Campaign for Early Learning
The Ounce of Prevention Fund initiated the $15 milion Campaign for Early Learning to ensure that all children can benefit from high-quality early learning experiences.
The Campaign for Early Learning will enable the Ounce to:
- Endow our innovative early childhood programs;
- Build the Educare Family and Training Center addition; and
- Fund strategic initiatives.
Read more about the campaign and investment and naming opportunities:
For more information, contact Harriet Meyer, President at 312.922.3863.
Mayer Family Foundation Makes Early Pledge of $100,000 to Build the Educare Family and Training Center
This new contributino from the Oscar G. and Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation underscores the family's longstanding commitment to helping at-risk children and families improve their futures. Foundation President Hal Mayer expressed his family's support of the Educare Family and Training Center, noting: "Our partnership with the Ounce reflects our joint commitment to breaking the cycle of poverty and despair that afflicts too many of our communities. The Center will benefit children and families when they need it most - during the early years."
McCormick Foundation Pledges $900,000"The McCormick Foundation is pleased to be a lead investor in the Ounce Campaign for Early Learning, and we continue to see enormous returns on our investment for Illinois' children and families. By establishing model programs and helping bring needed policy change, the Ounce has helped solidify Illinois' reputation on this critical issue."
- David Hiller, President and CEO, McCormick Foundation