Our Guiding Principles
Our Mission
HelloBaby is dedicated to bringing free, safe play spaces to underserved neighborhoods in Chicago, offering young children and their caregivers opportunities to explore, learn, and grow. We strive to create an inclusive environment that nurtures every child's potential, supports family well-being, and strengthens community bonds.
Our Vision
We envision a future where every child has access to safe play spaces, allowing them to explore their environment, build cognitive skills, develop social interactions, regulate emotions, and enhance physical abilities.
As a result, children will start school better prepared, happier, and healthier. By empowering families and fostering early childhood development, we aim to cultivate a generation of confident, resilient, and thriving individuals who will contribute to a brighter, more prosperous future for all.
Create a Culture of Community
We are serious about community. We think parenting can be a lonely, stressful job and we want to help make it a little easier by providing a safe, happy place to play with your child and by connecting you with other parents and caregivers. Together, we can share our joys and sorrows — and, parenting techniques, referrals and resources.
Strive for Excellence
Our facility is state of the art, developmentally appropriate, environmentally responsible, safe, clean and loaded with opportunities for movement, creativity, socializing, exploring and fun. We do this because we know that the best way for children to learn is through imagination and play. When they play children develop motor, social, language and math skills. Play really is the work of childhood.
Service Matters
We know exceptional service is important, and we intend to go above, beyond, and way over the top. We also know that the most crucial years in a child’s development are between birth to three years old. Let us partner with you to give your child the best start in life. We are good listeners and are open to all concerns and ideas.
A Good Neighbor
We believe that if you can make a difference, you should (and we do believe we can). We feel tremendous responsibility to the communities we serve. We are serious about being protectors of the (little) people. Therefore, we seek to inspire new solutions, provide needed services, and offer referrals and hope for underserved families. The best (and only) way we can do this is to partner with you.