News & Events
First Annual Party on the Playground! An event celebrating our first year in our new Winnebago home andbthe 50th year of Cheryl Heiman teaching at Red Caboose! When: Saturday, September 28, 2024 Time: 2-3:30 pm Where: 2346 Winnebago Street Thanks to the generosity of the May Family Foundation in honor of Red Caboose teacher Cheryl Heiman’s 50th anniversary, all donations will be matched up to $50,000. This means you can double the impact of your gift!
Child Care Leader, Red Caboose, Moves into New Home, Prepares to Serve More Families MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 30, 2023) – Red Caboose Child Care Center doubled down on its values to offer high-quality, affordable child care to all when moved out of its outgrown facility on Williamson Street and into its new state-of-the-art building on Winnebago Street. Now the transition is complete, and Red Caboose is ready to begin its next chapter with a grand opening celebration. Just down the railroad tracks from its old stomping grounds, Red Caboose will hold a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, September 30 at 10 a.m. at 2346 Winnebago St. TheMore…
Appearing on the Downtown Madison Happenings Podcast hosted by Jason Ilstrup, our Project Administrator Lisa Fiala and our Executive Director Pam Skeel talked about our big move to a new home and the state of child care in America.
Our own Turtle Room teacher Morgan Cutler spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio’s Jenny Peek! Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee cut funding for the Child Care Counts program from its budget legislation. Jenny detailed how this will impact our beloved Red Caboose staff and child care providers across the state.
Red Caboose Child Care Center stood in solidarity and remained open to serve Madison families on May 8: “Day Without Child Care” and recognized the concerning, growing need for affordable, accessible, and quality early childhood education and development. Red Caboose Child Care Center was covered by Madison’s WKOW on the impact affordable, and inclusive childcare makes in the lives of working parents and the local economy. Doing this also spread awareness of “Day Without Child Care,” a national effort to show communities what a day would look like without child care. By staying at the forefront of educational trends and actively contributingMore…
Madison’s Channel 3 News attended our “Farewell to our Williamson Street Home” open house event on March 4 and interviewed Emeritus Executive Director Wendy Rakower and Board President Aaron Stephenson. You can watch the video here.
Review the progress over the past year of our new home just down the railroad tracks at Union Corners!
Teacher, Cheryl Heiman, is featured in a Capital Times article about her 47 years at Red Caboose.
Roots & Wings Foundation has generously provided substantial financial support for our Red Caboose Scholarship Fund. The Scholarship Fund allows Red Caboose to provide tuition assistance to 80% of enrolled families. Roots & Wings is a family foundation established in 2019 by Judy and Gordon Faulkner. Roots & Wings makes grants across the fields of healthcare, early childhood, basic needs, and human rights. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that help low-income children and families reach their full potential through prevention, early intervention, and in-depth programming that changes lives. More at www.RootsWings.org
Harriet N. Brown who spent an entire year observing Red Caboose. Her engaging and thought-provoking book, “The Good-Bye Window, A Year in the Life of a Day-Care Center”, published by The University of Wisconsin Press, is the story of that year.
