Santa Gets Head Start on Christmas
EUGENE, Ore. — Santa got a head start on Christmas Wednesday at a local Head Start. He and some of his helpers dropped off a mountain of socks and hats to the kids there. The items were collected...
View ArticleHead Start Advocates Protest Sequester
EUGENE, Ore. — Local Head Start advocates demonstrated outside of Representative Peter DeFazio’s office Friday to tell the congressman they are not happy about the effect the sequester will have on...
View ArticleHigh-Cost Preschool Limits Enrollment
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon ranks as the second most expensive state for public preschools in the country. The high cost of preschool is forcing the state to limit the number of three and four-year-old...
View ArticleNonprofit Worries About Govt. Shutdown
CORVALLIS, Ore. — One local nonprofit says it has enough funding until the end of this year, but it worries that federal funding will not be available beginning January 1. Kidco Head Start, a nonprofit...
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