A new Ellis initiative is working to strengthen the Massachusetts child care system. The Ellis FCC Network gathered with members of the Ellis Early Learning team to celebrate their launch last year. Launched last year with a generous restricted gift from an anonymous donor, the Ellis Family Child Care (FCC) Network marks Ellis’s expansion into home‑based early education and care. The Ellis FCC Network is the first such system established in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts i

L to R: Paul and Pia Miller and Suzanne Dwyer were among the Ellis Early Learning Fund members who joined us for the Gratitude Breakfast. On Wednesday, March 11, more than two dozen supporters of the Ellis Early Learning Fund gathered for a delicious breakfast from Flour Bakery + Cafe. This event offered a welcome opportunity to mingle with donors and staff and learn more about the organization’s recent work. CEO Lauren Cook spoke about two ambitious new initiatives launched

Ashley Storms and João Ricardo Santos’s connection to Ellis Early Learning began even before they had their son Lucas, now in his fourth year at the Jamaica Plain center. While attending Boston University for her undergraduate degree in 2009, Ashley was a Jumpstart volunteer through AmeriCorps, helping to implement the organization's early education literacy programming. “We would come to Ellis three times a week to read in the classrooms. The teachers always connected the st

Tiffany Sheets (second from left), pictured with the full cohort of 2026 Light of Dawn awardees and scholarship winners. Ellis Early Learning is proud to announce that Tiffany Sheets, Assistant Vice President of Programs, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Light of Dawnn Awards. The awards honor Dawnn Ashley Jaffier, a young nonprofit worker who was killed in 2014, by recognizing nonprofit workers who demonstrate Dawnn’s spirit of compassion and unwavering commitment to

L to R: Lauren Cook, Ellis CEO; Patti Keenan; and Dawn Hayes, Ellis Chief Advancement Officer celebrate Patti's decades of impact. In February, we said goodbye to an exemplar of the Ellis vision: Patricia D. Keenan, Ellis Vice President of Advancement, Community, and Equity. The final days of February were full of excitement and mixed emotions as our community said goodbye to Patti, celebrating her retirement and honoring her impact at Ellis. You can read more about the mark