BDLC is fortunate to have some of the most qualified, passionate teachers in the Bloomington community. Unfortunately, despite the required qualifications and experience, Early Childhood Education is one the most underfunded fields. It is not uncommon for our teachers to experience the real fear of living paycheck to paycheck, not having enough money to pay bills or buy groceries for their family while doing some of the most important work that exists. In order to pay our teachers a living wage our only option is to raise tuition for all of our families. This puts our program in a vicious cycle of not paying our teachers enough, but pricing our families out of being able to afford our program. One thing that we can do to help offset the low wages of our teaching staff is to provide them with a large annual bonus in the month of May during Teacher Appreciation Week. BDLC will always work hard to add to this bonus fund through other fundraising efforts throughout the year, but any donations we receive through can help us ensure this bonus for our teachers is effective. Asking for recurring donations from families who can afford to help will do away with larger one-time asks for donations or raising tuition in large amounts for all families. 
These funds will go directly into the pockets of our extremely deserving teachers.