McLean Community Foundation Delivers Daycare Bus

The McLean Community Foundation was proud to partner with Redeemer Renaissance After-School Program for the purchase of a bus.

Since 2008, Renaissance has been providing hundred of families with local, reliable after-school care. An independently operated secular program, Renaissance was established by Redeemer Lutheran after Fairfax County’s School Age Child Care (SACC) program was unable to meet the demand for after-school care and the County reached out to community organizations for help.

Initially, the County allowed buses to make extra stops to take children to Renaissance and other similar programs. In 2013, however, Renaissance was notified that some of the special bus routes would no longer be available, leaving some children with no transportation and others on buses for an hour to travel just 2 miles.

The McLean Community Foundation was able to respond with a grant to Renaissance that was used to help purchase a bus. The Community Foundation funds non-profit efforts that benefit McLean residents and was happy to have this opportunity to support working families.

To find out more about the community foundation and to make a donation, visit their website, mcleancommunityfoundation.org.

PHOTO (left to right): MCF Board Member Winnie Pizzano, Reedemer Renaissance After-School Director Roberta Pittmanm, MCF Board Member Joann Berkson and MCF President Amee Burgoyne; second photo shows celebratory crowd and balloons with new bus