Nonpartisan and nonpolitical, The Sandbox Party has a broad membership across the spectrum of early childhood issues, programs, resources and supports. The Sandbox Party is the unifying scaffold for all those who recognize the crucial role of young children in Michigan’s economic turnaround, and support continued state investment to make sure those children grow up healthy, capable and workforce-ready.
At its most fundamental level, the Sandbox Party embraces the belief that:
Children must be born healthy
They must be lovingly nurtured
They must have access to high quality child care settings that support their earliest learning
They must have access to preschool
Their parents must have the information and help they need to be their child's first and most influential teachers
And they must be empowered to advocate for their children
This is a job so large that success is only possible by working together at both the state and local levels -- to achieve the overarching goal of ensuring that every young child in Michigan starts kindergarten ready.