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Family siting on floor with child on mother's lap looking at a bookReading to Your Kids Offers Many Benefits
Reading opens up the whole world to a young reader. As March is National Reading Month, here are some of the benefits that come from reading to your kids.
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Author Ginger Wadsworth reading reading "Born to Draw Comics" outside
This Valentine’s Day, The Blue Rose Foundation is featuring a favorite author, Ginger Wadsworth. Mrs. Wadsworth’s most recent book is Born to Draw Comics, The Story of Charles Schulz and the Creation of Peanuts illustrated by Craig Orback.
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Picture of chalkboard drawing of blue cloud with white outline and sun peaking out from behind - even 2020 had a silver lining
Phew, 2020 was quite a year, given everything that happened (pandemic, protests, election, etc.). Since our foundation is about education, and starting children on a path of lifelong learning, we thought January would be a good time to reflect on what 2020 taught us.
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Sign on wall with lights saying "Goodbye 2020"Donate and Make a Difference for 2020
You can still make a big difference with your donation before the New Year, and send 2020 off with a bang!
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Scrabble pieces spelling out the word "Resolutions" - New Year Resolutions from the Blue Rose Foundation
December is the season of celebration. We don’t know how you all feel this year, but if it’s anything like us, we’re REALLY looking forward to starting fresh for the new year!
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#GivingTuesday for the Blue Rose Foundation Graphic - 3 ways to Participate 2020
We are participating in #GivingTuesday, which, if you haven’t heard about it yet, is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.
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Picture of young Bobby Charles on porch in rocking chair with guitar - oarBobby Charles Scholarship Supports Early Education
In an effort to provide access to early education, and provide additional COVID emergency support, we awarded a scholarship grant to a New Orleans school in the name of  one of the city’s beloved musicians – Bobby Charles.
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Celebrating Thanksgiving serving food at nicely set thanksgiving table
One way for us to get in the spirit of Thanksgiving is to review what we are thankful for. This can be a challenge during this trying time, especially when the world looks bleak and the Thanksgiving we are used to may not be possible.  But being thankful and showing gratitude is something we can...
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Graphic of families trick or treating 6 feet apart with masks
It’s the season of pumpkin spice, scary costumes and trick-or-treating (make sure to check in with your local health officials to see if it’s allowed at all). Welcome to October, COVID-style!  Halloween will be different this year, and there will be some things that need to be rethought. We are here to help. The Centers...
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Fingers with faces drawn on and "masks"
With all the changes the Covid-19 global pandemic has brought to our lives, The Blue Rose Foundation added to our focus this year. Our main focus has been to provide scholarship grants for preschools to assist financially disadvantaged children. During these strange and crazy pandemic times, The Blue Rose Foundation realized the preschool community had...
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