Rebecca (Becky) Allen Fund

The Becky Allen Fund was established in memory of Rebecca (Becky) Allen, a founding member of Parent Cooperative Preschools International (PCPI). Donations to the Becky Allen Fund help provide mini-grants to cooperative preschools for parent education projects.

Rebecca (Becky) Allen

On May 3, 2006, Becky Allen was inducted into the U.S. Cooperative Hall of Fame. This prestigious award recognizes those whose contribution to the cooperative movement has been truly heroic. Prior to that on October 5, 1998, Becky Allen also received the National Cooperative Month award for Cooperative Education. Becky discovered cooperative preschools when her own children were young and she learned more about cooperative preschools from Katharine Whiteside Taylor. Over the years, she was an editor, teacher, consultant, and a strong advocate of parent participation and parent administration of preschools. She served as editor of the PCPI publication, Parent Cooperator, and was a co-author of Global Connections, a history of PCPI. Becky also served as a consultant during the organization of the new Head Start program and saw to it that parent involvement was a key component of the program.

Donations

Your donations help PCPI continue its work – work to support cooperative preschools. Two such special programs are the Katharine Whiteside Taylor Bursary and the Becky Allen Fund. Donations can be made to PCPI to help continue such educational programs. Send donations to PCPI at the National Cooperative Business Center, 1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Application

Applications are accepted in the fall. Grant decisions will be announced in January.

For further information, contact the Becky Allen Fund Chair, Lisa Meyer.