Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center

Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center is an anchor in the Aurora community, and has provided quality Preschool training in affected communities. Galena Blvd.

The Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center (MWCDC) was the dream of Mrs. Marie Wilkinson, Aurora’s renowned community activist and youth advocate. Nearly 41 years ago, she saw an urgent need in the area for quality early childhood education and rallied a small group of concerned citizens, to found the Center. Its doors formally opened in 1970, in the annex building of the YMCA on Gale Street, in

Aurora. In 1977, the Board of Directors purchased its current facility, located at 1144 E. We are proud of the high quality services the MWCDC provides to the preschoolers – School-age we serve. The target population served by the Center resides within Aurora Township, Batavia, Montgomery, and several other small towns in Kane/Kendall Counties, generally, from not more than a 5 mile radius. Typically, our preschoolers enter the program at age two, and remain until “graduation” from Kindergarten, at age five or six years.

04/04/2026
Do you need transportation to & from Allen School we have availability in our school age programs & in our preschool pro...
08/06/2024

Do you need transportation to & from Allen School we have availability in our school age programs & in our preschool programs 🚌📚

This is the day which the Lord has made; (I) we will rejoice & be glad in it. 4 more days 🎂🥳🎂
07/25/2024

This is the day which the Lord has made; (I) we will rejoice & be glad in it. 4 more days 🎂🥳🎂

05/06/2024

Happy birthday to our local hero: Marie Wilkinson! Wilkinson was a civil rights activist and one of the founders of the Quad County Urban League in 1975. Her name still rings throughout our community as a reminder to serve and show up for one another!

Thankful for the Life & Legacy of Mrs Marie Wilkinson
03/02/2024

Thankful for the Life & Legacy of Mrs Marie Wilkinson

THE MATRIARCH OF AURORA, Marie Wilkinson spent most of her 101 years giving back to the city she called home. Whether it was feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, convincing politicians to enact fair laws, or fighting for equal rights for everyone, wherever there was a need, Wilkinson was there.

Wilkinson was born Marie LeBeau in New Orleans on May 6, 1909. She moved to Aurora in 1929 and married auto mechanic Charles Wilkinson three years later. Her charitable works started small — she opened her home at 648 N. View St. to anyone who needed anything, and donors would drop off clothes and food for her to distribute.

In 1961, she started the St. Vincent DePaul Center on Sard Avenue with the help of St. Peter’s Church. That was merely the first of dozens of organizations she founded or helped to organize, including the Quad County Urban League, the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, the Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center, and the city’s Human Relations Commission, which she chaired for 40 years.

On a larger stage, Wilkinson was a strong crusader for civil rights. She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and met Rosa Parks and Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till.
In 2001, she received the Lumen Christi Award, the Catholic Church’s highest international honor for missionary work.

She passed at 101 years of age on Thursday, August 12, 2010.

Marie Wilkinson’s statue sits at the entrance of the Santori Public Library, 101 S. River Street, in honor of her perpetual legacy and impact in the City of Lights.

11/03/2023

‼️Winter Coats and clothing drive!!! Donate Donate Donate!! Let’s help others who are not as fortunate!!

We thank you in advance for your donations!!

08/18/2023

Welcome to the official page of the City of Aurora, Illinois’ second largest city!

Address

1144 E. Galena Boulevard
Aurora, IL
60505

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 6:30am - 5:30pm

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+16308517772

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