Discoveryland Preschool and Day Care Center, Inc.
Accessible, affordable and quality child care and preschool center, ages 6 weeks to 12 years.
Contact:
Sandi York or Shelly Taylor
Discoveryland Preschool and Day Care Center, Inc.
57637 Huntington Road
PO Box 1908
La Pine, OR 97739
Phone 541-536-3786
Needs:
Monetary donations ( Make checks payable to Discoveryland)
Volunteers
Clothing
Books
Computers
Food
Children’s toys
School supplies
Professional services – Health screenings
Any type of contribution will help in making a difference in a child’s life.
Head Start
A comprehensive child development program serving Crook and Deschutes counties. We help children and their families get ready for school through education, health services and family involvement.
Contact:
Kate Howard
COCAAN
2303 SW First Street
Redmond, OR 97756
Phone 541-548-2380
Needs:
Monetary donations
Volunteers
Professional services – Medical and dental
Healthy Beginnings
This prevention-focused program helps to ensure that children meet age-appropriate developmental standards upon entering kindergarten and increase parents’ ability to provide a nurturing, stimulating environment by bringing accessible, educational, preventative screenings to children ages birth through five and their parents countywide.
Contact:
Holly Remer
Healthy Beginnings
1029 NW 14th Street
Bend, OR 97701
Phone 541-383-6357
Email hremer@hdesd.k12.or.us
Web site www.healthybeginning.org
Needs:
Monetary donations
Volunteers (always needed)
New children's books
Healthy snacks
Computers or office equipment
Professional services - Dental and medical professionals
All tax deductible donations will be used to provide direct services for the children and families served. A gift of $500 will sponsor an entire family allowing the children and parents to participate in the assessments offered for vision, hearing, dental, safety, behavior, nutrition, health, early childhood development, and literacy.
Ready*Set*Go
Deschutes County Healthy Families Ready*Set*Go program is a voluntary home visiting program that promotes and supports positive parenting and healthy growth and development to parents and their newborn children. Through the program, parents learn positive parenting practices, what to expect as their bab grows and develops, and how to create a warm, nurturing family home.
Contact:
Kathy Thompson
Ready*Set*Go
1029 NW 14th St., Suite 101
Bend, OR 97701
Phone 541-749-2137
Needs:
Monetary donations
Volunteers
Books
Volunteers are needed to help provide home visits to families of newborns. Any monetary gift would help with training of our volunteers and informational supplies.
Redmond Community Child Care
Our mission is to provide a safe and stimulating learning environment for children and students of the greater Redmond community; to balance the quality, affordability, and accessibility of child care with the obligations of the center; to provide children in our care with planned age-appropriate activities that foster positive social, emotional, physical, and mental development.
Contact:
Brianna Robertson
Redmond Community Child Care
720 SW 23rd
Redmond, OR 97756
Phone 541-923-4854
http://www.redmondcommunitychildcare.com/
Needs:
Monetary donations
Volunteers
Children’s toys
Services and supplies to maintain the facilities
(Any monetary gift will assist with upgrades needed in our playground equipment or pre-school class teaching materials for children.)(SHOULD NOW BE: Monetary donations are needed for a scholarship fund to assist low-income families with the cost of rising tuition. We are a 501(3)c non-profit, so donations are tax-deductible.)
Together for Children
Mission is to enhance the lives of children by strengthening families through parent education, parent child interaction and community support. This happens by providing parent education on child development, communications, discipline and parenting strategies as well as creating formal and informal support systems and ensuring networking of community agencies and public schools. This education promotes readiness to learn and child abuse prevention.
Contact:
Edie Jones
Together for Children
1029 NW 14th St., Suite 103
Bend, OR 97701
Phone 541-389-9317
Needs:
Monetary donations
Children’s toys
Books
Monetary gifts will help provide parenting classes for both parents and children.
