My (abbreviation for Montgomery) Village Child Development Center, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) organization, provides quality care from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday thru Friday, 52 weeks every year. First Presbyterian Church is proud to be one of the partners that helps make this happen. The local missions committee publicizes the need for presents for every My Village child for Christmas. People provide a cap/hat, mittens/gloves, plus two to four additional gifts, collect, and wrap them with nametags. First Presbyterian Church members provide a new pair of shoes for each child enrolled at My Village for the Christmas. Volunteers wrap each pair of boxed shoes with nametags. All of this is done through the church’s annual Giving Party in December. Members of First Presbyterian Church send gifts throughout the year to both our children and their parents, including boxes of toys, bicycles, children’s and adult clothing, books for children and adolescents; as well as visit My Village, read and play with the children. Such financial donations have helped My Village maintain the highest rating of 3-Star assessed by TN Dept. of Human Services (DHS); My Village provides IRS gift receipts and to send, if requested, a copy of the most recent audit and 990 form.
Several remarkable events occurred at My Village Child Development Center. DHS required the purchase of a new $40,000 bus to transport children from and return to Montgomery Village Housing campus and from four elementary schools for our after-school program; after our down payment of $12,000, the City of Knoxville/HUD paid our loan for the bus purchase of $27,800. Proudly we have two Pre-Kindergarten classrooms for Three’s and for Four’s with computers for recognition of letter and numbers, problem solving skills; social development skills that gestate basic positive attitudes and character are part of the curricula. Our data show that the children are ready to learn to read and do math when they enter kindergarten. These two classrooms are under the auspices of the Tennessee Department of Education and Knox County Public Schools, respectively. Every gift of every kind helps the MyVillage children and their families.
Contact: Connie Steele email: csteele69@msn.com phone: 951-2683
Website: My Village Child Development Center
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