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November 22, 2019

Children First Receives a $1.25M Grant to Amplify Family Strengthening Services

Dropping your child off at a safe and reliable preschool should ease nerves for most parents, but for many, the challenges of the day are just beginning. Financial trouble, food instability, reliable employment, and access to education are struggles many families in our community face. That’s why Children First has to be so much more [...]
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September 30, 2019
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Herald-Tribune: Children First Named a “Best Place to Work!”

What Makes a Best Place to Work? Residential and commercial services, insurance, health care, social services, manufacturing services and a hair salon. The Herald-Tribune’s 2019’s list of Best Places to Work in Sarasota and Manatee contains quite a variety of workplaces, from larger companies to small and medium-sized companies alike. And ‘alike’ is the operative word. After examining the [...]
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July 15, 2019

Children First Chosen to Lead Literacy Effort

Children First has been selected for a matching grant through the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) literacy network for its commitment to lifelong learning. Books for Ownership is RIF’s flagship reading program that enables children to select new, age-appropriate books to take home and is supported by resources for educators, caregivers, and volunteers in order to [...]
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July 15, 2019

Early Education Partnership Formed

Sarasota, FL – Children First and State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) are proud to announce the formalization of an Early Childhood Education Partnership. Students in the Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education will complete their final teaching internship in Children First Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms. These students will intern with [...]
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June 11, 2019

Giving Circle Supports Local Families

Generation GIV, the inaugural young professional’s giving circle of Children First, presented our award-winning Families First Institute with a check for $5,000 on May 15 at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing. The funds will support a ‘Positive Solutions for Families’ class. Launched in 2018, Generation GIV focuses on young professionals who have a desire to change lives [...]
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April 10, 2019

The 2019 Fairytale Ball

As colorful as the ballroom was, nothing compared to the shades of love that filled it at the Fairytale Ball on April 6. Thank you for sharing this enchanted evening with us. Because of your support, children in our program will have access to the highest quality early education, their families will have the opportunity to continue their education or work, and many [...]
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"How should you and I invest this one life we are given? We couldn’t do better than to invest it in the wild and precious lives of our kids. After all, the future depends on them."

We love this guest editorial from Board member Brock Leach highlighting the largest private gift in Children First's 58-year history.

Thank you Herald-Tribune Media Group for sharing, and the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation for their crucial support in this endeavor! ... See MoreSee Less

GUEST EDITORIAL: Sarasota County's children need you for a friend

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In a world of big, future-threatening problems, how should we invest what poet Mary Oliver calls “this one wild and precious life”? I want to
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Are you interested in learning more about our child-made holiday cards? See or contact Alyssa Simons for details: asimons@childrenfirst.net or (941) 953-3877 ext. 1124 ☃️🎅🎄🦌 ... See MoreSee Less

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Do you have 30 seconds to help? We are nominated in THREE categories for the 15th annual WEDU Public Media "Be More" Awards! Click the links below to vote for Children First!

People's Choice - bemore.wedu.org/humble/

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Best Volunteer - bemore.wedu.org/involved/

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Today is #GivingTuesday! The greatest gift that you can give this holiday season is the gift of opportunity: secure.qgiv.com/for/emaapp

A generous donor has pledged $75,000 in matching funds for new and increased donations we receive from now until December 31! That means your donation will go twice as far for the children and families living at-risk in our community.

Thank you in advance for your commitment to creating new beginnings!
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Today is Cyber Monday! To support Children First with your holiday shopping, please follow the steps below:

1. Go to smile.amazon.com/ and sign in with your current Amazon.com account or sign up for an account if you don’t already have one.

2. Search for Children First Inc. Sarasota and select it as the charity you would like to support.

3. After you have selected Children First Inc. Sarasota as your charity, bookmark the URL: smile.amazon.com/ so that when you shop Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to Children First!

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