Donation Target:

General Support Early Education School Age
Training and Professional Development

The Community Group is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that creates, manages and nurtures high quality programs focused on education and related services that support families.  Since opening the first Community Day Care Preschool in 1970 we have relied on the generosity of contributors to help us to provide programs and services that respond to the needs of the children, families, and educators that we serve.  To make a tax deductible contribution to support our work, make a secure online donation above or please make your check payable to the Community Group and mail it to:

The Community Group

190 Hampshire Street

Lawrence, MA  01840

Please include your name and address so that we can acknowledge your donation! 

Questions?  Contact us by telephone:  978-682-6628, or email soneill@thecommunitygroupinc.org

How Donations Provide Vital Support For Our Programs

The Community Group relies on donations to:

• ·       Provide teacher training so that our programs reflect industry standards for quality set by highly regarded professional organizations including the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC), and the National Afterschool Association (NAA).  

• ·       Implement comprehensive, literacy-based curriculum to ensure that young children who speak Spanish as a first language will develop English proficiency skills essential to their school success.

• ·       Offer parents encouragement, materials, and suggested learning activities that support literacy and learning at home. 

• ·       Collaborate with the school district, locating our school-age programs in Lawrence elementary schools, to give our school-age professionals and elementary school teachers the opportunity to plan activities that use out-of-school time to improve student achievement.

• ·        Develop ESL courses that draw English vocabulary from the Massachusetts early learning standards.   Licensed child care professionals who speak English as their second language enroll in these courses to increase their English proficiency and to deepen their understanding of the Commonwealth’s expectations for early childhood education. 

• ·        Give the low income, urban students that attend Community Day Charter Public School the learning supports and enrichment opportunities that rival those available at the best public or private schools to ensure that our students will be successful in high school.

• ·        Sustain a commitment to maintain cherished community landmarks, including the Olde Library, so that they can continue to serve the educational needs of children and families. The Olde Library Building, which was built in the 1890’s and served as the city’s public library until 1973, was in dire need of repair and restoration when it was purchased by the Community Group.  Today this building, and the abandoned lot upon which we constructed a children’s play ground, houses our business office, teacher training center, parent education and family resource center, child care resource and referral counselors, and the Community Day Charter Public School Early Learning Center.

• ·        Purchase up-to-date technology that supports efficient program administration and offers the tools that teachers need to teach and students need to learn.