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36 Giving Guide 2018 Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com Rainbow Child Development Center 1. Sustain a leadership position in providing high quality early education and care programs for children that are research-based, successfully implemented and culturally appropriate. 2. Implement best practices and principles to promote and integrate social and emotional wellness for young children and families. Integrate holistic wellness principles into all aspects of Rainbow's early childhood system. Foster and encourage resilience strategies for children and families as a means to lifelong mental health. 3. Advocate and elevate the importance of early education for all children through business and community partnerships. Increase stakeholders' commitment to early education by recognizing its high rate of economic return. 4. Strengthen and retain strong bonds between educators and families to bridge the gap between home and school. Encourage parental participation in their child's academic, social and emotional achievements, and actively participate in Rainbow's family-friendly events. 5. Recruit additional educators and retain the Center's current skilled and committed workforce. Provide compensation that will attract new and retain existing teachers. 6. Maintain Rainbow Child Development Center's high standards associated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation, Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Standards and MA Curriculum Frameworks. 7. Implement innovative STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) with children's learning experiences to acquire STEAM skills. 1. Sponsor Rainbow Child Development Center's Annual Signature Event. 2. Donate to Rainbow CDC's Annual Appeal. 3. Designate a donation to continue Rainbow CDC's STEAM, literacy, speech and/or healthy lifestyle initiatives. 4. Sponsor a family-friendly event for Rainbow's children and parents, e.g., ice cream social or cook out. Rainbow Child Development Center's administration and staff welcomes, encourages and values volunteers. Rainbow's volunteers are a resource that facilitates the opportunity to positively influence hundreds of low-income children. Below is a list of volunteer opportunities where passion and positivity are the only requirements. • Become involved in a Committee: Advancement, Special Events and Playground. • Share a special skill or hobby with school -age children between the hours of 3:00-5:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to read with children, play a board game or share a creative talent. • Foster children's mind growth by mentoring a school age child who enjoys Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and/or Math. • Lead small groups of children in music, dance, gardening or yoga. • Join the Center's Parent Task Force. • Attend the Center's family and community events, art exhibits and literacy celebrations. • Attend Rainbow Child Development Center's (RCDC) Signature Event • Participate in RCDC's Annual Appeal • Designate a donation to continue Rainbow's healthy lifestyle initiatives • Participate in holiday drives • Identify support to Rainbow Child Development Center via the United Way Campaign • Donate online www.rainbowcdc.com Joyce Rowell, Executive Director Rosemarie Boyd, Boyd Financial Strategies MISSION STATEMENT SERVICE AREA: Worcester, MA To transform the lives of at-risk children and their families by providing quality educational and therapeutic programs and services. State Contracts .............. 76% Parent Fees ................... 10% TOP FUNDING SOURCES: Linda Hyde, Healthcare Consulting, Vice President Erin Rosenlund, Shepherd & Goldstein, Treasurer Deborah Almstrom, Webster Five Savings Bank Jared Fiore, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP Andrea Gossage, National Grid Patrick Harvey, Residential Mortgage Services Sharon Hogan, UMass Medical Group Anna Mary Kraemer, Aberman Associates, Inc. Karen Longo, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Rainbow Child Development Center 10 Edward Street Worcester, MA 01605 Phone: 508-791-6849 www.rainbowcdc.org Full-time employees: 20 Annual revenues: $2,469,380 Year founded: 1972 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Senator Michael Moore, MA State House Nadine Premo, Uniquely Your Decor Dianne Trachimowicz Lizandra Velez, 1 Worcester Homes Shirley Williams, Psychiatry & Counseling Associates GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FUTURE GOALS FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES