Corporate social responsibility (CSR), or corporate citizenship, is a business concept wherein companies consciously aim to have a positive economic, social, and environmental impact on society.

Community Essentials is committed to empowering children and families for a brighter future.

• We are always learning, collaborating, and seeking collective progress.
• We hold the power to shape our environments into positive communities that support healthy, productive families.
• We can share meaningful experiences and grow together by helping others and protecting our natural resources.

Each of our individual CSR efforts have specific metrics to help us gauge the impact we’re having. For our fundraising efforts, we look at how much we’ve raised. For our disaster relief and emergency assistance, we look at how many individuals we were able to support. We’re carefully considering performance indicators for each initiative while keeping a pulse on the landscape in general.

We aim to support those initiatives near and dear to the hearts of our community members. Our CSR team uses surveys, one-on-one conversations, and committee meetings to find out what’s important to our community. There are many worthy causes and limited resources, so we’re always evaluating how we can make the biggest impact.

Character education matters. At Kiddie Academy® Educational Child Care, character education is one of our fundamental principles and we believe it should begin with our youngest learners. Our Character Essentials curriculum teaches common values and character traits to children with the intention of helping them develop into moral, caring and responsible citizens.