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BASE Fort Atkinson serves kids during the crucial hours when school is out. We offer quality programs both after school and during the summer.

10/16/2026

🦖 It was Dinosaur Week at BASE🦕

Here's a few things our BASE kids were up to:

🦴 Dino Dig Excavation: Future geologists unboxed their kits, using safe chisels and brushes to uncover buried fossils and hidden gems.

🪵 Wooden Dino Building: Kids brought prehistoric giants to life, piecing together 3D wooden models.

🦕 Dinosaur footprint and bone art!

🎨 PLUS Revamped Choice Stations: Everyone loved exploring our brand-new activity stations and fresh STEM challenges!

🍲 Hot Meal Wednesday was a nourishing fall soup!

Next week is Lights on Afterschool Week, make sure to mark your calendar for our BASE Lights on After School STEM Night on Thursday, October 22nd from 4-5:30. The open house style event is free and open to the public at our facility located at 1233 Janesville Ave.

10/15/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who made this year’s Common Table Harvest Dinner such a meaningful and memorable evening. We are grateful to our event sponsors whose generosity made this event possible!

Thank you to MSI General Corporation, Cloute, Inc. and Johnson Financial Group for pulling up a chair and investing in our mission.

Additional gratitude to .wi for donating delicious bread for the table.

10/14/2026

We are still glowing from Saturday’s Common Table Harvest Dinner Event🌟

It brought us a lot of joy welcoming guests and volunteers to experience our new facility and celebrate our next chapter at BASE.

Shoutout to all our incredible volunteers, especially Kevin Duncan and the High School ProStart Culinary Arts students who helped us tremendously in the kitchen!

📸 Event photos are now live on our website! www.basefortatkinson.org/harvestdinner

Want to help us grow into this next chapter?
Here’s how you can help BASE continue writing a meaningful story:
🙋‍♂️ Give Your Time: Sign up on our new Volunteer Portal to get notified about upcoming opportunities.
💙 Give Your Treasure: Your donations keep our childcare and programs accessible and affordable for our community.
📣 Spread the Word: Know a family looking for childcare, an organization needing event space, or a potential community partner? Send them our way! We’d love to give them a tour & talk more.
💻Stay in the Loop: Sign up for our mailing list to get the latest updates on upcoming events, new programs, and all the exciting things we’re up to! Sign up on our website at www.basefortatkinson.org/mailinglist

We are looking forward to continuing our story here at BASE which would not be possible without the support of our community. Thank you. 💜

10/09/2026

Tomorrow night is the big evening and our space is transforming into something magical.

Chocolate cookies are baking, food is being prepped, and table settings are being laid with care as we get ready to welcome our community to the Common Table Harvest Dinner.

This is your final opportunity to grab a seat at the table and be part of an unforgettable night supporting local kids. Join us for the evening inside our newly renovated BASE Community Center filled with locally sourced foods, special touches from the kids, and the joy of celebrating the next chapter of BASE together.

A few tickets remain. If you’re craving a delicious meal with purpose, this is your moment. Visit our website to grab a ticket before it is too late.

10/08/2026

Harvest Dinner This Saturday 10/10- Join Us at the Common Table!

Saturday is almost here, and we can’t wait for our Common Table Harvest Dinner. It is going to be a night filled with community, creativity, and incredible local flavors inside our beautiful new facility.

Our menu features locally sourced foods all prepared in our new kitchen plus a few special touches from the kids that make this evening truly one‑of‑a‑kind. Every bite supports local kids and the programs that help them learn, grow, and thrive.

A handful of tickets remain if you’re looking for a tasty meal with a meaningful impact, this is your chance to grab a seat at the Common Table. Snag a ticket from our website before they are gone!

10/01/2026

Join BASE on 10/10 for our Common Table Harvest Dinner - https://mailchi.mp/ac0e25d89786/base-news-parent-edition-10598386

09/27/2026

We are at the Fort Atkinson Chamber Community Picnic at Jones Park from 11am-2pm today 9/27!

Stop down and say hi, share something GOOD and visit the many other groups & businesses here.

09/26/2026

We’re counting down the days until BASE’s Common Table Harvest Dinner on Saturday, October 10th. We can’t wait to welcome our community into the new BASE Community Center for an evening filled with connection, celebration, and purpose.

In just two weeks, join us for a wonderful night featuring local foods to support our local kids. Together, we’ll celebrate this beautiful new space, enjoy a meal crafted with care, and look forward to the exciting next chapter for BASE.

Your seat at the table helps fuel creativity, community, and opportunity for Fort Atkinson youth. We hope you'll join us!

For more information visit www.basefortatkinson.org/harvestdinner

09/25/2026

Our kids brought imagination to life all week long during Languages Week, exploring new ideas & skills.

Here's what our kids were up to afterschool:
💚Binary bracelets where kids used coding to spell out a secret word
💜New and improved Brain Play in the Learning Lab to encourage academic growth
💙Block building during choice time.
💚Tapple for fast‑thinking word play
💜Building our "toolboxes" so we can support kids when they are at BASE.

Next week's theme is Welcome Fall

Address

1233 Janesville Avenue
Fort Atkinson, WI
53538

Telephone

+19205688858

Website

http://www.basefortatkinson.org/

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