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SUMMARY:LENA Start | 8-Week Virtual Series
DESCRIPTION:LENA Start Registration Open Now (Deadline: June 15!) \nLENA Start is a no-cost\, eight-week virtual program for parents of children ages 0–32 months. Through weekly sessions\, parents learn how to harness the power of back-and-forth conversation to build their child’s early language and cognitive skills. \nWednesdays\, June 24 – August 12 | 10–11 a.m. | Via Zoom \nRegister: ppld.org/kids/LENAStart \nDownload flyer here
URL:https://www.jointinitiatives.org/event/20773/2026-08-05/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Family Calendar
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SUMMARY:LENA Start | 8-Week Virtual Series
DESCRIPTION:LENA Start Registration Open Now (Deadline: June 15!) \nLENA Start is a no-cost\, eight-week virtual program for parents of children ages 0–32 months. Through weekly sessions\, parents learn how to harness the power of back-and-forth conversation to build their child’s early language and cognitive skills. \nWednesdays\, June 24 – August 12 | 10–11 a.m. | Via Zoom \nRegister: ppld.org/kids/LENAStart \nDownload flyer here
URL:https://www.jointinitiatives.org/event/20773/2026-08-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Family Calendar
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SUMMARY:Ascend Garden @ Galileo Volunteer Sign-Up
DESCRIPTION:SUMMER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! \nJoint Initiatives launched the Ascend Garden @ Galileo last year and we now have 66 functional raised beds that will be feeding the Galileo community and beyond! If you’re interested in volunteering this summer\, please join us! Volunteers will be watering\, planting seeds\, planting transplants\, amending beds with compost as needed\, repairing raised beds\, harvesting and weighing vegetables\, and weeding. \nAll food from the garden is donated to the school and local food banks. \nSIGN UP HERE: \nbit.ly/GalileoGardenVolunteer
URL:https://www.jointinitiatives.org/event/ascend-garden-galileo-volunteer-sign-up/2026-08-17/
LOCATION:Ascend Garden @ Galileo\, 1600 N. Union Blvd.\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Family Calendar
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SUMMARY:Child Development Associate+
DESCRIPTION:The CDA+\, created by Pikes Peak State College (PPSC)\, is a ten-session program (80 hours) that allows you to earn seven PLA college credits. If you have a current CDA\, check out this NO-COST program that includes $800 in funding for YOU. Successful completion will eliminate the need for CDA renewal! Check out the flyer for full details and the link to apply below. \nPROGRAM DETAILS \n\nJoint Initiatives for Youth + Families provides in-person training\non Thursdays – see sidebar at right.\nTraining is assignment- and participation-based\, with no testing\nrequired for successful program completion.\nCDA credential will be submitted for PLA college credits.\n\nPrerequisite: Have a current Child Development Associate®\n(CDA) Credential™. Your current CDA credential will be submitted\nfor college credits\, eliminating the need for continual CDA renewal. \n🔗CDA+ Flyer  \nPlease fill out this INTEREST FORM (also linked on flyer) and you will be contacted with more details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.jointinitiatives.org/event/child-development-associate-2/
LOCATION:JI/Foundations
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Dine + Learn for Early Childhood Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Joint Initiatives for Youth + Families is excited to bring more Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) services to the community! \nJI’s ECMH team is offering a Dine + Learn sessions on the 4th Thursday of each month for directors and/or teachers. Tap link below to join us via Zoom. Each month we will discuss a topic seen widely across centers\, then open it up for you all to ask questions\, talk through what behaviors you are seeing at your program\, discuss resources in the community\, collaborate\, and partner! \nJOIN HERE! \nThank you and we look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.jointinitiatives.org/event/dine-learn-for-early-childhood-professionals/2026-08-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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