NHEG EDGuide November-December 2023

NHEG EDGUIDE
November-December 2023
1/2/23
NHEG is going through some big changes this year and a lot of things will start to look different in
the coming months. To move forward with NHEG’s goals and dreams, we need funding for an annual
budget. Pamela Clark can no longer run NHEG without a paid staff. What does this mean for volunteers
and families in need of services?
The website will become free and searchable. NHEG will no longer take on new students for live
lessons or tutoring. We will no longer answer phone calls for informational services, and families will
need to use the search tool on our websites to find the answers they need. Most, if not all, of them will
be on the site, and we will add any information that people might need. The website will stay intact and
up to date as long as there is a volunteer to manage it and money to fund the hosting costs. Your
donations are appreciated to help us keep it available.
We hope the website will remain a valuable resource and blessing for those who need it and will
honor the many hundreds of volunteers who have helped build the organization. We want to make sure
that the information and work of the last 16 years don't go to waste. Your donations are appreciated to
help us keep it available. We ask that, if possible, you donate at least $25 or more to help offset these
costs. We will be required to pay $705 per year for these basic expenses. If we can’t raise these funds the
site might go inactive by 2024.
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NHEG will no longer take on new students for live lessons or tutoring.
All tutoring has come to an end, due to low funds and teacher/tutor shortages.
NHEG’s pre-recorded courses will all be available for free, but families will need to contact us by
enrolling or emailing us for access to specific classes.
The website will become free and searchable, and it will stay intact and up to date as long as
there is a volunteer to manage it and funds to cover the hosting fees.
Our phone number will stay the same, but there may be longer response times. We ask that you
search the site first before calling for information.
We will no longer answer phone calls for informational services, and families will need to use the
search tool on our websites to find the answers they need. Most, if not all, of them will be on the
site, and we will add any information that people might need.
The comic book issue currently being worked on, once published, will be our last (unless funding
is acquired). All scripts that weren’t made into a comic book will be shared on our comic book
page.
The radio shows may or may not continue depending on circumstances out of our control.
The Reading Program will stay active and pre-recorded as long as a volunteer is available to run
the program.
Any offerings from program partners will be shared with those who are signed up for our email
list.
The student leadership groups can still meet and plan for their future.
There will be no further Recognition Days, but all volunteers will receive annual certificates of
appreciation and a letter from NHEG if they do a good job volunteering.
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We need help with HR, as well as a cartoonist, professional fundraisers, publicists, grant writers,
social media/marketing, graphic design, data compilation and organization/moving information
to new systems, proofreading, and managing the radio show.
A complete list of open positions can be viewed here.
https://NewHeightsEducation.org/volunteer-with-NHEG/NHEG-volunteer-opportunities/
NHEG EDGuide will continue as long as Marina Klimi and Pamela Clark can devote time to it.
We will no longer have a Research Department or review new products or programs.
We are hoping that volunteers will stay on to organize and share NHEG information with families
in need. NHEG’s pre-recorded courses will all be available for free, but families will need to contact us for
access to specific classes. We ask that you don't share these classes; each person using them must
request them by contacting he NewHeightsEducation@yahoo.com email address or by enrolling to
receive a specific course. The reason for this is because we have paid for some curriculum from other
companies for these classes, and we don't want to disrespect those companies in any way by openly
offering their information for free.
If you want to advocate for our organization and its dream of a fair and equal education for all
who are willing to work for it, then I ask that you contact the following and tell them you want and
expect their support for our services.
Here is a script that you can use by phone or email, or to submit via online contact form:
Hello, I’m contacting you as a [student, parent, volunteer, teacher/tutor] and I want to share my
concern about the New Heights Educational Group. The organization is falling dormant because it isn’t
receiving the support it needs to stay active. It would be a great loss to not only Defiance and the State
of Ohio but also to the world to lose this organization and its services. It needs funding and media
support, and we want you to make it happen. (Share what the organization has meant to you.)
● Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (614) 644-4357, https://governor.ohio.gov/contact
● Representative Craig Reidel’s office: (614) 644-5091,
https://ohiohouse.gov/members/craig-s-riedel/contact
● Representative Bob Latta's office: (419) 782-1996, https://latta.house.gov/contact/
● Defiance Mayor Mike McCann: (419) 784-2101, https://cityofdefiance.com/contact/
● Defiance Area Foundation: (419) 782-3130, https://defianceareafoundation.org/contact-us/
Local Defiance leaders don’t believe that our services are needed and think they duplicate
what the public schools offer, although we do and want to offer an educational and affordable service
center serving all families regardless of school choice, a sensory room, a daycare for young parents,
and our radio show. We would appreciate you sharing our information with anyone who can fund this
dream. We can't continue to operate on a small to non-existent budget. Thank you for the blessing of
allowing us to serve you for the last 16 years and helping us become the most awarded nonprofit on
the planet.
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