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The Glazer Family Foundation Awards $5,000 to The Florida Center

The Florida Center for Early Childhood recently received a $5,000 donation to purchase children's therapy toys and new furniture for its Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health programs from the The Glazer Family Foundation. Click here for full story.     

Festival of Trees Committee Announces the Festival Chairs  

This year's Sarasota Chair is Sylvia Zimmerman. Zimmerman is a former member of The Florida Center's Board of Directors and Festival of Trees Committee Member. Representing the Venice community, is Venice Chairmen Melissa Caldwell  and Sonya Dlug. Both Caldwell and Dlug have been active past Festival of Committee Members and Chairs.

The 2011 Festival of Trees will be once again be at Michael's on East. See our Save-the-Date ad to the right!

The Florida Center Salutes Community & Corporate Partners 

Special thanks goes out to Thomas Consulting for their tireless efforts to improve the Center's technology and communications and efficiencies. Thomas Consulting was recently recognized as The Florida Center's Community Partner of the Year.

Many thanks are also offered to Bouchard Insurance Company for their on-site classes in diversity, sexual harassment, and safety enhancements.  

Thomas Consulting: Community Partner of the Year! 

Bank of America Client Foundation Lends a Helping Hand to Local Parents  

The Florida Center for Early Childhood recently received a $10,000 donation from the Bank of America Client Foundation, Frederic W. and Margaret D. Kurtz Fund. This funding will provide assistance to unemployed or underemployed parents whose children participate in early childhood education programs at The Florida Center. Funding will enable preschool education activities, support school readiness assessments and developmental therapies.   

Ringling Student Paints for the Kids!

Maria de la Riva, a student at the Ringling School of Art and Design, is now in the process of completing The Florida Center's Calming Room mural. With input from The Florida Center's therapy team and painting help from her friend Corey, Riva's mural will soon serve as a soothing centerpiece for the Children's Calming Room.

The Florida Center for Early Childhood provides prevention and early intervention services to young children and their families at risk for academic, social, and economic failure. Because of this, our young children achieve developmentally appropriate milestones and parents have the support and knowledge to nurture their children's development, thus decreasing risk factors related to child abuse and neglect, educational delay, and behavioral and mental health disorders that add to increased costs to society.