A Place Where Learning Begins: Groundbreaking for the Merage Early Learning Center
For the David and Laura Merage Foundation, the work of building brighter futures has always started with the youngest learners. On June 4, 2026, the...
MEDIA & Insights
A collection of recent news, press mentions, and insights on the David and Laura Merage Foundation and our impact areas.
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January 8, 2021
Letter to Biden Administration Regarding Child Care
We proudly stand by other advocacy organizations to ask President-Elect Biden to ensure affordable, accessible and high quality child care for all. Read the letter...
December 29, 2020
Child Care Down Payment
Colorado will receive approximately $123M to shore up the child care sector from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The total national child care appropriation...
November 30, 2020
Challenging the Child Care Narrative
Last month the Wall Street Journal posted an article citing one Austrian study on maternal employment to make the case against increasing U.S. federal investment...
November 20, 2020
Colorado Says Yes to Universal Preschool
Earlier this year the David and Laura Merage Foundation launched #CareForAllChildren to shine a light on the childcare affordability crisis and help parents see that...
August 28, 2020
RNC Virtual Event: Saving Child Care
On Tuesday, August 25th, Sue Renner, Executive Director of Merage Foundations, moderated a webinar discussing the many challenges of child care, hearing from both parents...
July 24, 2020
Ivanka Trump Visits Child Care Center In Greenwood Village
Ivanka Trump, first daughter, and advisor to President Trump, hosted a childcare roundtable at the Bright Beginnings Learning Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado to underscore...
June 25, 2020
Denver Post – We Underfund Child Care
David Merage, founder of the David & Laura Merage Foundation, and Sue Renner, Vice President of Philanthropy at the David & Laura Merage Foundation, completed...
May 5, 2020
Merage Mini Heroes
The David and Laura Merage Foundation launched the Merage Mini Heroes project to bring joy to the children of our courageous front line healthcare professionals...