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1. Sustain a leadership position in providing high quality early education and care programs for children that are research-based, successfully implemented, and culturally appropriate.
2. Continue to provide children opportunities to thrive and acknowledge them for their efforts to embrace new learning challenges.
3. Continue to foster parent and family engagement by offering a wide variety of events.
4. Offer industry competitive compensation and benefits to retain and increase our skilled and committed staff in order to provide high quality early education and care to all children.
5. Rainbow is diverse by nature and inclusive by choice. Rainbow is committed to sustaining an inclusive staff that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints of the children and families we serve.
6. Uphold Rainbow Child Development Center’s high standards associated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation, Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Standards, and MA Curriculum Frameworks.
7. Implement best practices and principles to promote and integrate social and emotional wellness for children and families. Integrate holistic wellness principles into Rainbow’s early childhood curriculum. Implement supplemental programs to decrease the effects of adverse childhood experiences and increase children’s resilience and develop lifelong strategies to maintain their mental health.
8. Increase public and parent awareness regarding the importance of social/emotional health, including information about milestones and age appropriate behaviors.
Rainbow Child Development Center Annual Golf Classic
Annual Appeals for specific causes such as on-site Speech and Language Development Therapy
• Sponsor Rainbow Child Development Center’s Annual Golf Tournament.
• Designate a donation to continue Rainbow CDC’s STEM, literacy, speech and language development, the arts, and/or healthy lifestyle initiatives.
• Sponsor a family friendly event for Rainbow’s children and parents, i.e., ice cream social or cookout for Rainbow’s children and their families.
Rainbow Child Development Center’s administration and staff welcomes, encourages volunteers. Rainbow’s volunteers are vital and have a positive impact on hundreds of low-income children.
Below lists volunteer opportunities where passion and positivity are the only requirements.
• Committee Involvement: Advancement and Special Events
• Share a special skill or hobby with school-age children between the hours of 3:00-5:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to read with children, play a board game or share a creative talent.
• Foster children’s mind growth by mentoring a school age child who enjoys Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and/or Math.
• Lead small groups of children in music, dance, gardening or yoga.
• Join the Center’s Parent Task Force.
• Attend the Center’s family and community events, art exhibits and literacy celebrations.
Throughout the pandemic, Rainbow adhered to all COVID-19 restrictions and regulations as documented by the CDC and the MA Department of Early Education and Care. All staff and children followed social distancing, wearing masks, and frequent hand washing. Only Rainbow staff were allowed in the building until EEC lifted the restrictions at the end of April 2021.
COVID changes that will remain are:
• Rainbow will continue to frequently communicate to parents and caretakers to not send their children to the program if they have been exposed to COVID-19 or exhibit any COVID-19 symptoms;
• Practice social physical distancing;
• Promote frequent hand washing;
• Isolate sick or symptomatic individuals;
• Continue routine and targeted deep cleaning of Rainbow’s facilities;
• Mask mandate will continue to be enforced for adults and children while at Rainbow as long as it is recommended by the CDC and MA Department of Early Education and Care.
MISSION STATEMENT
To transform the lives of at-risk children and their families by providing quality educational and therapeutic programs and services.
Rainbow Child Development Center
10 Edward Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Phone: 508-791-6849
Full-time employees: 22
Annual revenues: $2,593,628
Year founded: 1972
Service area: Worcester, MA
Top funding sources
State Contracts - 81%
Parent Fees - 0%
fees waived due to COVID
Foundations - 19%
Paula Perrier, Executive Director
Linda Hyde, Consultant
Erin Rosenlund, Shepherd & Goldstein, Treasurer
Rosemarie Boyd, Boyd Financial Strategies
Jared Fiore, Bowditch & Dewey
Lynne Grden, Keller Williams Realty
Patrick Harvey, Residential Mortgage Services
Darleny Henriquez, Harrington Hospital
Karen Longo, Harvard Pilgrim Health
Senator Michael Moore, Commonwealth of MA
Nadine Premo, Uniquely Your Decor
Loreta Sulejman, Webster Five Savings Bank
Dianne Trachimowicz
Shirley Williams, Psychiatry & Counseling Associates
Benedicta Wright, Community Health Link
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