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This February, the PMI charitable foundation gave a donation to the Northland Early Education Center, which operates in Kansas City and serves families in the area’s northland. Through donations like ours, the Northland Early Education Center can continue the good work it does to give young children the skills they need to succeed in school and later in life.
The Northland Early Education Center was originally called Lighthouse Preschool and was founded by a group of parents whose children had physical or mental disabilities or who had low to moderate household incomes. Lighthouse Preschool was founded in 1981 and aimed to be a place that would help all children, no matter what challenges they faced physically, mentally or financially. The preschool’s first class had six children.
Since then, the center has grown and become nationally accredited. They provide educational and therapeutic services for almost 200 children every year, and about half of them have special needs. About 20 percent come from families who receive governmental assistance. According to the organization’s website, NEEC has helped children who have Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Asperger Syndrome, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Epilepsy, Autism, visual impairment, brain trauma or a behavioral disorder.
To help this organization continue the good work it does, our company is giving a donation in connection with NEEC’s Ninth Annual Walk in the Park event. We also made a donation to help with the event in 2010 and look forward to seeing the good things they do in the future.
