Hampshire Franklin Children's Day Care Center – News
Preschool Arts Program: Go, Kids Art, Go!
March 20th - April 20th
The Barnes Gallery in the Leverett Crafts & Arts (LCA)
13 Montague Rd. Leverett Center
www.leverettcrafts.org
Artwork by preschoolers and elementary students of Amherst, Leverett, Shutesbury, New Salem & Wendell. This is the 3rd annual collaboration between the Leverett Crafts & Arts and Hampshire-Franklin Children's Day Care Center, that seeks to celebrate the artist in every child!
The BIG Party
Saturday, April 10th 12am - 4pm
A full day of music, dance, & performances, as well as food, face painting, henna, and art workshops for the whole family as well as a raffle and bake sale.
PERFORMANCES
Jay Mankita - http://www.jaymankita.com
Eshu Bumpus - http://eshu.folktales.net/index.htm
Bamidele - http://www.bamidele.com/press/marilynmsyllasekou
Celtic Heels - http://www.celticheelsdance.com
MC - Happy Dan the Music Man - http://www.happydanthemusicman.com
WORKSHOPS
Paper weaving and felting with Susan Loring-Wells
Clay for Kids by MudPie Potters
Open Studio with Liz Sheffy, Recycled
Recycled Collage with Max Rudolph
Crayon Batiks offered by Connecting to Your Source
Buy your raffle ticket today!*
Prizes include:
- A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE from Zanna
- A SIGNED PRINT by Eric Carle
- A SIGNED BOOK SET by Jane Yolen
- An ART EASEL from Second Chances
- A ZUTANO OUTFIT from Monkey Business
- Art supplies from A.J. Hastings
and much more….
Tickets are one for $1, 3 for $2 and 7 for $5. All items will be raffled off during the art reception & kids' party on Saturday April 10th. You need not be present to win - winners will notified by phone or email within 48 hours of the drawing.
*Proceeds from the raffle and bake sale help support children's arts programming.
Sponsored by:
Download the flyer [pdf, 400K]
New Fire Alarm System
In other news, this past spring the Center was able to install a new fire alarm system due to a grant we received from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. The Fire Alarm System consists of multiple pull, horn and strobe alarms that will ensure all staff and children are aware of an emergency situation. Once the system was installed, the company conducted a test that included having the Leverett Fire Department come to the day care (see photo above). The fire drill went extremely well and was very interesting and exciting for the children. The live test showed that the system is operating correctly. Our facility is much safer now that there is a full Fire Alarm System installed that will alert staff and kids of an emergency situation. Further, this system now brings the HFCDC into compliance with local building code requirements. We are truly grateful to the Community Foundation for assisting us with this project!
Upcoming Fundraisers
Annual Fund Drive
In late November 2008 we sent out Annual Fund Drive letters to all current staff and families as well as alumni. Please give whatever amount you can, or consider donating a product or service to the day care. We appreciate any and all support of our program and the service we provide to the community.
GoodSearch / GoodShop
As always, please consider using GoodSearch as your on-line search engine and GoodShop as your on-line shopping "mall". Designating HFCDC as your non-profit charity is an easy way to generate revenue for our organization while doing searches/shopping you would have done anyway!
