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New Childcare Center Recipient Of Healdsburg Rotary's Largest Gift
YWCA Sonoma County operates the new facility and serves infants through preschool-aged children five days a week, year-round.
HEALDSBURG, CA — In the single largest donation in its history, the Rotary Club of Healdsburg has contributed more than $80,000 to fund an innovative new playground at the new Healdsburg Childcare Center.
Rotary Club of Healdsburg President Jim Westfall recently presented Madeleine Keegan O’Connell, CEO of the Sonoma County YWCA, with an $80,400 check.
A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility took place Sept. 19 at the Healdsburg Community Center. Several members of the Rotary Club of Healdsburg, along with Healdsburg Mayor Dave Hagele and City Manager Jeff Kay, were on hand for the big day.
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The playground is part of the new YWCA Childcare Center in the Healdsburg Community Center, which will provide educational care for 23 infants and 30 toddlers in two modernized classrooms.
The money for the Rotary Club's donation comes principally from its annual Crab Feast, scheduled for Dec. 14 this year.
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The preschool center is open year-round, five days a week, and provides healthy meals. See more about the new facility here.
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