Next Door Programs

Our child-centered, family-focused programs enhance school readiness, promote leadership skills and prepare a pathway for success.
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Information On the Organization

Click Here for the lastest Next Door news
(including information from Executive Director Carol Keintz).

Recently, two volunteers, Geri Howard and Donna Cassillo, registered 17 new voters on-site in the Educare piazza. Of the 17 newly registered voters, 10 were parents and 7 were members of the staff at Next Door Foundation/Educare. One newly registered voter is voting for the first time as a new US citizen.

Long-time Corporate Partner Makes Special Gift

Helwig Carbon Products receives the 2008 Workplace Diversity Advocate Award from the Wisconsin Society for Human Resource Management Council and names Next Door Foundation as the beneficiary of a $500 contribution. Next Door and Helwig Carbon Products have worked in close partnership for nearly 20 years.

Thanks to everyone who donated to the Books for Kids U.S. Postal Book Drive!
On September 27th, Milwaukee County Mail Carriers collected books from residents for Books For Kids. So far, volunteers have counted over 10,000 donated books from the 2008 Postal Drive.
Books for Kids still needs volunteers. For Volunteer Opportunities click here.

Located in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park , Next Door serves 2,000 children and their parents each year.
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THE EDUCARE CENTER OF MILWAUKEE
The Educare Center of Milwaukee serves 150 children birth to five years of age through high-quality early education and family support. Read More

Next Door Charter School/HEAD START

Next Door Charter School/Head Start specializes in kindergarten. Read More

Participant & Enrollment Opportunities

New Healthy Relationship Project

The first event for the Healthy Relationship Project took place on December 18th. At the meeting, married, engaged and unmarried couples gained knowledge about building a successful marriage.
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for one of our early care, preschool and youth leadership programs
Fill out the Enrollment
Pre-Application
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Cast Members from the Skylight Opera Theatre Entertain Students
On November 3, a cast of performers from the Skylight Opera Theatre performed for Next Door’s 3, 4, and 5 year old Charter school children. The Skylight’s Enlighten Program presents free performances of The Standard Songbook at schools throughout the Milwaukee Public School system. The performance,which ran for 35 minutes, introduced Next Door students to music and musical theatre concepts such as rhythm, tempo and melody.

Northwestern Mutual employees make gift through
United Way Donor Choice

On November 7^th, Employees in the Marketing Department of Northwestern Mutual present a check for $10,029.74 to Next Door’s Executive Director Carol Keintz and Development Manager Starlet Hayes.

Next Door and
General Mills Foundation continue partnership
For the third year, Next Door and General Mills Foundation have teamed up to address issues affecting families living in Milwaukee's Metcalfe Park neighborhood.
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Books for Kids receives literacy grant
to help at-risk children both within the Next Door center and the city of Milwaukee develop a love for reading.
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