Highlights

2009

   Minalee Saks selected as the first individual "Lane County Peace Builder Award" by Community Mediation Services

   Minalee Saks honored by Holt International

2008

   Birth To Three organizes and hosts a very successful Oregon Parenting Education and Support Conference

   Birth To Three celebrates 30 years!

2007

   Minalee Saks directs Make Parenting A Pleasure sessions in Ukraine

   Minalee Saks teaches Make Parenting A Pleasure at Harvard

2005
   Birth To Three launches its entrepreneurial division, Parenting Now!, which focuses on our curriculum, training and products.

2004

   Birth To Three 25th Birthday Celebration draws more than 1,000 members of the community.

2003
   Birth To Three launched The Parent HelpLine at our site in partnership with Success By 6.

2002 
   Birth To Three featured in Oregon Quarterly magazine.
   The country of Romania expands Birth To Three programs including Make Parenting A Pleasure and Welcome Baby to six sites with plans to expand nationally.

2001
   Birth To Three listed on Western CAPT Best Practices web site.

2000
   The Citizens Crime Commission, an affiliate of Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, acknowledges Birth To Three as “high quality parent education” organization “through the early years of child rearing” in Kids Intervention Investment Delinquency Solutions publication.
   Holt International Children’s Services collaborates with Birth To Three to import our parenting education model to prevent child abandonment in Romania.

1999
   Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention selects Birth To Three as model family strengthening program.
   The Lane County Psychologists Association presents Community Service Award to Birth To Three Executive Director Minalee Saks.

1997

   The NEWSWEEK special Spring/Summer edition highlights Birth To Three as a pioneer parent education program.
   The KIDSNET/Commonwealth Fund National Media Project selects Birth To Three video one of top 50 media titles for parents of young children.

1995
   Birth To Three is highlighted in publications by the Harvard University Family Institute: Raising Our Future: Families, Schools and Communities Working Together.

1994
   Birth To Three is featured in the landmark Carnegie Corporation report “Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children” as one of “Two Programs That Improve Parents’ Childrearing Skills.”

1992
   The Federal Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention cites Birth To Three as one of the top 25 parenting programs in the United States.
   Birth To Three is featured in the National Family Resource Coalition publication, “Programs that Strengthen Families.”
   Birth To Three is highlighted in the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) report to the Senate titled “Child Abuse, Prevention Programs Need Greater Emphasis.”

1992
   Birth To Three is highlighted in publications by the Harvard University Family Institute: Raising Our Future: Families, Schools and Communities Working Together.

1989
   The Oregon Pediatric Society presents Birth To Three with “Services to Children Award.”
   Soroptimist International of Lane County presents Executive Director Minalee Saks with “Woman of Distinction Award” for her work in “promoting the health of the community.”