Our mission | To promote and foster growth and development in children, ages 2-5 years old, by providing a high-quality early learning/child care environment that offers a variety of sensory, language, cognitive and social experiences designed to generate a love for learning and prepare children for a successful future in education and life. |
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Barrett Early Learning Center
Ways to help |
Classroom AssistantThe goal of all activities is for students to gain skills that can be used in other areas in their lives. Volunteers help to support this goal.Garden VolunteerThe center boasts a year-round gardening program from perennial fruits to summer vegetables and winter greens. Volunteers will help tend to the center's garden.General Office / Admin AssistanceVolunteers assist with day to day office operations. |
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How you help | We are always in need of volunteers who have a kind heart and patience to help our staff and work with the children. |
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About us | Barrett Early Learning Center, the oldest childcare center in the Commonwealth, opened in 1935 as the Janie Porter Barrett Nursery School under FDR’s Works Progress Administration program (WPA) for “colored” woman working in WPA service centers. When WPA ended in 1941 along with its funding, African American leaders in the Starr Hill community rallied to keep the Barrett Day Nursery open recognizing the invaluable role it played for working women with low paying jobs and few employment opportunities. |
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