And a $100,000 Construction Grant From the Hoehl Family Foundation.Photo: Alburgh Family Clubhouse Childcare Center_DWA Rendering
Vermont Business Magazine Last week was a big one for the non-profit Alburgh Family Clubhouse, Inc. On March 2, Alburgh voters approved building the center on school property with a 2-1 margin (404-200). And the next day, the childcare center was awarded $100,000 toward construction costs by the Hoehl Family Foundation.
The Alburgh Family Clubhouse will serve 62 children: 16 infants, 10 toddlers, 18 preschoolers, and 18 school-age children, beginning with afterschool services for preschoolers and school age children in the Alburgh School in the Fall of 2021, and then adding infants and toddlers, and moving the preschool to the new Center in the Summer of 2022.
“We are so thankful to the voters of the Town of Alburgh for their overwhelming support,” said Gina Lewis, Alburgh Family Clubhouse Board President.
The “Clubhouse” is a collaboration among the Town of Alburgh, Alburgh School District, Northwest Regional Planning Commission and Alburgh Family Clubhouse, Inc. to wrap full-day year-round childcare services around Universal Pre-K, and provide after school services in the school.
To date, the “Clubhouse” has raised $936,500 (over 2/3 of the funds needed) to build the new center via grants from Vermont Community Development Program at Vermont Agency for Commerce and Community Development, Northern Borders Regional Commission, Hoehl Family Foundation, Lets Grow Kids, George Mergens Foundation, and more than 100 local individuals and businesses that have donated over $30,000 to support the project.
“Our goal is to raise the remaining funds by September 2021, and thanks to the generosity of all our supporters, big and small, including the recent gift from the Hoehl Foundation, we are on a roll,” added Lewis.
About Alburgh Family Clubhouse: The Alburgh Family Clubhouse, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit run by a volunteer board of community members, and will function as a childcare center on the grounds of the Alburgh Community Education Center in Summer 2022.
ALBURGH, VT — Match 8, 2021 alburghfamilyclubhouse.org