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Steve Nash: Quality Early Learning For Little MVPs

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Summary

Educare Arizona will be a world-class preschool for at-risk children ages birth to five years, with teacher training, public policy and health platforms to ameliorate lives of families in poverty. read updates from the field

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$10 - buys a child her first two books, encouraging literacy, critical bonding, and brain development
$50 - paints an infant-toddler classroom with low-oder, zero-VOC paint - a healthy learning environment
$65 - gives a child his first preventative dentist visit, encouraging healthy habits and dental hygiene for life
$100 - affords a play kitchen for a preschool classroom, fostering imaginative play and healthy eating

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Steve Nash Foundation is working to eliminate the quality gap in educational opportunities offered to our youngest mvp's: at-risk children ages birth to five. In Arizona, just over a third of a million kids are living in poverty, and most of them don't have healthcare. By providing quality early learning and teacher training programs, neighborhood medical services, and help for parents fostering learning at home, we hope to change the lives of children, their families, and our communities.

Activities

Educare will be a preschool for 191 children, 0-5 years old, with highly-trained teachers and a health clinic for families, aimed at breaking the poverty cycle; increasing kindergarten readiness among low-income kids; and supporting at-risk families.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $21,198
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $77,802
Total Funding Goal: $99,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Educare’s national network uses leading research to optimize learning environments: partnership, place, program, and platform are changing trajectories, improving school success, economic outcomes, and giving kids the assist they need to amaze us.

Project Message

Investing in children, giving them the best we have – right from birth – is our strongest hope for healthy kids and healthy communities. Let’s make sure that every child – every child – knows we care.
- Steve Nash, Community anchor funder, Educare Arizona

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jenny Miller
Executive Director
9400 Sugar Circle
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
United States
907.274.0629
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Project Sponsor

Athletes for Hope

Organization

Steve Nash Foundation
9400 Sugar Circle
Anchorage, AK 99507
United States
(907) 274-0629
http://www.stevenash.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Children.

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When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 9, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Educare Arizona Summer Update!

By Jenny Miller - Executive Director, the Steve Nash Foundation, July 09, 2010 01:05 PM

Educare Arizona entered summer with a wonderful showing of support from both the early learning and investment communities -- anchor funders The Steve Nash Foundation, Ibis Foundation, and Whiteman Foundation were honored at the Science of Early Learning Luncheon just as the Suns perfected their second-round sweep of the San Antonio Spurs; and key leaders in the Arizona community announced their support of Educare: the Steele Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, and APS.

New renderings give us a great idea of what the building will look like (see attachments below), and work has begun to design outdoor play spaces that complement the LEED design and developmental innovations of the interior.

As the summer heat continues, we're continuing to fire up enthusiasm for excellence in learning opportunities for at-risk children and their families. We invite you to join us in making Educare Arizona one of the country's premier learning labs, teaching centers, and policy voices. Make your assist here, or at stevenash.org (where you can get some free swag for your generosity!).

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