Join us for Virtual ParentCamp on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12 pm ET/11 am CT/ 10 am MT/ 9 am PT!
Join us for our daytime session of Virtual ParentCamp. February is the month of love and kindness so take the time to cherish and appreciate those around you. It’s the shortest month of the year and for me time to start getting excited as spring is around the corner. Almost time to take off those winter woolies and enjoy the warmer, longer days.
Our hearts are with the families affected by the American Airlines and Jet Rescue tragedies along with eastern Kentucky suffering from devastating floods again. As they navigate this difficult time, we offer our deepest support.
As always, we use Mighty Networks to safely connect with our parents and community. This space is for you to use to connect and share with our community nationwide and globally. I would love to connect with you on Mighty Networks and encourage you this month to make a post sharing a success story about yourself or someone you know. Let’s show our appreciation and praise for those around us and celebrate the big and small moments together!
Register for Virtual ParentCamp on Mighty Networks, where you will find the Zoom link to join. We hope you are enjoying it as much as we are!
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/2025-02-19-vpc
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Room 1 Tips and Resources for Tax Filing Season
Facilitator – Daniel Webber- Public Affairs Specialist – IRS
Daniel Webber is back with tips and resources that can aid you with your annual tax returns. Join Daniel as he makes Tax filing fun and simple.
Daniel Webber is a Public Affairs Specialist with the Tax Outreach, Partnership and Education Branch of the Internal Revenue Service. He has served with the IRS for 10 years.
Room 2 Lunch n Learn AI: Supporting Learning and Growth
Facilitator – Michael Carr
Join us for an engaging discussion on how artificial intelligence is transforming education. Explore with Dr. Carr how AI can support learners of all ages by providing new ways to understand difficult concepts, foster individual growth, and build confidence. Bring your experiences and ideas to the conversation!
Michael Carr, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of marketing and director of the Bachelor of Arts in Marketing program at Thomas More University. With a passion for innovation in education, he is a vocal advocate for integrating AI into classroom instruction. Dr. Carr emphasizes the power of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance learning, streamline course preparation, and empower educators to focus on what matters most—teaching and student engagement. His research and teaching blend real-world experience with cutting-edge technology, inspiring both students and educators to embrace the transformative potential of AI in education.
Room 3 Hope After Trauma
Facilitator: Matt Morrison
Helping individuals identify and unpack their past traumatic events that have deeply scared them and left their emotional wounds untreated.
In 2012, Matt Morrison began operating a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Missions for Life. He coordinated and conducted multiple international medical and humanitarian short-term mission trips from the United States to central Mexico. Through private grant applications, numerous social media platforms, and in-person fundraising efforts, he has provided leadership in designing and implementing primary healthcare programs in more than 80 rural communities to help the adult Indigenous population achieve improved health outcomes from NCDs and pediatric nutritional supplementation.
Matt Morrison has been a registered nurse and supervisor on the front lines of a pediatric level-one trauma center for more than ten years.
As a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health graduate, he has utilized his talents to build another wonderful non-profit organization, the Delaware Regional Dream Center. Helping family’s post-pandemic to rebuild through food pantry donations and socioeconomic training programs. Establishing a community center as a beacon of light, a house of Hope in a world of pain. The Hunger Relief Project currently has over 2,900 participants. Ninety-four percent, or 815 families, are identified as low-income, receiving assistance with annual gross revenues at or below $30,000. Mental Health is addressed through their Restoring Hope Community Outreach Program, which is focused on substance use and addiction counseling services. This two-tier program offers free and paid services to adults in the community. Living Free is group and individual therapy that aims to help adults identify and address life-controlling triggers and provide solutions to Living Free from addiction. To bring healing to opioid and alcohol addiction, the Naaman Center Delaware is a fee-for-service intensive outpatient counseling office that Matt was able to collaborate with and bring next door to the Dream Center.
Don’t forget to listen to The ParentCamp Podcast hosted by the amazing April F. Draine. There are some amazing episodes still to come with exciting discussions about impactful topics, sharing stories from ParentCamp schools, highlighting the amazing people we have met and learning from many of our strategic partners. Make sure you check out the show notes for links to all the great resources.
Listen to The ParentCamp Podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify.
You can find current and past episodes on our website under the Podcast tab – https://www.parentcamp.org/the-parentcamp-podcast/
Thank you to all of you who joined our One Word challenge for 2025. Here are some of the words you shared for this New Year:
Although we may be worried and apprehensive about what this year may bring,I am hopeful that together we can rise above the challenges and can embrace each other with love and light to not only empower each other but to support each other through the tough times.
With Appreciation,
Virtual ParentCamp Coordinator
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