Causes: Education, Preschools

Mission: To prepare preschool children from low-income homes for future academic and social success while providing their parents with opportunities for professional, personal and parental growth

Target demographics: provide equitable access to the highest-quality early education for ALL children.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 160 children

Geographic areas served: Washtenaw County

Programs: Through our safety net early education programming and essential services, we serve approximately 160 of the most needful children in the area each year, ranging in age from 6 weeks to 12 years. In addition to seven classrooms, our facility holds two large indoor play spaces and more than 20,000 square feet of playgrounds, including a variety of play structures and raised bed gardens. We offer multiple programs: Preschool for ages 6 weeks to 5 years from September through mid-JuneDays of Discovery summer programming from mid-June through August for kids up to age 12Great Start Readiness program; Michigan's state-funded preschool Program for four-year-old children with factors which may place them at risk of educational failure.