Join Campus Children’s Centers around the country in celebrating the extraordinary things we do each and every day as we work together to:

• Emphasize the services and support we provide to student, faculty, staff, and community families.
• Build an understanding for the importance of high-quality early childhood programs supporting children’s overall health and development.
• Engage Centers to become more visible while showcasing the impact we have on the campus community.
• Highlight the importance of Campus Centers for recruiting and retaining students, faculty and staff.

Ways to Celebrate

• Post Celebrating Campus Children's Centers Social Media Tiles.
• Post or Send an Invitation to Celebrate.
• Send a Letter to your President, Dean, Department Head, or Faculty. (Shorter Version here.)

• Create a child-made invitation to this special event.
• Have the children participate with songs and musical instruments.
• Expand the invitation to include VP’s, Deans and Trustees.
• Create a ‘gratitude’ book from the parent letters using Shutterfly or similar and present that card and book to the President and/or Board of Trustees.
• Send a ‘Thank You’ card to the college or university President and Board of Trustees.
• Invite parent board members as greeters and champions.
• Leave the date and time flexible within the Celebrating Campus Children’s Centers (CCCC) week to accommodate busy schedules.
• Consider more than one event like this during the CCCC week.
• Invite the college/university president, other college staff, and parents to your center to read a story to the children, enjoy lunch or a special celebratory snack in the classroom, or simply to play.
• Hold a concert or play in your program or in a prominent location on campus.
• Involve Campus Police / Security in a safe & fun experience.
• Map out several days (weather dependent) to take small groups on reading excursions.
• Distribute child created stickers, handmade posters/placards or cards that say, “I support campus children!”.
• Create a map that children can follow.
• Drop off child-made gifts such as paintings, or cards at each department visited.
• Make a display in your program to document and celebrate the activity.
• Take fieldtrips around campus to say ‘hello’ to key department champions.
• Take the children around campus, finding places to stop and set out a blanket and read.
• Invite parents who are students, faculty or staff to write a short note saying why the program is important to them.
• Beautify the campus.
• Go on a campus walk to collect trash (closely supervise the children and have them wear gloves)
• Ask the college/university paper and/or Marketing & Communications Department to write an article on your trips around campus or a “green” event you host.
• Purchase or make t-shirts with a catchy phrase that children & teachers wear advertising that the children are the future-keepers” of our beautiful planet
• Plant a garden, flowers, or a tree somewhere on campus or at your center.
• Visit the student union or student organization.
• Visit a department in the student center such as the art display, the veteran’s Department, the café (have a cookie and milk), the welcome area: engage children in saying “hello”.
• “Chalk” on campus sidewalks with the children (Be sure to check your college/universities' rules about chalking on campus).
• Visit the campus police department - invite them to all activities so they can be seen by all; set upa Child finger printing” event with the police.
• Lead a fundraiser at the center – breakfast, Bakesale, talent show - work with student services and student clubs to create a “partnership” event.
• Hold a group fitness exercise time - enlist the help of nursing, health department, athletes to join inthe fun!
• Post the CCCC dates on your social media page and tag others to “support” our campuschildren’s centers with your time, money, resources, active participation.
• Put together a story, picture, film clip showing how children make campus better.
• Take photos, make drawings etc.…. of all the CCCC week activities and compile for future PR to use – use throughout the year(s).
• Invite staff to share ideas for CCCC activities – the classroom with the best idea(s) are rewarded with program-paid lunch for staff.
• Enlist the expert help of Music & Theatre Department personnel and include student music & theater majors – this can provide dual opportunity to share in “showing off” the fun and expertise.