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The local Fall River Child
Care Providers and PACE Child Care Works invited parents of young
children to join them on April 10, 2008, at the
Temple Beth El auditorium to celebrate the
National Week of the Young
Child. "The Week is a time to recognize the importance of early
learning for all young children, " noted organizer Eloise Carrier. For
the 19th year in a row, hundreds of parents and children got to enjoy a
variety of craft tables, games and rides provided by the participating
organizations which included the
Antioch
School, the Boys & Girls Club,
the Child Development Program,
Citizens for Citizens,
Family Service
Association, John E. Boyd Center, Kid's World Learning Center,
KinderCare Learning Center, King Philip Community House Preschool, Ninth
Street Day Nursery,
People Inc., Rainbow Bears Child Care Center and W.O.R.D. Inc. Child
Care Center. For more information about the event, contact
Eloise Carrier at
508-675-2154, Ext. 221. |
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(Top row, left) Parents enter the Abraham Ziskind Memorial Center at Temple Beth-El on High Street where the celebration took place. (Top row, center) Eloise Carrier, Co-Chairperson for the event was pleased to see over 500 people at the event. (Top row, right) PACE Child Care staff member Alyse Blake talks with some of the children at the registration table. (Middle row, left) Alyce talks with Suzanne Moran about child care options for her two-year-old, Amanda. (Middle row, right) Sister Kathleen Harrington, Director of the Center for Child Care and Development, speaks with one of the parents. (Bottom row, left) Community Development Child Care teacher Mary Lupachini talks with four-year-old Owen Carreiro as he tries out the slide. (Bottom row, center) Four-year-old Jonathan DeAguiar brushes a toy dog's teeth while his Aunt, Dawn Gomes, encourages him to do the same at the HealthFirst dental exhibit. (Bottom row, right) One-and-half-year-old Jordan Razza gets a ride on the merry-go-round with an assist from Donald August who volunteers at Citizens for Citizens, one of the sponsors of the event. |
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