A Hawthorne day care is among the businesses struggling to stay afloat during this pandemic – prompting some parents to chip in to help.

Little Years Day Care and Learning Center has seen its number of clients drop from 81 children in January to just 22.

"We haven't been able to pay rent since October, says Danielle McCann, the day care’s co-owner. "The hardship has been keeping 26 employees full-time…They had to go part time."

She says some parents have been chipping in – buying milk and snacks for the kids and Christmas decorations, even as they deal with challenges of their own.

Surviving the pandemic has been extremely tough for the day care center, but the co-owner says they are “taking it one day at a time."

“We plan on being here,” says McCann. “We have no desire to close, we want to make a difference."