Legacy Regional Community Foundation

06/05/2026

This is what sustainability looks like in real life. 🌱✨ Today, Patty and Amy Jo packed 39 office supply items into Early Years Village totes for the Conscious Discipline Endorsed Facilitators who will serve across our five-county Child Care Zone. 📦🖍️📋

These supplies are not personal items. They are county resources that will help facilitators lead Early Years Village meetings, support local childcare providers, share Conscious Discipline tools, and offer make-and-take activities that providers can use in their programs. 🧩💛

The goal has always been bigger than one training series. Through the Child Care Zone project, we are building local leadership so each county has someone who can help carry this work forward after the grant period ends. 🤝🌼

You can bet these small supplies matter! Paper, folders, laminating materials, craft items, and meeting tools help turn an idea into something providers can actually use. ✂️📚🖍️

This is how we build a village: one tote, one county, one provider connection at a time. 🏘️💛

We are grateful to everyone helping make this work real, practical, and sustainable for children, families, and providers across our region.

06/01/2026

Legacy Regional Community Foundation is making progress and great things possible in our area.

05/31/2026

⭐ We had a great turnout Saturday in Wellington for Session 3 of our Conscious Discipline training. Thirty-four people attended, and several brought their children. Providers and families received gas cards, a pizza lunch was provided, and we spent the day learning more about Conscious Discipline with Angela Fraley. 🫁
Thank you to Sumner County Economic Development for helping with the venue, donuts, coffee, water and pizza. Their support helped make the day run smoothly.
We also shared Early Years Village updates, including:
⭐ startup and refresh grant interviews are nearly complete
⭐ grant awards are planned by the end of August
⭐ Endorsed Facilitator interviews are moving forward
⭐ Early Years Village kits have been purchased for county-level use
⭐ library book sets are being planned across the five-county region
⭐ Session 4 is planned for July 11 at Moline Public Library
⭐ provider survey feedback will help guide substitute pool planning
Thank you to everyone who attended, helped, asked questions, brought children, set up, cleaned up, and kept the day moving. We appreciate the providers and partners who are helping build stronger child care support across our five-county region! 🫁 ⭐

05/30/2026

There are amazing philanthropists supporting transformational change throughout Kansas and community foundations, like Derby Community Foundation and Legacy, are here to help.

The Barton School of Business at Wichita State University has received a $500,000 commitment from Vicki Decarsky via Derby Community Foundation in support of Spero, a workforce and entrepreneurship initiative designed to expand opportunity across Wichita.

05/25/2026

In honor and observance of Memorial Day, the Legacy offices will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026. We will reopen for business on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

Visit our website at www.legacyregionalfoundation.org for information until we can meet with you in-person.

In whatever way you observe this important holiday, we hope you enjoy connection with others and remain safe, especially if you travel.

05/22/2026

🌱 Early Years Village is officially growing!
On Monday evening, we hosted our first virtual Early Years Village launch with providers, parents, and community partners from across the South Central Child Care Zone region.

This conversation was all about connection. Childcare can feel isolating, especially for family childcare providers and small-town programs. Early Years Village was created to help change that by building a stronger network of support across Cowley, Sumner, Montgomery, Elk, and Chautauqua counties.

During the launch, we shared updates on:

🌟 Startup and refresh grants for childcare providers
🌟 Training stipends for eligible family childcare providers
🌟 Upcoming Conscious Discipline training opportunities
🌟 Local leadership development through Conscious Discipline
🌟 Farm-to-Early Childhood learning with local produce connections
🌟 Library resource partnerships coming soon across the region
🌟 Future family engagement opportunities through trusted local spaces

We also heard directly from participants about real challenges, including rebuilding after hardship and wanting more shared language between childcare and home when it comes to helping children with behavior and big emotions.

That is exactly why this Village matters.

Thank you to everyone who joined, asked questions, shared honestly, and helped us keep building something useful for early childhood providers, families, and children in our region.

We wish you well, and we are glad you are part of the Village. 🌱

05/19/2026

🚨 Session 3 is coming up, and registration is already growing!

So far, 19 people have signed up for our Early Years Village Conscious Discipline training, including 8 returning participants and 11 new participants. If you have been thinking about joining us, this is your sign. Don’t miss out! 💛

These sessions are designed to support early childhood providers, caregivers, and community partners with practical tools for connection, emotional regulation, and positive discipline. That means parents are definitely invited too!

Please register now so we can plan for:

🍽️ Food
📚 Materials
👧 Childcare needs
⛽ The right number of gas cards
📝 Attendance and stipend tracking

Your registration really helps us prepare well and make sure participants have what they need.

👉 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf1gV0Odu6TABtCAT99Mok9S3qamWshz8a82S6KQTISr9jJA/viewform

Come be part of Early Years Village and help us keep building a stronger early childhood network across our region. 🌱

May 30th, 2026 9am - 4pm First Christian Church 123 W 9th St Wellington, KS 67152 Please fill out the form below!

05/08/2026

🗣Today, we want to pause and recognize the family child care providers, early childhood educators, and caregivers who show up every day for young children and families.

🌞Childcare providers do so much more than “watch kids.” They build safe routines, support big feelings, encourage learning, help children practice social skills, and give families the steady support they need to work, go to school, and care for their households.

🪴Research tells us that children grow best through responsive, caring relationships with trusted adults. That is exactly the kind of daily work childcare providers are doing in homes, centers, and early learning spaces across our communities.

🫶To every provider in our Child Care Zone region and beyond: thank you. Your work matters to children, families, employers, and the future of our communities.

If you know a childcare provider, take a moment tomorrow to thank them, write a note, share a kind word, or remind them that their work is seen and valued. ✨⭐

💛 Happy Child Care Provider Appreciation Day!