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Our Kids Need Your Help

This Giving Tuesday, Support Your Nonprofit Child Care Partner

After Hurricane Ian, Child Care of Southwest Florida worked hard and fast to reopen centers, getting students back in the classroom so families could return to work. With public schools closed, we served as an essential caregiver for the entire family – including older siblings. It was a fulfilling opportunity for us to help keep our community’s current workforce employed while giving the next generation the high-quality early childhood education they need to succeed in the future.


Now, our kids need your help more than ever. While the centers were made safe to open, there are still damages to repair and equipment to replace due to the storm. Some of our needs aren’t storm-related but will help us provide the area’s best early childhood education, regardless of a family’s ability to pay.

To help us continue to provide students, infant to five years, with a quality early childhood education at Child Care of Southwest Florida, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support one of the following needs:

  • Playground repairs and improvements
  • Building repairs and improvements
  • Classroom supplies and educational materials
  • Scholarship assistance
  • General fund
Your donation to Child Care of Southwest Florida helps us give a child and their family educational opportunities that will impact them for a lifetime. 

The cost of not investing in our children is staggering.
If a child does not receive high quality, early childhood education, they are:

25%

more likely
to drop out
of school

40%

more likely to
become a teen
parent

50%

more likely to be
placed in special
education

60%

more likely to
never attend
college

70%

more likely to
be arrested for a
violent crime

Donate Now for a Lifetime of Impact

As child advocates, we have a passion for building opportunities for families. Your donation to Child Care of Southwest Florida helps us give a child and their family educational opportunities that will impact them for a lifetime. Additionally, reliable child care empowers parents to become self-sufficient, productive members of their communities, benefiting their children and the entire community.
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One day of
scholarship costs

$45

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One week of
scholarship costs

$225

This smiling young Hispanic girl is a Gift of Education scholarship recipient.

One month of
scholarship costs

$975

This young, smiling Hispanic boy is a Gift of Education scholarship recipient.

One full year of
scholarship costs

$11.7K

Please help our children and families by donating to the Gift of Education scholarship program!

How Your Donation Helps Southwest Florida Families in Need

Donations are used to provide scholarships for families who otherwise couldn’t afford quality child care at our five highly accredited early learning centers. Additionally, our Family Resource Specialists engage the whole family, addressing needs such as parenting, budgeting, jobs, and adult education. By providing parents with a hand up, rather than a handout, you can help us change our community for the better, one family at a time!

Ways to Donate

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There are many ways to give with Child Care of Southwest Florida. You can make a one-time donation, set up recurring gifts or leave a legacy through planned giving. However you wish to make your life-changing contribution, all donations are tax deductible and greatly appreciated. Give now or contact us to learn more!
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(239) 278-1002

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Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc.

6831 Palisades Park Ct. Suite 6
Fort Myers, FL 33912
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How Scholarships Empower the Whole Family

Child Care of Southwest Florida proudly offers Primary Need Scholarships to students in our five early learning centers. These scholarships pick up where government assistance ends. Why is this important? It encourages economic progress. Often, working parents lose assistance as they make financial gains. However, at Child Care of Southwest Florida, parents pay what they can for the very best early childhood education, and scholarships fill the gap.

Education is the gift of a lifetime, and the return on your investment is enormous. Think of your contribution as an investment in the future of a child in need.
Please help our children and families by donating to the Gift of Education scholarship program!
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