Thank you for considering a donation to Community Vision Inc

Community Vision's Family Day Care (FDC) Scheme is made up of a coordination team of childcare professionals who assist families to place children into care with licensed childcare providers who operate home based childcare services.

Our 82 educators care for over 800 children. These educators need an on-going supply of toys to stimulate learning and play, from our toy library. The toys compliment each of their individual programs.

When talking about the importance of children's play, it is recognized that play teaches children about numbers, words, communication, physical skills, creativity and fun to name a few.

As we are expanding our Toy Library, your money will go a long way towards purchasing up to date and long lasting toys which will help to engage, challenge and nurture our children's minds.

How will the funds be used?

Community Vision is a not for profit community service organization offering support to seniors, people with disabilities, youth, children and families. Our services provide a variety of options to maintain and enhance quality of life in ways that are meaningful to each individual.

To date we have directed supporter's donations towards various programs and useful equipment including:-

Family Day Care: - A sandpit shade structure for children attending Community Vision Family Day Care services

Disability Services: - An XBox towards programs at our Disability Services office located in Kingsley. An Xbox will assist our participants to play educational video games during recreational times.

And

Aged Care:- staff training in Spark of Life communication techniques to use with people with Dementia including; - Building supportive partnerships; how to communicate with someone who can't speak; communicating with compassion; validation; how to be an effective listener

Although we offer a range of services, all donations received through the Givenow organization will be directed towards our Family Day Scheme and the purchase of brand new educational toys.

Key areas of expenditure

Your donation could be directed to a variety of toys which includes but is not restricted to:

$25.00 - Wooden puzzles (developmental resources) - to develop their fine motor skills,

$50.00 - Resource Books - to increase children's knowledge; improve their attention span; equip them with the skills needed for future education endeavors

$100 - Farm/Wild/Reptile/Dinosaur set (pretend play) Dolls (role play) - to enable the children to; Explore imagination; Think in the abstract ; Acquire language skills ; Build social skills; Problem solve and understand someone else's perspective

$100.00 - $500.00 - Lego, Mobilo, Wooden Blocks (construction and manipulation) Roller Coaster (outdoor) to enable children to; learn about construction and design. Lego is also a great tactile toy which allows children to develop muscles in the fingers and hands. A roller Coaster will keep the children active and fit and be loads of fun!

$1000.00 - Soft Play and Foam Shapes (sport & outdoor) - Are safe options for younger children