Ultimate Character Education Network

From: Tom Wolfgram [twolfgram@wcprinting.com]

Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:20 AM

To: Tina Ashton (tashton@rosenhotels.com); Mr. Harris Rosen (Hrosen@RosenHotels.com)

Subject: More on Leveraging your results.

USA VALUES - CDP Phone 507-452-2658 or 763-550-0769
Character Development Program Fax 507-452-2202
102 Walnut Street http://www.usavalues-character.org/
Winona, Minnesota 55987 twolfgram@wcprinting.com
(A 501 (c) (3) company)

May 25, 2007

Organizations

When we talk about organizations that will be used to deliver Early Reading Skills, Simple Math and Social Skills to age 3-6 children we are generally talking about not-for-profits that already have the mission but do not have the deliver mechanism funded or are not up to scale for the community. Every community needs one or two to lead the delivery show and mobilize others. The one or two should take on a “business” segment of effort that looks like http://ulticharnetwork.blogspot.com/ . Your program has many collaborating organizations. Your documents suggest the CAB, the Civic Association, the Baptist Church, the YMCA, the Elementary School supported others to deliver. It seems the Family Service Center is what we would call the Ultimate Character Network. I will ask to spend more time understanding this exactly.

These organizations are accountable to designated gifts and are all about giving the gift in an accountable way to 100% of the children before they start kindergarten. Any child will not stand still to get the gift twice so money can not be wasted in this manner. If, for example, 50% of the children in a public school area are already getting the gift some portion of the new deliveries can be made with new money being spent with parents who are already giving the gift privately to their children. Parents who care can be boosted with delivery strategies supported with new money. If we are going to get to 100% of the kids, the bottom 20% of the 100% will need to be delivered from the least structured but most intensive set of resources.

So in the end the not-for-profits (there are very many of these) who “collaborate so well” cover 100% of the children with the intentions and actions of delivering early reading skills one size fits one to 100% of the children who start kindergarten. Kindergarten teachers and law enforcement will help point to the children. They get it! One could say there are too many organizations to collaborate with but that would not be in the effective citizen’s best interest. Each location has to search its heart of not-for-profits and understand how it has historically served families and children and yet allow the children to start kindergarten not ready to read. This “next step in development” is all about if not me or you, who? And if not now, when? Finding 100% of the children at age 3 is not the problem. Seeing them as import is the issue. Given all the money that is spent one wonders how this is still missed but the powerful have started to see where they want to spend the new money. So the glass is half full. I think the powerful are saying show me how the new money will get to the kids most at risk, before they give the next level of gifts.

You know all this. Where do the organizations get the new money? We can help with USA VALUES-CDP.

Those delivering organizations are not USA VALUES-CDP. USA VALUES-CDP is a public charity (501c3) with a design to jumpstart the delivery of 1/3 of the money needed on a large scale. The product line on this site is adjustable so that the materials meet the requirement of the delivery organizations. The materials on this site are Montessori based, and digested so they can be delivered one size fits one by a high school educated adult who cares. The materials can be expanded to meet the local needs. The site can be duplicated to meet the local needs. 2/3rds of the money discussion comes later.

So there is a not-for-profit business plan being built around http://www.usavalues-character.org . Without regard to parent, friend, family or neighbor, childcare, preschool or school, those who wish to deliver early reading skills can by using this site as a resource. USA VALUES-CDP has one major sponsor http://www.wcprinting.com/ who will share revenue and support the wholesale operation side of product delivery. Additionally, that one sponsor has created http://www.printsmartforreading.com/ to share revenue using it’s online printing site http://www.printsmart4u.com/ . This sponsorship is created to help grow the online marketplace by connecting/leveraging the printing dollar to early reading. This is a demonstration, many other corporate expense dollars can be leveraged this way.

The leverage to early reading of this willingness to share revenue on three levels has only just started. The three levels are; 1) Wholesale operation of a online retail product site for the benefit of USA VALUES-CDP; 2) Large Company Sponsorships; and 3) Service Group Sponsorships.

Obviously this needs the support of the most powerful, as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Thomas D. Wolfgram