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§ Hays Area Children’s Center (HACC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) childcare facility that offers care for more than 100 children that range in age from zero to school age in our community.
§ HACC provides a high-quality educational setting with a proven curriculum beginning at age zero! We offer highly trained and certified staff to provide structured learning in a caring environment that sets children up for a successful transition to kindergarten.
§ Currently our services provide consistent care that include a large focus on learning-enriched activities. Our staff is incredibly talented and highly-trained providing fun, consistent learning in a relaxing and comfortable environment!
§ Infant care is a top need in our community and the HACC is one of the few facilities in Hays providing infant care, proudly serving up to 12 infants at a time (the largest infant capacity for centers in Ellis County).
Currently, HACC provides vital, superior childcare to numerous families in our community, and we look forward to being a trusted and high-quality provider in the future. To continue providing these needed services, we need your help!
§ As everyday expenses rise, HACC strives to maintain an affordable cost structure for our families. In the past year we have raised tuition rates twice to further cover the operating costs per child. The higher the monthly tuition rates, the less funds families have to spend in our community.
§ With the goal of the future to provide raises to sustain livable wages to our amazing staff, our current cost structure is not sustainable without outside funding and donations from community organizations who recognize the benefits of the services we provide.
§ Grant funding historically has only supported major long-needed updates to our facility and educational resources for our organization. Most of the time, grants do not cover employee payroll for administrative staff (kitchen, maintenance, etc) and other operating expenses, such as insurance, maintenance for business and computer systems/software, or costs related to regulatory and auditing requirements. HACC works hard to apply for all available grants, but not all requests are granted to us. To cover our operating costs and keep our doors open, we truly depend on our fundraising efforts to bring in donations from organizations like yours!
§ Our fundraising goal for Bright Lights for Little Tykes 2024 is $10,000.00. We are hopeful community support will assist us in reaching this goal! This event provides fundraising opportunities that can be done prior to the event or even from home for individuals that are unable to attend in person. The outreach of this event continues to grow each year!
Our main fundraiser is Bright Lights for Little Tykes. This year our event on November 23rd, 2024 will be held at The Rose Garden Banquet Hall. This year’s theme is “Bright Lights Christmas Luau”. Each ticket for the benefit will include a gourmet meal, two drink tickets, a short program, auction (along with other fundraising opportunities) and an evening of music entertainment from Complete Music.
Please consider one of the sponsorship levels for
Bright Lights for Little Tykes 2024:
o Kindergarten Ready- $3,000.00 donation (including in kind). This includes:
8 tickets for the Bright Lights Fundraiser ($600 value)
Spotlight Recognition at the Event
Full logo with a spotlight feature on flyers advertising the event
Tags on our Facebook page if desired
o Preschool- $1,000.00 donation (including in kind). This includes:
8 tickets for the Bright Lights Fundraiser ($600 value)
Recognition of business name at the event
Full logo featured on flyers advertising the event
o Toddler- $500.00 donation (including in kind). This includes:
4 tickets for the Bright Lights Fundraiser ($300 value)
Business name featured on flyers advertising the event
o Infant- $250.00 donation (including in kind). This includes:
2 tickets for the Bright Lights Fundraiser ($150 value)
Business name featured on flyers advertising the event
Please email [email protected] or call 785-625-3257 with any questions. You gift can be mailed to:
Hays Area Children’s Center- Attn: Bright Lights gift
94 Lewis Drive
Hays, KS 67601