聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Arcola Daycare hosted a grand opening community BBQ on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with the help of the Plainsview Credit Union staff.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e had a great turn out,鈥� Cathy Burton, an Arcola Daycare board member, explained. 鈥淭he Plainsview Credit Union sponsored it and came out to cook.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he Plainsview Credit Union does so much for our community. It was really nice that they jumped in with both feet to help us with the BBQ.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Members of the board, Arcola Daycare staff, members of town council, and other community members attended the event, which was held to celebrate the new facility that the daycare has moved into. Though the transition was made on the weekend of Nov. 1 last year, there was no time to host a grand opening.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e moved in on the Nov. 1st weekend,鈥� Burton said. 鈥淪ince we're a daycare we couldn't just close to make the move, get things ready, and host a grand opening. We said goodbye to the kids on the Friday and at 6 p.m. that evening we began moving, continuing through Saturday and Sunday.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e built a fence, packed furniture up and then set it up, and it was just a very busy weekend for board members, parents, and our staff who came to help as well. It was a long couple of days for those helping.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After the whirlwind weekend in November they opened as usual on the Monday morning without missing a beat, so the grand opening celebration in the new facility was postponed until something could be organized properly.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The facility itself has been wonderful so far as Burton explains, 鈥淭he space has been fabulous. The individual rooms are set up for different ages of kids, there's classrooms which is nice too, and we have a cook that comes in for the kids.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淎t the moment we have about 26 kids and a long waiting list that we are trying to work through.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Overall the grand opening was a success: 鈥淚t was nice turn out on a hot day,鈥� Burton said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Daycare is now selling tickets for the 2016 Trip of the Month for $120, which are available from any board member including: Janessa Wilson, Michelle Cundall, Bailey Verbeem, Niki Wheeler, Bree-Anna Ryan, Justine Protz, and Burton. Or they can be purchased from parents with kids in the daycare.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It's the community support of the Daycare that has seen it grow and improve over the years.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e want to thank everyone for their hard work with our move as well as to the community for all the support with our fundraisers,鈥� Burton added.
