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9/16/2008

Childcare Resources Steps Up For Kids!

Representatives from Childcare Resources and approximately 30 other sponsoring organizations joined together on the Alabama Capitol Steps September 16th to “Step Up for Kids.”

During the Step Up for Kids rally, sponsoring organizations, other advocates, parents, children and featured speaker and Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb called on all candidates, the media, and individual voters to remember what kids need this election year and beyond.

The rally was part of Step Up for Kids Day, a nationwide event sponsored by the nonprofit organization Every Child Matters. Rallies took place concurrently in each of the 50 states and the steps of the U.S. Capitol. For more information, click here.

PHOTO: Childcare Resources Executive Director Joan Wright joins other organizations in holding up agency signs during the rally as a show of support for the rally's goals.

9/15/2008

Thank You, Wachovia Foundation!

Childcare Resources has received a $10,000 grant from The Wachovia Foundation to support the agency’s work in training child care teachers and directors. The grant will support training programs, including:

  • Director’s Retreat, a quarterly retreat for child care directors.
  • Stepping’ It Up, a training series that covers intermediate-level child care subjects
  • Basic Administration Course for individuals planning to become a child care program director.

The Wachovia Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to eligible 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations to support four primary focus areas: Education, Community Development, Health and Human Services and Arts and Culture. The mission of the Foundation is to build strong and vibrant communities, improve the quality of life, and make a positive difference in the communities where Wachovia does business. For the full story, click here.





8/1/2008

Childcare Resources Exceeds United Way Pacesetter Goal

Childcare Resources participated as a Pacesetter organization for the 2008 United Way of Central Alabama annual fund-raising campaign during July. As a Pacesetter, Childcare Resources team members held their internal UWCA campaign this summer — "setting the pace" for other organizations that will begin their UWCA campaign efforts in September. Through pledges and fundraisers such as bake sales and book sales, Childcare Resources team members raised $10,400 for the campaign, exceeding its ambitious $10,000 goal. Way to go!

Childcare Resources is one of two nonprofit organizations and 30 companies serving as Pacesetters this year.