How much of a role do nutrition and health play on a child’s academic success? Nutrition is actually a vital piece of the brain development puzzle. Providing and promoting healthy foods makes a difference in children’s educational outcomes.
Families across our community know how COVID-related school closures impacted students’ learning, and now we’re beginning to see the full extent of this impact. Volunteers of America, Dakotas’ out-of-school time programs are helping students make up for this loss by providing tutoring and homework help afterschool.
In August 2017, Volunteers of America, Dakotas set out to give young people experiencing homelessness a new place to call home.
Kids at Volunteers of America, Dakotas Child Care got a special visit from 5 Star Cutz ‘N’ Salon recently! Tyrone Wilson, owner of the Sioux Falls-based salon, came to the child care center to give free haircuts to the children there.