PRESCHOOLERS AT THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN CHANTILLY RAISE OVER $1,000 FOR CHARITY

Preschoolers at The Learning Experience®, the country’s fastest growing early learning academy for children 6 weeks to 5 years old, in Chantilly participated in the 3rd Annual Nationwide BeCause Our Hearts Beat Art Auction and helped raise awareness and $1,048.26 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. As part of the early learning academy’s first-of-its-kind philanthropy curriculum, preschoolers across all The Learning Experience®’s 150 centers are being taught lessons of hope and learning about being charitable.

The Learning Experience® Chantilly’s preschoolers created heart-themed art, which was auctioned off to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. “The children at our center were highly enthusiastic about creating art in support of such a great organization,” said Judy McClimans, Center Director at The Learning Experience® Chantilly. “Through our unique philanthropy curriculum, our students are learning to apply the basic tenets of philanthropy beyond the classroom and into their home and community lives, lessons that will stick with them into adulthood.”

In addition to the heart art, local businesses also participated by donating family-friendly items such as gift certificates and goody bags for the BeCause Our Hearts Beat auction. The Learning Experience® Chantilly preschoolers also participated in Pennies for Patients, collecting coins and competing for the classroom with the largest donation. All-in-all, the efforts contributed to the more than $1,000 donation presented to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

“The Learning Experience® is pleased to continue to host events at centers to benefit such great causes and teach our children invaluable lessons,” said Richard Weissman, Chairman and CEO of TLE®. “We were able to raise nearly $12,000 in last year’s auction and we expect that our centers will rise to the occasion again this year to help bring hope to children’s lives and drive change in our communities.”

With the help of Grace The GreyhoundÔ and Charity ChihuahuaÔ, the lovable and huggable dog mascots for philanthropy at The Learning Experience®, the philanthropy curriculum helps teach children that it is not how big or small you are, it is the size of your heart that matters. Through animation, classroom activities and participatory songs, Grace and Charity introduce children to topics like the value of helping others, volunteering and donating.

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About The Learning Experience®

The Learning Experience® (TLE®) is the nation’s fastest growing early learning academy for children ages six weeks to five years old. With a greater national emphasis on educational development during the most crucial years of a child’s growth, TLE® places a prominent focus on programs that advance scholastic preparation. TLE® prepares children academically and socially via innovative scholastic and enrichment programs such as the L.E.A.P® curriculum, a cutting-edge proprietary approach to learning which has more than 95 percent of TLE® children graduating preschool reading at a Kindergarten or greater level. To complement the academic portion, TLE utilizes various enrichment programs crucial to advancing learning and overall balance, such as philanthropy, baby yoga, music, physical fitness, manners and etiquette, and Spanish language.

For more information, please visit www.thelearningexperience.com.

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