HISTORY

In 1979, a group of parents with infants and young children looked at day care centers in the Sacramento area and found none to their liking.

They decided to start something new – a cooperative concerned not with making a profit or homogenizing their children, but instead a loving place that put children’s health and happiness first.

They named it “Forever Young” after a song by Bob Dylan.

Thirty years later, Forever Young is still going and still adhering to the core principals upon which it was founded:

A Co-operative

• Policy decisions and overall management responsibility for Forever Young rest with the parent-elected Board of Directors. The board is made up of parents themselves.
• Parents and staff are involved in the day-to-day operations of Forever Young.
• Staff and families are friends! The staff train in the teachings of Magda Gerber in developmentally oriented childcare practices.
• Tolerance, non-violent, non-sexist behavior in the children's interaction with each other.
• An alternative education environment that emphasizes respect for others and their differences, respect for the natural world, and love of one's self and one's neighbor.
• A vegetarian diet to encourage healthy eating and minimize the intake of food additives and chemicals.

Forever Young still retains these commitments with a day care center that lovingly encourages and nourishes the growth of the whole child.

" In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibitied from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex age or disability."