The YWCA Interim House in Detroit now has a second new Bright Space! The room will be used as a place for the women and children to relax and bond. They set up a Smart TV, rocking chair, children’s cozy corner with blankets, pillows, and books, and a large sectional. There are about 30 children there …Read More
Our Bright Horizons family strives to make a difference in children’s lives through the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children® and its flagship program, Bright Spaces®. We create Bright Spaces – play areas in places like homeless shelters – to give children warm, safe places to play, spend time and bond with family, heal from trauma, …Read More
Do you want to make a difference in the community where you live and work? Do you want to help children and families in crisis? Our Bright Spaces program serves children in crisis – they may be homeless, or come from abusive or dangerous situations – and they are dealing with challenges no child should …Read More
More than $35,000 was raised through donations by Bright Horizons employees, Bright Horizons families, and others to the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children Hurricane Harvey Children’s Fund – then Bright Horizons matched the first $25,000 raised for a total impact of more than $60,000! After assessing our Bright Spaces in Texas, it was clear that …Read More
The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children has created the Hurricane Irma Children’s Fund. Bright Horizons will match all contributions to the fund, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Working through the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, the money collected will be distributed to local relief organizations focused on helping children and families, as well as …Read More
The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children is creating the Hurricane Harvey Children’s Fund. Money collected will be distributed by the Foundation to local relief organizations that support children and families, as well as Bright Space partners in areas affected by this terrible storm. Bright Horizons will match all contributions to the fund, dollar for dollar, up …Read More
For the first time, Bright Horizons employees were asked to do a FUNdraiser as a team to raise money for the Foundation. More than 200 FUNdraisers were held raising $97,000! Together with individual donations, the Campaign raised a total of $340,000 – the most we have raised ever! Click here to see just a few …Read More
One week before Christmas, no one had stepped forward to make Christmas happen for the 140 homeless children living at the Woodstock Family Center in Pennsylvania. Portia, the executive director, sent an SOS message to her Bright Space Connector Meghan Aita, Bright Horizons’ enrollment counselor for PA/NJ: “At this time of the year in the …Read More
When people tell him he’s crazy, Tim Iyoob doesn’t disagree. “There are two things I am crazy about,” he says. “Challenging myself physically and mentally, and helping children in need.” Thanks to the super human efforts of Tim, two Bright Spaces for Colorado’s Coalition for the Homeless are much closer to being a reality. Tim, …Read More
The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children is working with Kettlebells4Kids to raise money for Bright Spaces. Bright Spaces are warm, safe, enriching places for children in homeless shelters and other agencies created by the Foundation and Bright Horizons employees. Registration is open for individuals, and the money raised will benefit Bright Spaces in the state* …Read More