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For Release: Employees Community Service Fund of GE Commits $30K to Pre-K for PA; Pledges 3,000 Signatures
The Employees Community Service Fund of General Electric, representing the union workforce, today announced its commitment to supporting access to quality early childhood education for all three and four-year-olds in Pennsylvania. In addition to a $30,000 grant to be used to help raise awareness for the importance of quality Pre-K and increase support for expanded access, the member run organization pledged to collect 3,000 signatures to be sent to lawmakers in Harrisburg.
Live Webcast June 9 with Governors Rendell, Schweiker
On Monday, June 9 at 2pm: Join Pre-K for PA for a live webcast with former Pennsylvania Governors Edward G. Rendell and Mark S. Schweiker. This is special event is part of a statewide tour featuring events in Erie and Philadelphia on June 9, speaking about investment in pre-k as a strategy to strengthen the Pennsylvania economy.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Editorial: Pay now or later: Investing in pre-K can head off costlier problems
York Dispatch: Op-Ed: Wolf is Right: Invest in Pre-K Now, Not Prisons Later
At a recent budget hearing, a senator asked, “If you were to advise us as to an investment that we should be making in another agency, in another part of government, that would impact what you do, change the outcome of what you do, what would you recommend?” My answer was easy: early childhood education programs.
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EARLY EDUCATION EXPERTS
If you are a reporter looking for comment or background from one of our early education experts, please Kate Philips at kphilips@prekforpa.org.
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