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🎃 A HUGE thank you to Augusta Elks #964 ! 🎃
The Augusta Elks organized a wonderful fundraiser with our entire Gardiner Center community in mind: our children, our families, and our staff. We were blown away by their generosity and can’t wait to share what it means for everyone here.
🎃 40 little pumpkins for our children to paint! Families are welcome to join their child’s classroom to help paint a pumpkin together. Watch for details from your child’s teachers!
📚 A big stack of board books that will go home with our children to build their own home libraries.
🧼 So many hygiene supplies that we were able to start a Hygiene Pantry at the Gardiner Center! Gardiner families, keep an eye out for a message with details on how to access the pantry.
As SKCDC celebrates 60 years of serving children and families in our communities, partnerships like this one remind us that none of this work happens alone. For six decades, local organizations, businesses, and neighbors have stood beside us, and we are so grateful to count the Augusta Elks among them. 💛
Thank you, Augusta Elks Lodge #964, for thinking of every member of our Gardiner Center family and showing up for us in such a big way!
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🏛️ Gardiner Goes to Washington!
Our Gardiner Center Supervisor, Ivy, recently attended the 2026 Fall Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., alongside Leah, a Gardiner parent and member of our Policy Council. 💜
We're especially proud to share that Leah was recognized at the conference with the Advocacy All Star Award! 🏆 Leah serves on several boards, including the National Head Start Association, and her dedication to children and families shines in everything she does. Congratulations, Leah!
On Hill Day, Ivy and Leah met with members of Maine's congressional delegation and their staff to share how Head Start supports children and families here at home, and why strong program standards matter. They were also treated to a private tour of the Capitol, thanks to Senator King and his staff. ✨
As SKCDC celebrates 60 years, it means so much to see one of our own Gardiner families helping carry those voices to Capitol Hill. Thank you, Ivy and Leah, for representing SKCDC so well! 🙌
💬 Join us in congratulating Leah!
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