About Us | Springfield Area Parent Child Center

Mission

Building bridges of support for children, families & caregivers

The Springfield Area Parent Child Center (SAPCC), a member of the Vermont Parent Child Center Network, is a nonprofit organization serving southern Windsor and northern Windham counties. SAPCC builds bridges of support for children, families and caregivers by fostering relationships, establishing a culture of learning, and engaging in community collaborations to shape opportunities for the world around us.

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History

SAPCC was incorporated in 1992 to address the increasing demands on families in our area. Since then we have grown from our small space on Myrtle Street, to building a beautiful new campus on Jack and Jill Lane in North Springfield, Vermont. This is where we provide a wide range of community services under one roof to help support families, engage community partners, and provide early childhood education and development programs.

The SAPCC campus building on Jack and Jill Lane

SAPCC Staff

Danna Bare - Executive Director
Sarah Rose - SAPCC Director of Programs
Ariel Rose - Director of Community Outreach and Education & Leadership Team Member
Amanda McLeod - Finance Director & Leadership Team Member
Tienna Howe - Office, Buildings, & Grounds Manager
Jodi Rorison - Administrative Assistant
Alice Page - Bookkeeper & Marketing Coodinator
James Newman - Maintenance Technician
Brenda Pellerin - CIS Child Care Coordinator
Robbie Wierzbicki - CIS Family Support Worker
Michelle Waters - CIS Developmental Educator and Assistant Coordinator
Meaghan Wilson - CIS Speech Language Pathologist
Annalise Lawrence - CIS Physical Therapist
Alexis Palmer - CIS Developmental Educator
Christine DeMasi - CIS Developmental Educator
Meg Minehan - Parents as Teachers (PAT) Coordinator
Sarah Zierfus - DULCE Family Specialist
Allison Fiske - CIS Nurse
Erin Quinn - Child Care Financial Assistance Program Eligibility Specialist
Liane Giunta - Child Care Financial Assistance Program Eligibility Specialist
Celeste Marquise – PCC Specialist: Welcome Baby Coordinator
Kayla Bapp - PCC Coordinator & Development Assistant
Krista Wilson - Family Engagement Specialist
Dominique Rondeau - Mental Health Clinician
Karen Esterline - Early Childhood Mental Health Clinician/HCRS

PlayWorks Staff

Tori Middleton - Child Care Director of PlayWorks & Leaedership Team Member
Chris Strong - Food Program Coordinator
Donna Battista-Young - Teacher & Classroom Coordinator
Erin Curtis - Pre-K Coordinator & Teacher
Devyn Betz – Teacher
Hope Darrell – Teacher
Angi Russell – Teacher & Classroom Coordinator
Abi Anderson – Teacher Assistant
Taylor Bovat - Teacher Assistant
Kate Hebert - Teacher Assistant
Erykah Lowe - Teacher Trainee
Kerrigan Woodard - Teacher Trainee
Donna Burroughs - Float Teacher Assistant
Miranda Dunn - Float Teacher Assistant
Dora Ayala - Teacher

Board of Directors

We are very fortunate to have a dedicated, talented, and experienced Board of Directors. They work hard on SAPCC's behalf and offer their expertise to continue the mission of the organization. We are grateful for their contributions.

We are actively seeking new board members. Please visit our Get Involved Page to learn more and apply:

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Dani Martell, Chair
Amy Englesberg, Vice Chair
Brian Jarvis, Secretary
Deb Savery, Treasurer
Zana Aebi
Brenna Bridwell
Nichole Downing
Renee Hebert
Mary Lougee
Stephen Michel
Staci Otis
Aimee Parnell

To contact our board of directors, please email bod@sapcc-vt.org.

Our Supporters

SAPCC is funded by a generous community of individual donors, businesses, and foundations. We are incredibly grateful to our generous grant funders, with a special consideration to our most dedicated partner and advocate for family well being: Couch Family Foundation. To make a donation, please visit our Get Involved page:

Get Involved

Thank you to our generous FY26 grant funders:

Couch Family Foundation
Agnes M Lindsay Trust
Building Bright Futures
Charles R. Wood Foundation
CLiF Early Childhood Literacy Grant
Hoehl Family Foundation
NH Charitable Trust
Vermont Food Bank
Windham Foundation
VT Children's Trust Foundation
VT Women's Fund

Thank you to our generous FY25 grant funders:

Couch Family Foundation
Claremont Savings Bank Foundation
Hoehl Family Foundation
Hypertherm HOPE Foundation
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
Mascoma Bank Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation
Vermont Children's Trust Foundation
Vermont Foodbank
Vermont Women's Fund