @ 02:24 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Nemours BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative, a local pioneering program that offers screening to identify four-year olds at risk of reading difficulty, introduced its new mobile classrooms to the...

Nemours BrightStart! offers parents a free workshop in: “Fatherhood and Grandparents As Parents”
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 06:48 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Nemours BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative, a local pioneering program that offers free screening to identify children at risk of reading difficulty in rising kindergartners...

BrightStart Workshop
Friday, May 09, 2008 @ 05:25 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Nemours BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative, a local pioneering program that offers free screening to identify children at risk of reading difficulty in rising kindergartners...

Celebrating Children's Author
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 06:37 PM EDT	Jacksonville, Florida
Nemours sponsors Children’s Chapter at Much Ado About Books...

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