25 January 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Barbara Guthrie, Executive Director
Rainbow Child Development Center, Inc. tel. 508.791.6849

WORCESTER COMMUNITY SHOWERS RAINBOW KIDS

Worcester MA - Rainbow Child Development Center, Inc. was inundated with community spirit during the recent holiday season. Diverse and generous Worcester-area business organizations and community groups collected a bounty of gifts for the Center's children and their families.

A classic case of good will was spread by the following charitable groups: Cutler Associates, Junior League of Worcester (and customers of BayState and Commonwealth Banks), Worcester Letter Carriers, Target, Hubert Kindergarten Center children of Hudson MA, Greendale People's Church congregation, and family and friends of Joyce Ranalli. All participated in donating a great variety of holiday presents for Rainbow's children including gift packages, games and toys, handmade hats and mittens - even a Christmas tree.

Each child at Rainbow had several gifts for Christmas morning as a result of generous citizens associated with these organizations. According to Barbara Guthrie, Executive Director of Rainbow Child Development Center, " The generosity of the Worcester community in helping to make the holidays a little brighter for our children and families was overwhelming. Children from the Hubert Kindergarten Center donating some of their favorite toys to children who are less fortunate, people in the community who selected names from giving trees in local banks to purchase gifts in support of the Junior League's Adopt and Angel Project, a church congregation's support, a business owner who matched dollar for dollar the monies employees spent on gifts for the children to provide food for families - a true holiday miracle. Our families were very grateful for this incredible show of community support."

Rainbow Child Development Center, Inc. is a licensed, non-profit corporation located at 16 Laurel Street, Suite 17, in Worcester MA. For more than thirty years Rainbow has been providing care, education, and therapeutic services to children - ages 6 weeks to 13 years - from the Worcester area. Rainbow serves nearly 200 Worcester-area youngsters and their families, and has recently purchased the Edward Street School building, where programs and services will continue to grow and benefit the community's children.

For further information contact Barbara Guthrie, Executive Director, at 508.791.6849.