When Kaleidoscope opened its infant and toddler classrooms, it was in order to meet a vital community need for all day, full-time childcare for families with young ones.  We knew it wouldn’t be an incredibly profitable endeavor but we were dedicated to making it work in order to support families and strengthen our local economy.

Thankfully, The United Way of San Juan County shared that dedication and granted Kaleidoscope over $4000 to help offset the operating expenses for our new classrooms. Our local United Way’s mission is “to enhance the ability of local agencies to meet vital needs of our community.” They ask for support in order to give exclusively to local programs, prioritizing those that focus on building healthy and resilient children, youth and families; ensuring everyone has food to eat, a roof overhead and a healthy living environment; creating systems that increase physical and mental health and well-being; and promoting safety and preventing violence and abuse.

I’m sure we can all agree that these are components worth promoting in our community and I encourage you to “give locally” through The United Way of San Juan County.   When Kaleidoscope received their grant award check, it included three additional amounts from named individuals  who had contributed to the United Way and requested their donation go directly to us-did you know you could do that? Visit www.unitedway-sanjuancounty.org to learn more about the variety of programs they support-and don’t forget to click the “donate now” button so our local United Way can continue to strengthen our local community.

Thank You United Way of San Juan County!

Amber Paulsen

Kaleidoscope Director