On May 17th, we had eight volunteers from Hannaford who participated in United Way’s Day of Action. They cleaned the playground, cleaned the attic, installed a snow fence and washed windows. We were one of 80 organizations helped throughout Cumberland County and we cannot thank them enough!
Special thanks to the CMDN families and staff who participated in the Week of the Young Child parade and festival. We lucked out with weather and had a blast with face painting, the horse and buggy rides, the fire truck, the giant blow up whale, and all the other fun activities. Thanks to everyone who participated!
We are very fortunate to have received Community Development Block Grant funding from the City of Portland to convert our cafeteria into an additional toddler classroom. We will begin construction in June and it will last most of the summer. We expect to be fully operational during this construction and they will work around our nap time. We know that it will be somewhat inconvenient for a while, but we will do our best to make this as easy for everyone as possible. Please contact us if you have any concerns and we will do our best to solve any challenges that come up. This is an exciting opportunity for us as we will be able to serve 10 more toddlers as well as hire additional staff to our