by Mary Kay Roth | Mar 6, 2025 | Providers, Supporters
Last semester, Jane Anderson not only learned what a public health nurse might do for our community, she also helped provide supportive advice for a community nonprofit, Lincoln Littles. “Overall, I was able to learn a lot about public health nurses and what it means...
by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 18, 2025 | Employers, Supporters
When Christine Weeks started her advertising agency, Eleanor Creative, she had four young children, not much money and had experienced her own childcare hardships and challenges, with unpaid maternity leaves and little support for new moms. Weeks didn’t want any of...
by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 12, 2025 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Of course, a toddler cannot understand an intercom message about a tornado warning and an infant cannot march out of a building in case of a fire drill. But a tweaked set of emergency messages and procedures used at Lincoln Public Schools is now arriving for Lincoln’s...
by Mary Kay Roth | Oct 15, 2024 | Employers, Parents, Providers, Supporters
Five years ago, a movement was born in our community when the Lincoln Community Foundation launched the first Lincoln Littles Giving Day with dollars aimed at supporting our youngest Lincolnites. A year later the Lincoln Littles office emerged. This talented,...
by Mary Kay Roth | Jul 19, 2024 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Kristie Jones and Peggy Robinett know how to find silver linings. They have operated home childcare programs for more than two decades now – with a forever dream to expand and open a full-grown center. With recent childcare closures throughout Lincoln, they finally...