Ninety percent of a child’s brain develops before age 3! This means that what happens before a child even enters kindergarten is critical in determining how that child will learn once in school and succeed in later life. And a majority of children in our community spend time in child care settings during these formative years.

That is why 4C for Children has been working since 1972 to raise the quality of care available in child care centers, preschool programs and family child care homes—and to help working parents find and choose quality care. But we need your support.

Did you know that 4C...

• assists over 8,000 families of all income levels each year to find and choose quality child care?
  
  
• enrolls over 12,500 child care providers annually in workshops on child development and appropriate learning activities for each age and stage?
  
  
• supports hundreds of early education and care programs in 23 counties in achieving state quality ratings—which mean lower adult-child ratios, better educated staff and stimulating learning environments for children?
  
  
• advocates for families and young children at the local, state and federal level? 

Please become a 'champion for children' and support 4C’s mission to ensure that all children have positive early learning experiences and a foundation that prepares them for success in school and in life. Make an online gift today!

Over 123,000 children were positively impacted this past year by 4C’s services to parents and child care providers!

The families and children of our community are counting on 4C—and you! Please be generous!

Thank you!
 
Sallie Westheimer
Executive Director

P.S. Your gift—no matter how small—is particularly important this year when 4C has experienced cutbacks of $600,000 in state, federal and other funding.

• To make an online donation
• To download a donation form to return by mail