WHSA 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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1:00pm CST

Are You Where You Want to be in the Early Childhood Field?

Tuesday February 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST

Come join me in my session & learn about my personal experiences in the early childhood field. I will be talking about how I chose early childhood education as my career, & how I became the teacher I am today. I will also touch base on where I would like my future to be in this field. Along the way we will talk about the positive impact of early childhood education & working in a head start & early head start setting.

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Speakers

Brandy Perry

Teacher, Lac Courte Oreilles Head Start and Early Head Start

I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I live in Hayward Wisconsin on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation and I am a tribal member. I am a mother to 3 children and 2 step children. I have been in the early childhood profession for about 13 years this May. I went to college at the Lac... Read More →

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Tuesday February 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST
Guava

Breakout

3:00pm CST

Wisconsin FoodShare

Tuesday February 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CST

Guava

Feeding Wisconsin in the State Association of Six Regional Feeding America food banks that provide food to over 1,000 local food pantries in all 72 counties and 11 Tribal Nations.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Wisconsin FoodShare, is an income-based, non-welfare program funded through the Federal Government to supplement monthly income for food. This presentation will share more information about FoodShare and how families enrolled in HeadStart may qualify.

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Speakers

Heidi Healy

FoodShare Outreach Manager, Second Harvest Foodbank

My name is Heidi Healy (She/Her) and I am the FoodShare Outreach Manager at Second Harvest Foodbank. Second Harvest Foodbank supports 16 counties throughout Southern Wisconsin. I have had the pleasure of working for Second Harvest for over 8 years as part of the FoodShare Outreach... Read More →

Jules Lee

Outreach Specialist, Feeding Wisconsin

In both Indiana and Wisconsin, Jules has served the emergency food assistance program over the span of twenty-two years. And as a child, his family were recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Gary Indiana. From 2000 to 2011, Jules served with the Community... Read More →

Tuesday February 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CST
Guava

Breakout