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Child Care Connection Donates Scholarships To Local High School Students In Memory of Three Children

Lincoln, RI - Child Care Connection (CCC) is pleased to announce the recipients of our $2500 in scholarship funds being given to high school students pursuing careers in education. The scholarships are in memory of Zackary, Nicholas & Kaleigh Malo. The Malo children passed away tragically in a house fire in December 2000. Prior to the tragedy, the children had been a bright and loving part of the Child Care Connection Early Learning Center in Scituate and are deeply missed. CCC is able to grant these scholarship awards through funds raised in their annual Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament held each summer.

The winners of the high school scholarships are:
Jennifer Degaetano – Mount Hope High School (Warren)
Sabrina S. Solares – Shea High School (East Providence)
Barbara Prendergast – Tolgate High School (Warwick)
Erika Alexander – Smithfield High School (Smithfield)
Caitlin Coulombe – Lincoln High School (Lincoln)
Kimberly Belyea – Case High School (Swansea, MA)
Erin Sladen – East Providence High School (East Providence)

In addition to this donation, Child Care Connection's Golf Scholarship Fund donated an additional $500 to Blackrock Elementary School where the Malo children attended. The funds will be used towards the construction of their new playground.

This year's annual CCC Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is being held on August 11 at the Country View Golf Club in Harrisville. The tournament includes 18 holes of golf with cart, buffet dinner and prizes for closest to the pin, longest drive, casino hold and best team. There's also a Hole-In-One challenge with a grand prize of a trip for 2 to Hawaii. Registration information is available from Tracy Martin at 401- 434-1118.

Child Care Connection prides itself in providing their families with high quality care and learning and offers "The Creative Curriculum", a nationally recognized educational approach to teaching young children. Child Care Connection was founded in 1991 as a company dedicated to providing high quality child care services to infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten and school age children. The company opened its first child care center in Lincoln, RI in 1991 and has grown to 11 early learning centers throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.