Partners
Expert partners help guide the initiative.
PNC Grow Up Great has partnered with nationally renowned early education experts Family Communications, Inc., Head Start and Sesame Workshop to help advise us on how we can make a meaningful contribution to preparing children for school and life.
- Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that changed television forever with the legendary Sesame Street™. As the single largest informal educator of young children, local Sesame Street programs produced in countries as diverse as South Africa, Bangladesh and India are making a difference in over 120 nations. Using proprietary research to create engaging and enriching content, Sesame Workshop produces programs such as Dragon Tales and Pinky Dinky Doo. In addition, multimedia needs-driven initiatives provide families tools for addressing such issues as children’s health, military deployment and emergency preparedness. As a nonprofit, product proceeds and philanthropic donations support Sesame Workshop’s educational research and creative content for children around the world.
PNC, as part of its commitment to early childhood education through the Grow Up Great initiative, is a proud sponsor of Sesame Street™ Happy, Healthy, Ready for School and Learning is Everywhere, and the One World, One Sky programs. These multiphase outreach programs prepare children from birth to age five for school and life.
- Family Communications, Inc.
Family Communications, Inc., producer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, creates a wide range of multimedia materials dedicated to young children, their families, and those who support them.
- Head Start
Founded in 1965, Head Start is a comprehensive, nonprofit child development program for children from birth to age five and their families. Head Start’s mission is to prepare young children from low-income families to succeed in school and give them the basic skills necessary to succeed in life.
