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To learn more about our two funds, and ensure your dollar is headed where you feel called to support, please explore Our Programs page, and select which fund you’ll be donating to.

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Our Teacher Support Fund - This fund replaces the expiring Best Beginnings scholarships, ensuring that Little Twigs teachers can continue bringing their children to the center. It bridges the gap between what families can afford and what quality care costs, protecting the foundation of Little Twigs’ model – mothers caring for their own children while caring for others.

Where does my dollar go?

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    Your support strengthens the roots of our community – keeping children learning, mothers working, and families connected.

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    $100 provides a week of home-cooked breakfasts and lunches for 85 children – meals prepared with care and inspired by our teachers’ cultures. Children might share chicken shawarma with rice, lentil stew with homemade bread, or pasta with fresh vegetables from our local garden.

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    $300 supplies a classroom with Montessori-inspired learning materials that encourage independence, creativity, and curiosity – wooden blocks, open-ended art materials, sensory play tools, and real-life objects that invite exploration and discovery.

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    $700 covers one month of care for a teacher’s child, allowing a mother to teach while her own child learns and plays right next door. This unique model keeps families together, supports workforce stability, and provides children with the comfort of seeing their parent throughout the day.

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    $1,000 funds a full year of weekly English classes for refugee and immigrant teachers, helping them strengthen communication skills, become strong early childhood teachers, and engage more deeply with the families they serve.

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    $4,000 ensures six months of care for one teacher’s child, providing stability for her family and for the children she teaches.

Children Thrive

  • Consistent caregivers and low ratios foster deep trust, curiosity, and empathy.

  • Infants who begin care at Little Twigs often remain with the same teachers for years, experiencing a rare level of stability during their most formative stages.

  • Parents note measurable developmental and emotional growth: “She’s calmer, more confident, and more independent,” one mother shared.

Families Belong

  • Parents describe Little Twigs as “our community” and “the village we didn’t have.”

  • Families – particularly newcomers to Missoula and those without local relatives – find the connection and support every parent needs.

  • Parents report reduced stress and stronger family relationships as a result of stable, trusted childcare.

Teachers Flourish

  • Women who once faced isolation now lead classrooms, support peers, and build lasting careers.

  • Teachers gain financial independence, English proficiency, and grow into confident early educators.

  • As one teacher put it: “It’s not work – it’s my mother’s house.”

 Strong Community  

  • Local employers depend on Little Twigs to keep parents working.

  • Cross-cultural relationships formed in the classroom ripple out into the wider community, fostering understanding and empathy across backgrounds.