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Can you make a special year-end gift by midnight, December 31st to the Scholarship Fund?

Because of your gift today, you will directly support one more family in our community, providing critical tuition assistance that makes paying for child care, and returning to work, possible.

When you give before midnight on the 31st, you can take advantage of the first $500 that our board members have pledged to match. That means when you donate $25, it will be like donating $50.

Your Support Has An Impact!

A group of Manzanitas' teachers, with varying shades of hair color and skin tones ranging from light to medium, smile and are dressed in traditional Hispanic clothes, celebrating teacher appreciation week.
  • $25 provides two anti-bias or spanish-language books for our libraries

  • $100 supports a week of increased wages

  • $350 allows us to provide one month of medical benefits to a teacher 

  • $500 supports local food systems by purchasing local organic snacks for one month at one school

  • $1,500 provides supporting costs for one teacher to get their Child Development Associate® Credential

  • $3,000 ​is the average scholarship for one child for one year

Apple Playschools' Scholarships Help Kids Grow!

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25% of our families utilize scholarship support.
Many families are not eligible for government child care subsidies but still benefit from assistance to provide their children with high-quality care.


$13k is the average tuition for one child. 
1 in 5 of our families have 2 or more children in our programs, so this cost increases exponentially for them. 10% of our families will welcome new children this year.


30% increase in our costs. 
​Since the pandemic began, our costs have massively increased. Scholarships allow us to keep care accessible while sharing this increase with families.​

$3,000 ​is the average scholarship for one child for one year

Ways to Give

Snail-Mail Donations

For mail donations, please checks out to Apple Playschools. All snail-mail donations should be sent to:
Apple Playschools
c/o Manzanitas
2626 Packard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Make a Recurring Gift

The platform we use to receive donations makes setting up a recurring gift easy! You’ll see under the donation amount “Selection Donation Frequency.” Click here to make your gift today.

In-Kind Donations

Many community members donate time for volunteer projects, materials for building in our gardens and outdoor classrooms, or toys and books for our classroom. Tax-receipts can be provided on request.

Community Sponsorship

Be a sponsor for one of our events! For more information regarding community sponsorship opportunities, please visit our Sponsor page.

Other ways to give:

Workplace Giving

Donor Advised Funds (DAF)

Employee Matching Gifts

Stock Donations

Apple Playschools can also accept stock donations!

Please get in touch with our Development & Communications Manager at development@appleplayschools.org with any questions regarding your gift. Our tax ID is 46-5404037