Campus Children's Centers Week. Save the date: October 4–8, 2027

October 4–8, 2027

Campus Children's Centers Week

Each year, campus children's centers across the country come together to celebrate the work they do every day. CCCC Week is a chance to show your campus what your center means to children, families, and the whole college community.

Why We Celebrate

Show our impact
Highlight the services and support centers give student, faculty, staff, and community families.
Champion quality care
Build understanding of why high-quality early childhood programs matter for children's health and development.
Raise visibility
Make centers more visible and show their value to the campus community.
Support recruitment
Show how campus centers help recruit and retain students, faculty, and staff.
Celebration Toolkit

Resources for your center

  • Sample letter to send to your president, dean, department head, or faculty.
  • 2027 social media tiles are coming soon, with a refreshed fall design for Facebook, Instagram, and your center's website.
Download the Sample Letter

Ways to Celebrate

Mix and match ideas that fit your center. Keep dates and times flexible, and consider hosting more than one event during the week.

Spread the Word

  • Post the CCCC Week social media tiles and dates, and tag others to show support.
  • Send a letter to your president, dean, department heads, or faculty.
  • Collect letters from parents into a gratitude book and present it to your president or board of trustees with a thank-you card.
  • Send a thank-you card to your college or university president and board.
  • Invite parent board members to serve as greeters and champions.

Host an Event

  • Have children make the invitations, and invite VPs, deans, and trustees.
  • Invite the president, staff, and parents to read stories, share a snack or lunch, or play with the children.
  • Hold a concert or play, with children singing and playing instruments, in a prominent campus spot.
  • Partner with the Music and Theatre departments, nursing or health programs, or athletes for a performance or group fitness session.
  • Plan a fundraiser like a breakfast, bake sale, or talent show with student services and clubs.
  • Include Campus Police or Security in a safe, fun activity.

Get Out on Campus

  • Make a map children can follow around campus, and visit the student union, clubs, and departments.
  • Stop by to say hello to key champions, and leave child-made gifts like paintings or cards.
  • Hand out child-made stickers, posters, or cards that say "I support campus children!"
  • Read on blankets around campus, taking small groups out over several days as weather allows.
  • Visit the campus police department and host a child fingerprinting event together.

Care for Campus

  • Plant a garden, flowers, or a tree on campus or at your center.
  • Take a supervised campus walk to pick up litter, with children wearing gloves.
  • Chalk the sidewalks together (check campus chalking rules first).
  • Make or buy t-shirts with a slogan celebrating children as future caretakers of the planet.

Capture the Week

  • Create a display in your program documenting the week's activities.
  • Collect photos, drawings, and stories to use for public relations all year.
  • Make a story, picture, or short video showing how children make campus better.
  • Ask your campus newspaper or communications office to cover your events.
  • Invite student, faculty, and staff parents to write notes about why your program matters to them.
  • Reward the classroom with the best CCCC Week idea with a staff lunch paid for by the program.

Save the Dates

CCCC Week 2027
October 4–8, 2027
CCCC Week 2028
October 2–6, 2028