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Since the onset of COVID-19, the importance of quality early childhood education to a community’s, and the nation’s, economic welfare has come to the forefront. While many early childcare centers across the nation have closed due to a lack of funding, The Day Nursery continues to provide quality early care and education to the community for more than 100 years.

However, as the costs of quality early childhood care and education increases, we need the support of the community, and

 We need YOUR continued support.

Recurring or One Time Gift

Together we can unlock the potential in every child to create a strong educational foundation that lasts a lifetime. Become a Day Nursery Champion for Children through our individual and monthly giving programs. Donate here and choose your support.

Please make checks payable to The Day Nursery and indicate your giving designation, if any, in the memo line.

Checks may be mailed to:
The Day Nursery
1139 Randolph St.
Oak Park, IL 60302

Matching Gifts

Many employers participate in a matching gift program, giving you the opportunity to double or even triple your contribution to The Day Nursery. Please ask your employer if they have a matching gift program.

Gifts of Stock

Giving appreciated stock to The Day Nursery is a strategic way to increase tax savings – you can claim an income tax charitable deduction and avoid paying the capital gains tax. Contact us for instructions on how to donate stock.

Donor Advised Fund (DAF)

Donors may recommend grants from their DAF to IRS-approved 501 © (3) public charities. The Day Nursery is a qualified charity.

Donors may make a gift from a DAF to The Day Nursery as a one-time gift, an annual gift, or designate The Day Nursery as a beneficiary of all or part of the DAF after the donor is deceased. Donors may not use their DAF to purchase event tickets or for any other gift where they receive goods or services.

Information requested by Fund Administrators:
Legal Name: Oak Park River Forest Day Nursery
Tax ID Number: 36-2182082
Incorporated: 1912
Address: 1139 Randolph St., Oak Park, IL 60302
Phone: (708) 383-8211

Planned Giving

Your planned gift creates a legacy that lives on and ensures The Day Nursery will continue to provide quality early childhood education for future generations. Donors who intend to leave a gift to The Day Nursery in their estate plan become a member of the Elizabeth Charlton Legacy Society Because of champions like Elizabeth, The Day Nursery's legacy of education and support for children and their working families in our communities exists today.

 

How Your Donation Helps

Please consider making a gift today. Your gift, of any size, makes an impact on the young lives we serve.

  • $35 pays for one hour of a Teaching Team (1 teacher, 1 teaching assistant)

 

  • $105 covers the cost of 3 Teaching Teams per hour

 

  • $250 pays for one full day of a Teaching Team

 

  • $1,500 provides one Teaching Team for a week

 

  • $5,000 pays for one month of a Teaching Team
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The Power to Effect Change

Together we can unlock the potential in every child to create a strong educational foundation that lasts a lifetime.

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