Wonderbloom

Wonderbloom partnered with the cottonwood presbyterian church to open a child care center in murray, Utah. We served 91 children. Our efforts to create an equitable environment for children of diverse backgrounds moved forward significantly during the 2022-2023 year. We were able to provide tuition scholarships to 10% of the children enrolled at Wonderbloom nature playschool, hire a spanish speaking staff member, and translate and distribute flyers in 6 languages. We created several new partnerships this year. The bennion student service center at the uofu participated in a saturday service project to deep clean, wash windows, seal wood, shovel gravel, and in many ways clean up our outdoor classroom. In addition, we partnered with the soul garden and woodstock elementary school to throw a free fall community event called the harvest festival. Last spring, the hollow tree honey foundation sponsored a pollinator day, providing supplies for bee boxes, seed bombs, and a new pollinator garden in the outdoor classroom. Wonderbloom also partnered with two local universities to host paid interns starting in summer 2023. Wonderbloom sponsored 2 educators to earn their cda (child development associate) degrees. The executive director created contacts and participated in several early childhood advocacy groups in Utah: voices for Utah children, waterford upstart, promise partnership (w/united way), child care advocates, early childhood alliance, and every kid outdoors governors stakeholder group. Lianna (director) attended child care day on the hill on jan 27, an advocacy day at the Utah state capitol building. Wonderbloom students and families colored pages and wrote letters to give to legislators.