Lighthouse to Expand Bi-LingualChristian Day Care

Lighthouse Church, under the leadership of Marcio and Tia Sierra, serves low to medium income Latino families in Dane County, Wisconsin. Lighthouse currently operates a bi-lingual pre-school program for 2, 3, and 4 year olds at their west Madison Location. They also provide free counseling for parents when needed. They are NAEYC Accredited and have earned a 5- Star rating from Youngstar, Wisconsin's Child Care Rating Program, the highest rating possible. Not surprisingly, the Lighthouse Child Care program is in great demand and they have a waiting list.

To meet this demand, Lighthouse is expanding their services to include infants and one-year olds at a brand new location in Eagle Harbor Apartments at 1360 MacArthur Road, in January 2015. Ever since Care Net and the Elizabeth House was established on MacArthur Road, a Christian day care has been an integral part of their vision. Imagine a new mom and her baby moving into her first apartment at Eagle Harbor.  She can drop her child off at the Lighthouse Day Care facility, confident that he/she will be well loved and cared for while she works or pursues her education. Lighthouse will be able to serve 36 children from all over Dane County at Eagle Harbor.  

Lighthouse needs help from the community to pull this off. Start up costs are estimated at $50,000 for furniture, equipment, supplies, fixtures and staff expenses. The Madison Christian Generosity Fund has agreed to match any donation of $1000 or more, up to $5000, so Lighthouse can expand their valuable services to the children and parents of Madison's Latino community. You can help by clicking here.  Watch the video,  and donate as you are led.  If a lot of people contribute just a little, Lighthouse will be providing a high quality Christian, bi-lingual day care on Madison's east side.