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By Darcee Kilsdonk, CCCC Executive Director | COVID-19 continues to circulate in our community and we do not take for granted our responsibility to offer healthy and safe environments for the wellbeing of children, families, and staff.  As we prepare to open our centers for in-person services this fall, we will continue to follow health…

By Raylene Donaldson, CCCC Education Manager | Did you know that our centers are Spark 5-star rated? All of our centers throughout Clackamas County have achieved a 5-star rating from Spark, which is a statewide program that assesses program quality in early learning. But what exactly does that mean? It means our programs have demonstrated…

By Natalie Hornstein, CCCC Community Connections Specialist | Meet Dr. Karen Rush, the new Executive Director of the Children’s Center of Clackamas County! Dr. Rush may be new to the Children’s Center, but she has long served children and families in the Clackamas County community. Previously, she was the Director of Early Learning for the…

By Danielle S. Rushing, CCCC Director of Family & Community Connections | We have a new Community Connections Specialist that we want you to meet, and her name is Natalie Hornstein! After serving as a Family Educator in our Early Head Start program for over six years, Natalie officially joined our Community Connections team as…

By Christina Aguirre, CCCC Program Services Director | In March of 2021, Clackamas County Children’s Commission celebrated Pat Fields for 40 years of dedicated service in supporting the growth of healthy children and families, positive parenting, and school readiness. In honoring her commitment and incredible career, we asked staff to tell us some of their…

By Darcee Kilsdonk, CCCC Executive Director | Clackamas County Children’s Commission (CCCC) is proud to be an official PNC Bank partner and thrilled to announce we have just been awarded $30,000 from the PNC Bank Foundation! With this funding, we can extend our Cooking Matters® courses to include an additional 200 families, offering cooking classes…

Artists, we want to hear from you by May 31st! | Clackamas County Children’s Commission is seeking a local artist(s) to create art for our new reception space at River Road! Using the language of our core values, “Serve, Connect, Grow,” we are seeking a piece or pieces of art for commission on a wall…

By Susan Rue – CCCC Parent, Family, & Community Engagement Manager | We have an exciting parent education and family engagement opportunity at Clackamas County Children’s Commission! We are offering a parent-child interactive experience called “Cooking Matters®“. Parents engage with their children as they create kid-friendly, nutritious, and tasty snacks and meals. Although this program…

By Betsy Langston, MS/LMFT, CCCC ECE Support Services Manager | April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month! In 2008 Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the “Pinwheels for Prevention®” campaign. This yearly campaign encourages efforts made at all levels of society to ensure safe, stable and nurturing environments for children. You may notice blue pinwheels “planted”…

Thank you to everyone who participated in our holiday toy drive! We asked…and you answered, with more than 375 toys for children in our community! 62 Lego and buildable sets 61 Creative, imaginative, activity sets 40 Dolls, stuffed animals, and puppets 30 Board games 39 Puzzles 43 Hat and glove sets 44 Balls, bikes, and…