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44 Giving Guide 2025 Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com FUTURE GOALS 1. Sustain leadership in providing high-quality early education and care programs. 2. Continue to provide children opportunities to thrive and acknowledge them for their efforts to embrace new learning challenges. 3. Continue to promote parental and family engagement by offering a variety of family events. 4. Offer industry-competitive compensation and benefits to retain and increase our skilled and committed staff to provide high- quality early education and care to all children. 5. To sustain an inclusive staff that fully represents diverse cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of the children and families we serve. 6. Uphold Rainbow Child Development Center's ambitious standards associated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation. 7. Implement best practices and principles to promote and integrate social and emotional wellness for children and families. Integrate holistic wellness principles into Rainbow's early childhood curriculum. Implement supplemental programs to decrease the effects of adverse childhood experiences, increase children's resilience, and develop lifelong strategies to maintain their mental health. 8. Increase public and parent awareness regarding the importance of social/emotional health including information about milestones and age- appropriate behaviors. FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES Rainbow Child Development Center's Annual Golf Classic and Annual Appeals benefit specific causes such as on-site Speech and Language Development erapy, STEAM, and increased access to mental health services. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Sponsor Rainbow Child Development Center's Annual Golf Tournament. • Designate a donation to continue Rainbow CDC's STEAM, literacy, speech, and language development, the arts, and/or healthy lifestyle initiatives. • Sponsor a family-friendly event for Rainbow's children and parents, i.e., an ice cream social or cookout for Rainbow's children and their families. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Rainbow Child Development Center's administration and staff welcomes and encourages volunteers. Rainbow's volunteers are vital and have a positive impact on hundreds of low-income children. Below are lists, of volunteer opportunities where passion and positivity are the only requirements. • Committee Involvement: Advancement and Special Events • Share a special skill or hobby with school-age children, between the hours of 3:00-5:00 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged 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. Rainbow Child Development Center Paula Perrier Executive Director Linda Hyde Board President BOARD MEMBERS Eric Agyeman, Res Hope Academy Akosua Agyepong, Turco Legal, P. C. Daniel D'Amico, Cornerstone Bank Jared Fiore, Prince Lobel Tye Lynne Grden, Keller Williams Realty Patrick Harvey, CMG Home Loans Darleny Henriquez, Harrington Hospital Michael Lavoie, Cornerstone Bank Karen Longo, Point 32 Health Sen. Michael Moore, Commonwealth of MA Nadine Premo, Uniquely Your Decor12. Erin Rosenlund, Citrin Cooperman Loreta Sulejman, Webster Five Bank Shirley Williams, Psychiatry & Counseling Associates Benedicta Wright, Community Health Link "Rainbow Child Development Center serves as a vital haven for many of Worcester's youth, offering year-round academic enrichment, cultural experiences, and healthy lifestyle programs. Supporting Rainbow and serving on its Board of Directors is deeply meaning ful to me, as I believe these children are tomorrow's leaders. I am committed to advancing Rainbow's mission, both through active fundraising and by raising awareness among my network of colleagues. I am confident that these efforts will have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of the children we serve." – Daniel D'Amico, Board Member 10 Edward Street Worcester, MA 01605 Phone: (508) 791-6849 rainbowcdc.com Full-time employees: 25 Annual Revenues: $6.25 million Year founded: 1972 MISSION STATEMENT To enhance the lives of underserved infants and children by providing quality educational and therapeutic programs and services. SERVICE AREA Worcester, MA TOP FUNDING SOURCES 81% State Contracts 17% Foundations/Contributions 2% Parent Fees