Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Written by Kiana Hunter, BSW Student Intern Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated every year in the United States from mid-September to mid-October. It’s important that we celebrate the influence and achievements of Hispanic Americans in the United States with our children from an early age. To honor these achievements, we share family activities that teach your …

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Diaper Need in mid-Missouri

As diaper need awareness week comes near, our Board Member, Melissa Miller shares some facts with us about how critical it is to have our Baby Bags Diaper Bank in mid-MO. Melissa is the former director of Healthy Bottoms Diaper Bank, which transferred into First Chance’s diaper bank program in December of 2019. The loss …

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Updates for the Lend and Learn Library August 2021

Exciting events are happening this fall with Lend & Learn Toy Libraries! While it looks different than we expected, we are STILL HERE giving support to our community in a multitude of ways. Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up! New Location! First Chance for Children has moved to a new building at 1002 …

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Missouri Tax Credits Available at First Chance!

Big time NAP-enings at First Chance for Children Serving families with young children in the best way we can means keeping First Chance for Children (FC4C) financially secure in the years to come. To this end, we’re happy to announce that we can now offer Missouri state tax credits of up to 50% for business …

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Pop-Up Lend & Learn Libraries at Parks

Lend & Learn is coming to a park near you this fall!  Due to the recent surge in Covid community transmission, we have decided to postpone reopening our indoor Lend & Learn play spaces, and instead, take Lend & Learn outside to neighborhoods all over town. Families with children ages 0-5 are invited to attend …

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