Next Door is celebrating one of its flagship programs this summer with a 30th birthday celebration for Books for Kids. For three decades, Books for Kids has provided more than a million free books – through community donations – to Next Door students and children across Milwaukee to help them build their home libraries, early literacy skills and a love of reading.
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Post from Community: Milwaukee’s first StoryWalk® coming to Washington Park May 22-29
Next Door is partnering with Milwaukee County Parks to present the city’s first StoryWalk® for our community to enjoy. Families can visit Washington Park from May 22-29, 2021 and walk “page by page” along a path reading the popular children’s story “The Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
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Post from Community: Walk, run or ride in the 2021 Virtual Walk for Children for Next Door!
The Walk for Children is Next Door’s largest community event of the year, raising awareness and funding for the critical early childhood education programs the agency delivers to central city families.
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Post from Community: Next Door raises minimum wage to $15
Next Door – a leading provider of high quality early childhood education in Milwaukee – increased its minimum wage to $15/hour starting July 1, 2020.
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Green Bay Packers, Kenny Clark, will lead Walk for Children May 18 at Next Door
Green Bay Packers Defensive Tackle, Kenny Clark, will be in Milwaukee Saturday, May 18, 2019 as the Walk Leader for Next Door’s largest community event of the year – the Walk for Children.
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Colectivo Coffee partners with Next Door on community book drive in April
Next Door – a leading provider of high quality early childhood education in Milwaukee – is thrilled to partner with Colectivo for the non-profit organization’s 50th Anniversary this year.
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Next Door recruiting volunteer readers for Community Read with Me on April 30
Next Door — a leading provider of high quality early childhood education in Milwaukee — is looking for volunteer readers to fill up 60 classrooms with more than 600 children for a Community Read with Me event on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
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“No Small Matter” screening comes to Milwaukee February 27
Next Door — a leading provider of high quality early childhood education in Milwaukee — is partnering with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee Succeeds and United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County to present a free screening of the new documentary, No Small Matter, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.