Amity Partners
Amity partners with many people and organizations in the community!
We strive to work together for all the children and families in Freeport. This list contains some of our collaborations:
- Amity’s Attic
- All Our Kids Network
- Boy and Girls Club
- CCR&R
- Child and Family Connections – Children’s services offer collaborative and cooperative partnerships with the community, and state organizations are vital to the success of Amity’s programs.
- DCFS – At Risk/Foster Care services, licensing, children/parent support
- Early Childhood Access Consortium For Equity
- Early Childhood Consortium – Amity has been a member from the start in 1994. Services include shared resources, staff training/development, and shared parents’/children’s programs.
- FACC – Emergency Shelter for children on walks, food drives
- FHN – cooperative parents/children training, support service
- FHN Foundation – provided and AED for the campus
- Freeport Community Foundation – Supports Amity by funding many requests over the years.
- Freeport Fire Dept. – CPR training/fire prevention info
- Freeport Public Library – reading programs, Emergency Shelter for children on walks
- Head Start – cooperative programming
- HCC Early Childhood Development program – Executive Director is a part-time instructor, Amity on-site job training/practicum
- Illinois Action for Children – training and advocacy
- INCCRRA – ExceleRate GOLD
- KCC partnerships – Amity, NICAA, Head Start, Boys and Girls Club
- NAEYC – Accreditation
- NICAA & Head Start – shared facility cooperative planning, shared resources, and shared maintenance costs
- NIFB – Amity Food Pantry
- Regional Office of Education – on-site Early Learning Academy classrooms for many years, cooperative programming
- School Districts – Freeport #145 combined/cooperative Amity children services
- United Way – Amity staff volunteers for activities/community services and fundraising drives, collective impact.
- University of Illinois – Nutrition education
- WIC – client referrals
Amity Donors and Supporters 2018
Amity is very grateful and most appreciative for your donations and support.
Amity staff volunteer their time for Amity and the King Community Campus.
Amity’s Attic volunteers and society support for our families and staff.
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Amity’s Attic and Society Amity Staff Albert’s Family Amanda Myers Anna Doyle Antwon Funches Barb Curry Barry Anderson Trust Beichel Family B&G Club Braun ThyssenKrup Cally Thompson Calvin Collier CCR&R ComEd Croffott Family Dakota Community Church Diane Neal Eagles Club 679 Elaine Plager Elizabeth Nelson Enterprise Holdings |
ExceleRate Pilot Team Family Dollar First Lutheran Church Freeport Community Foundation Gemorifics Gloria Moeller Golden K Kiwanis Head Start Heather Marcum Highland ECE PRogram Honeywell Hometown Sol. Janet Groezinger Jean Koberstein Jeanette Grindley Johnnie Lewis Judith Barney Katie Nolan Kurt Koester Lincoln-Douglas Kiwanis Linda FondaMarilyn Smit Marjorie Phillips |
Mary Kelly Melissa Johnson The Morse Group NICAA Northern Illinois Food Bank Regional Office of Education 8 Ron & Julie Asche Security First St. John United Church of Christ St. Thomas Aquinas Church State Bank Susan Perry
Ted Odendahl T.M. Dairy Union Dairy United Methodist Women United Way Voices Walmart YWCA Child Care Solutions |
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