Community Now
GET PLUGGED IN!
Student Involvement
We help our students get involved in the community by
providing ways to volunteer their time for others.
Middle school students create signs for the elementary
schools. High school students can work with GET PLUGGED
IN! We provide community service hours for our youth.
Getting Plugged in with MVSRTS
Services
Walking school bus
Parent paths
Volunteer crossing guards
Drop-off sites
Parking lot patrol
Bicycle train
Monthly Student Education
Safety awareness
Physical fitness
Mental fitness
Nutrition
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Volunteers are background checked and trained to
provide a safe walking/biking environment. The City
of Moreno Valley provides crossing guard training.
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Volunteers are assigned positions as bus leaders, safe
route volunteers, parking lot patrols, site leaders and
event coordinators.
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Monthly each school site celebrates walking/biking in
an educational assembly geared to have fun and
educate our children on pedestrian/biking and
personal safety.
Community Empowerment and Benefits
Classes:
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Excel
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Word
Volunteer opportunities
Empowerment Series:
Self Empowerment
Goal Setting
Resume Writing
Transforming your mind
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Career Preparation and Experience
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Calculate Hours and Timesheets
Information on Diet and Exercise
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Positive References
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Volunteering shows a Willingness to
Work and that you are a Self Starter
Information on Resources
Available
Resources:
Information on Dealing with
Mental Health Issues
Personal Empowerment
Community Now understands the need for economic
growth in our cities. We address the personal and
community barriers that prevent individuals from
obtaining and holding jobs. GET PLUGGED IN will also
encourage our community participants by introducing a
self-empowerment series designed to inspire individuals
to attain personal growth.
Our impact
Our MVSRTS participating schools had no (zero) school site
incidents or pedestrian accidents since we started in 2011.
Community Now/MVSRTS has partnered with the Public Works department to provide
new stop signs, add stop lights, sidewalks, crosswalks, and more at our local schools.
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Our students learn the rules of the road and personal
safety skills which they use daily as they navigate
our neighborhoods.
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Community Now volunteers are excited about life
and learn career skills, safety training,
empowerment seminars and a sense of belonging to
an organization that cares about them and their
families.
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We promote and will hire many of our paid positions
from our volunteer force. Enhancing the economic
lives of those who care about our community and
strive for a better life.
How We Have Expanded
The Safe Routes to School Program was established in Moreno Valley on
June 3, 2011.
2011-2012 MVSRTS completed the year with 4 Schools participating, 4
walking school buses, 12 volunteers and 41 students.
2012-2013 MVSRTS 11 schools participating, 6 walking school buses, over
150 volunteers and over 1,000 students.
2013-2014 Opened a Not-For Profit Organization called Community Now.
partnered with organizations working in our community who
share our passion for healthy living, safe environments and
personal growth. This new expansion of our program is
called “GET PLUGGED IN”.
Our Long-term goal is to install our program across the
nation; reaching out to a larger number of people who
would otherwise find it difficult to find services such
as ours.
Get Plugged In
Community Now has enhanced its program to include FREE Tutoring
and Mentoring
Tutoring
Common Core Curriculum
The Mission of this program is to empower student achievement one student at
a time to ensure that no child would ever be left behind. The tutorial program
is targeted at youth, kindergarten - 12th grade. Tutoring will be held after
school.
Mentoring
Sigma Beta Xi Inc.
Provides male students with the support and guidance necessary to achieve
academic success, business etiquette, leadership skills, and service to their
community. To ensure that young men do not continue a cycle of poverty and
hunger, the district and organization partnership created Academies for Young
Men on middle school and high school campuses to provide male students with
four (4) core pillars of mentoring, school readiness, community service, and
leadership development
We are seeking a mentoring program for females and hope to
find a partner soon.
Program Funding Opportunities
Community Now partnered with the City of Moreno Valley and
were awarded a grant that provides funds for safety education,
temporary employment for some of our community members
and will provide sidewalks at two local schools:
Badger Springs and Chaparral Hills.
There are many funding opportunities through partnerships and collaborative
grants from private and governmental agencies.
We welcome community partners and look forward to working together as we
provide needed social services to our communities, families and friends.
Community Partners
Sigma Beta Xi Inc.
MV Unified School District
City of Moreno Valley
Riverside Medical Clinic
M.V. Public Works
Wells Fargo
Think Together
M.V. PTA Council
Molina Healthcare
RTA
Bob’s Big Boy
China One
UCR
Safe House/Safe Zones
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Bryan’s Dog Grooming
RCDC
Alessandro Clinica Medica Familiar
Higher Ground Program
All-In-One Financial Services
Congressman Takano
Assemblyman Medina
Visterra Credit Union
Integrated Care Communities
County of Riverside Public
Health
CalTrans
The Optimists Club
Office Depot
Repicci’s Italian Ice
Val Verde School District
Excel Charter School
Taffeco Real Estate
Olive Garden
National Safe Routes to School
Passion Cakes and More!
Starbucks
Capturing Hearts
Alesandro Dental Clinic
Community Now Staff
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Shor Denny – Chief Executive Officer
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Chekota Russell – Chief Operating Officer
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Erika Elkins – Office Administrator
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Elizabeth Chavez - Chief of Staff
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Please like us @ Moreno Valley Safe Routes to School Program
on Face book to get more information.
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Or call (951) 333-9965 or email communitynow@outlook.com