8/13/14 - Preschool is a luxury that not all families can afford and community efforts are broadening to help provide the experience through scholarships. The Livingston County United Way is offering a dollar-for-dollar match for any cash donations made to the Livingston Promise pre-school scholarship program during the month of August. Livingston Promise is a community effort centered on the vision that all children have the opportunity to obtain a quality education, thus laying the foundation to build a talented, globally competitive local workforce. Executive Director Nancy Rosso says the Livingston County United Way is investing donated dollars to match up to $25,000 in community donations as a means of providing opportunities for additional children to experience early learning, beginning this fall. The campaign started with an investment of $3,800 from the Livingston Sunrise Foundation, which will cover one year of preschool. With the United Way Cash Match, Livingston Promise will be able to offer two scholarships this fall. A total of seven 3-year-old children were awarded scholarships this past school year as part of a pilot effort. More information about Livingston Promise is available through the link below. (JM)
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