Child Care...

• The need for quality child care exists (5/25/18)
• 5 Facts to Know About Child Care in Rural America  (6/4/19)
• Forum tackles issue of child care (2/7/20)
• ​Great Start Collaborative addresses county-wide childcare crisis (2/14/20)
• ​Gifts distributed to area child care providers (5/12/21)

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Community Baby Shower...

• ​Community Baby Shower Offers Advice to Parents (4/23/2018)
• Community Baby Shower arms parents with knowledge (4/30/2019)
• Community Baby Shower planned for May 18 for new Hillsdale County parents

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Preschool Connect...

• ​Preparing Parents for Preschool (3/23/18)
• Parents learn about preschool options (3/29/19)

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Summer PLAY....

• PLAY activity offers children learning experience ​ (7/12/17)
• Summer PLAY (8/1/17)
• ​and More Summer PLAY (8/3/17)
• Final Summer PLAY Event Held (8/7/17)
• Summer Play Begins (6/15/18)
• SUMMER PLAY EVENT (7/21/18)
• ​Final Event of Summer (8/13/18)
• ​Activities offered by Great Start Collaborative (7/22/21)
• Great Start Collaborative offers final summer PLAY event (8/18/21)
  

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Literacy...

• Family Night Encourages Early Learning  (5/25/2017)
• Family Night Encourages Early Literacy (7/22/18)
• Literacy begins to show positive results (9/22/18)
• Book-sharing boxes impact community (11/23/20)
• Hillsdale County Great Start Collaborative hosts literacy pop-up event (5/11/22)
• Hillsdale County Great Start Collaborative Loves Literacy! (Winter 2024)
• Talk, Read, Sing - Everything is Literacy (Winter 2026)

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Hillsdale County Resource Guide...
​​Great Start community guide offers many resources for community members

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And More....

• Hillsdale County Great Start Collaborative to host Safety Fair
• Two Pink Lines (Winter 2026)