Daycare/preschool center on Woodmere marks one year on Feb. 18, 2010
TRAVERSE CITY, Jan. 19, 2010 – Break out the balloons, birthday cake and party hats.
The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA’s Y Child Care Center will celebrate a successful first year in operation with a birthday party and open house on Thursday, February 18, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Members of the public—including parents, grandparents, employers and staff, and friends of the YMCA—are invited to attend.
“We have been fortunate to have some 30 children experience our child care in the past year,” said Molly Brown, YMCA director of Y Child Care programs. “Our teachers are experienced child-care providers who incorporate the YMCA’s Christian values-based approach in care and teaching. The result is a fun, happy atmosphere where babies, toddlers and preschoolers can really thrive.”
The YMCA is the nation’s largest provider of day and child-care services in the country. Its family-centered, Christian values-based philosophy is geared to the individual needs of children. Each room provides a play-centered environment with a wide range of materials and developmentally appropriate activities, which allow children to manipulate, discover, explore, make choices, and create according to their interests. Each child is recognized and valued as a unique individual with a capacity for growth and development. Through daily group and individual activities, each child is encouraged to develop emotionally, socially, creatively, and intellectually at his or her own rate.
The Y Child Care Center is located at 1100 Woodmere, Suite B, in Traverse City. The center is fully licensed by the State of Michigan for 53 children, from newborns through pre-kindergarteners. Kindergarten enrichment and an after-school program for school-aged children are offered, as well.
“The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA Invest in Youth Community Appeal raises donations for scholarships each year to benefit the child care and all other of our 65+ programs so that all can participate in YMCA program regardless of financial need,” according to Dave Eitland, Y director of development. “The community has been generous in helping these kids experience our child care center.”
RSVP to Molly Brown, Y director of child care and camps, 231.421-3568 or childcare@gtbayymca.org for the party. Day Care registration information is available now on our website at www.gtbayymca.org .
