Sunshine Community Services Center
701 May Street
P.O. Box 405
Kewanee, IL 61443
ph: 309-853-7751
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Our Mission is to provide comprehensive services to a diverse population within Kewanee, Illinois and the surrounding areas in Henry County. These services will include a variety of educational support services, and community empowerment and support programs.
Our agency started as a dream of our Executive Director, Etta LaFlora, who has been a resident of this community for over 40 years.
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With the assistance of Mattie Owens in September of 2008 the Sunshine Early Learning Center opened its doors in the Old Franklin School Building at 600 N. Lexington Avenue.
The numerous hours of volunteer service has been vital to the success of the Step-Ladder Tutoring Program. The following volunteer tutors dedciated their time to this project.
Volunteer Tutors
Past & Present
Cassandra Ingels Anita Blanks
Flor Martinez Chris Downs
Jiara Ibarra Tori Gustafson Toni Smith
Linnea Hepner Rachel Wentworth
Danielle Fickling Cecilia Martinez
Tina Landsiedel-Clark Angela French Jesse Wheelhouse Kate Reynolds,
Jack Reynolds Jenni Eastman
Lea Eastman Sherri Jamison
Evelyn Cortez Morgan Hamilton
Ashlee Werkheiser, Nikki Ferns,
Kali Oliva-Farrell, Phyllis Dotson, Cleverette Conley, Barbara Gerard,
Kay Skutnick, Eric Schave, Victoria West, Greg Wyman, Brendan Jamison,Carol Gutschlag, Dorothy Meindok, Desiree Gleason, Gabby Cummings, Nora Meindok, Elizabeth Bral
Antoinette Hall, Elizabeth Jamison
Samantha Culver, Jayna Hansen,
Frey D. Guerrero, Angela Lutz,
Brandi York, Patty Varner, Norma Good, Yadira Chavez, Soledad Estrada, Valerie Painter, Alvin Cole, Branton Robinson, Esmeralda Parades, Ananbel Bodine, Veronica Del Toro, Kayla Thomas,
Abigail Schmitt
Etta LaFlora, Executive Director
Dr. Mary Kay Fulton
Director of Educational Services
How have we made it this far?
From the hard work of a dedicated staff, board, volunteers,Candace Oliva, Dr. Mary Kay Fulton, Dr. Sharon Gibson, and DeMonica Flagg who are determined to help us make a difference in our community.
Major Funders for the
Step Ladder Tutoring Program are
Kewanee Area United Way.
Kewanee and Wethersfield School Districts, for donation of space and transportation. Black Hawk College for donation of facilities for recruitment, training and community awareness programs, Kewanee Public Library for donation of space for our summer program.
Plus, individual and private donations from citizens in the community and surrounding areas.
The following businesses for donation space for our Tag Days Fundraisers and/or gift certificates for students and volunteers:
Walmart, , Save-a-Lot,
Woodforest National Bank
Thanks for Supporting our Tag Days!!!
We appreciate the local, city, state, and governmental officials who took time out our their busy schedules to attend programs in support of the Step Ladder Tutoring Program.
Newly Elected U.S. State Rep. Dan Swanson
Former U.S. State Rep. Donald Moffitt
Rep. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos
Supt. of Schools-Wethersfield
, Shane Kazubowski
Supt. of Schools-Kewanee, Dr. Chris Sullens
,Principal, Jason Anderson
Reps. from Black Hawk College and other local agencies.
"Helping one child at at time"
Copyright 2011 Sunshine Community Services Center. All rights reserved.
Sunshine Community Services Center
701 May Street
P.O. Box 405
Kewanee, IL 61443
ph: 309-853-7751
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