For Emily Brandenburg, director of Lionheart Early Learning, working in a child care center has always been something she is passionate about. Since becoming director four years ago, Brandenburg has seen multiple staffing shortages at the center. However, Lionheart’s numbers have since improved, preventing a shortage that would warrant a closure of classrooms or the.
Records from previous semesters are being repeatedly crushed, as pantry workers are seeing the need increase: Last fall, the campus food pantry helped 949 students; the fall before, 667.
By Sarah LaddKentucky LanternChildren’s laughter wafts throughout the iKids Childhood Enrichment Center in the West Kentucky town of Benton, around midday. Dozens of children, whom the cent
The DeKalb County Community Foundation has awarded $124,900 for music education through grants with the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation. The local recipients of the grants include Community Coordinated Child Care, Hinckley Historical Society, Jazz in Progress and Opportunity House Inc. In addition to the local recipients, 27 organizations in the Chicagoland area were awarded grants.