8/25/11 Anonymous Donor Will Match Your Gift!
Late this summer we learned that funding would be further reduced by 11% for our six Early Childhood Centers serving 650 children. With all the other cuts from our state funding, we are left with a barebones budget that allows less than $2 per child for learning materials for the year. This means that paint, paper, glue, books, educational toys, puzzles and crayons will be in very short supply for our youngest students. Their ability to develop skills—like holding a crayon or learning how to put together a puzzle—will be compromised by the lack of learning materials.
Thanks to an anonymous donor who will match all gifts made by September 15 up to $15,000, our new goal is to raise $15,000 to cover the costs of materials for our future artists, doctors, lawyers and teachers. That is approximately $50 per child per year—or $1 a week, less than the price of a cup of coffee. Where else will your dollars find such a rich return on investment? And where else will you charitable dollar double in value? Please click here to make a tax-deductible contribution to help our youngest students start their school experience with a fully stocked classroom.
Para Los Niños provides nurturing and high-quality child development services to approximately 600 very low-income children, ages six weeks to five-years at six Early Education Centers in the most impoverished neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Long-term research shows that early childhood education is critical in fostering later academic success, lowering the incidence of incarceration and increasing home ownership. At a time when less than half of all pre-schoolers in California are assessed as kindergarten ready, 100% of our graduating preschoolers were assessed as kindergarten-ready during the last academic year.
You support is an investment in a better future for our youngest learners. Please help today—any amount is greatly appreciated and will be put to immediate use in the classroom.
Fast Facts
In 2007, over 583,000 people in Los Angeles County lived in extreme poverty
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87% of children of immigrant families in Los Angeles County are U.S. citizens
