Sunshine Early Learning Center

Over 53 years ago a lifelong dream was born, Sunshine Early Learning Center. In the midst of the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King, riots across the city, and national protests against the Vietnam war, Sunshine Early Learning opened to provide children living in under-resourced communities with a pathway out of poverty and into opportunity. More than 10,000 children later the vision of founder Frances J. Rollins remains clear. Provide a nurturing safe haven in the midst of a neighborhood plagued with poverty and related crime, to be a space of hope, perseverance, and a unyielding display of good and exceptionality. Sunshine Early Learning Center and Southeast Childrens Fund Child Development Center are high-quality NAEYC Accredited early childhood educational facilities that annually serve over 250 children and families who predominantly reside in Wards 7 and 8 area of Washington, D.C. Sunshine Early Learning Center was founded by Ms. Rollins in 1968, and offers opportuniti...