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MEDIA CENTER

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Clayton Early Learning is a nonprofit organization that uses a multi-generational, place-based approach to give all children an exceptional start while empowering families toward life-long success.

Our team members are available to provide subject matter expertise on a variety of topics connected to early childhood including education and development, health and nutrition, mental health, equity, child poverty, and more.

Journalists are invited to reach out to our communications team:

Susan Hagar
Senior Advisor, Marketing and Communications
720.935.1777
shagar@claytonearlylearning.org

CLAYTON IN THE NEWS

2026

Colorado child care centers can hardly afford to stay open, and many families can’t afford to enroll without government help

Trump administration freezes childcare, food aid funds to Colorado

2025

Preschoolers learn democracy through breakfast election at Clayton Early Learning

Gala celebrates impact of instilling hopes and dreams in kids

Denver expands hunger relief with $11 million in grants

Denver7 Everyday Hero fights food insecurity at Clayton Early Learning one grocery bag at a time

Denver's Clayton Early Learning opens sensory playgrounds for nature-based experiences

A rare honor for a deserving recipient

If Trump ends Head Start, 11,000 of Colorado’s most vulnerable kids could lose vital early learning

Enrollment freeze in state’s Child Care Assistance Program leaves families without options

School's market bridges food gap for families

2024

Conscious InSights: Mastering the Waves ~ Leadership in a Dynamic World with Mark Michalek and William Browning

EPIC (Executives Partnering to Invest in Children) Podcast: Ep. 21 ~ The Partnership of Clayton Early Learning and PNC Bank featuring William Browning and Ryan Beiser

Clayton Early Learning: ‘We’re dreaming big about our future’

A Little Joycast: The Joy of Mud

Clayton Early Learning featured on PBS12's Business Minute

More of Colorado’s pandemic babies and toddlers are showing up with developmental delays than their counterparts born just a few years before

They were babies and toddlers when the pandemic hit. At school, some still struggle.

Report shows a steep drop in early childhood literacy among Colorado kindergartners

Clayton Early Learning celebrates 20 years of PNC Grow Up Great with an Inside the Orchestra performance

Immersive music program gives low-income students hands-on opportunities

Trumpet, flute and cello, oh my! These Denver preschoolers heard classical music for the first time

2023

2023 Partners in Philanthropy winner: Clayton Early Learning

Nuggets and Kroenke Sports Charities give back to 47 Non-Profits for Nuggets Grant Night

Taste of Clayton: A Delicious Way to Support Early Childhood Programs

Nearly 70 years since school integration, this Little Rock Nine member sees history repeating itself

Nonprofit leaders named Livingston Fellows for 2023

Children from Clayton Early Learning share unforgettable experience at Denver Zoo

Denver Nuggets honor Martin Luther King Day by Giving Back at Clayton

Nuggets give back at Clayton on MLK Day

Nuggets players honor MLK at Clayton

2022

Denver Broncos Bradley Chubb Gives Back to Denver Youth

Bradley Chubb Went Back to Preschool

Chubb reads about nutrition to preschoolers

Broncos outside linebacker Bradley Chubb visits Clayton Early Learning to talk healthy eating

Seasoned leader to head nonprofit dedicated to fostering equitable communities

Clayton Cares Market fostering inclusivity amid food insecurity

Colorado struggles to enroll families in WIC food-assistance program, new report finds, Meg Wingerter

Fashionable Attendees, Including Celebrity Guests, Celebrated Jordan Winery’s 50th Anniversary, Abby Schirmacher

Russell Wilson, other Broncos attend fundraiser for Clayton Early Learning

Nuggets Honor Most Valuable Teachers As Part Of Teacher Appreciation Week, Ron Gutterman

Colorado Point of View

Polis, state leaders unveil universal preschool plan, Pattrik Perez

Child care costs more than half the income of some Colorado parents

As families grapple with food insecurity amid the pandemic, one Denver preschool has stood up its own fresh market

2021

Make a Fresh Meal with Help from Clayton Early Learning

The Grandparent Activist

What should Colorado’s new Department of Early Childhood look like? Leaders want parent, teacher say.

Colorado is at a crossroads for early childhood education and colleges are trying to help

'It's OK to get dirty': Preschoolers learn the fun of getting messy in mud

A romp in the mud after a messy school year can be just what Colorado preschoolers need for their mental health

Clayton Early Learning Celebrates Five Years of Partnership in the Garden with Designscapes Colorado and Hardy Boy Plants

Finding out that we are all human”: COVID-19 brought Colorado teachers back to the basics of connecting with kids

Clayton Early Learning's Fathers Building Futures

An Inside Look at Child Care Needs in Colorado

Colorado governor, Democrats aim to create new office of early childhood education to streamline services

Clayton Community Vaccine Clinics Inject Hope and Optimism

State bill seeks to combat child care shorages by cutting local red tape

Mobile clinic brings care to community

‘We forgot about fun’: Here’s what the pandemic did to children’s mental health

Denver Health mobile clinic seeks to increase access to vaccines

‘Kids Need Normal Days’: Clayton Early Learning Teachers, Staff Get COVID Vaccines

New ‘Place-based’ Bachelor’s Program Aims To Invest Big In Colorado’s Early Childhood Workforce

Cool Schools: Clayton Early Learning begins new COVID testing program

Kroenke Sports Charities fills Clayton Early Learning food pantry on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Drool for school: Colorado schools add saliva testing to slow spread of coronavirus in the classroom

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