Expanding Daycare Program

 With the rapid approach of back to school, the Door County YMCA is pleased to announce that it will be able to meet the needs of growing families to provide additional openings in its’ licensed daycare program. Due to the purchase of the Lansing Avenue Program Center, the YMCA is planning to add an additional 43 slots for Door County families in need of a quality daycare program.

“Providing a quality daycare program is a core mission of our organization”, shared Tom Beerntsen, CEO and President of the Door County YMCA. “The YMCA is nationally the largest provider of affordable daycare services in the United States and the opening of our new Lansing Avenue Program Center will allow us to fill a growing need which our employers are experiencing in our industrial park. Key to the rapid development of our Lansing Avenue Program Center has been the generous financial support provided to us by our corporate partners, Hatco Corporation, Therma-Tron-X, Inc. and N.E.W. Industries.” 

The YMCA’s Barker Child Development Center and Lansing Avenue Program Center will be able to accommodate before school care for Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay and the Southern Door School Districts. The new Lansing Avenue Program Center will also be able to provide school day out programs, programs during inclement weather and licensed pre-school programming. The YMCA is planning to add:

·         8 infant openings

• 15 two – three year old openings
• 20 four and four-K openings
• 7-10 new part-time staff

The Lansing Avenue Program Center will continue to be the site for the YMCA’s Summer Camp Programs into the future. JoAnna Severinsen, Summer Camp and Lansing Avenue Program Director, is “excited about the transition from summer camp which will take place at the end of August. We have had an amazing summer camp and our more than 100 kids have been unbelievably excited and enthusiastic campers. We look forward to building on that phenomenal success as we expand the uses of the Lansing Avenue Program Center with our growing daycare program.”  

As a leading nonprofit committed to youth development, the Door County YMCA has been a leader in providing daycare and pre-school services in our community. The Door County YMCA continues to serve families to ensure that children can grow to be healthy and confident.

To learn more about the Door County YMCA’s daycare programs and how to register your child for services, please visit our website at: http://www.doorcountyymca.org/content/barker-y-child-development-center or contact Angie Peil at the Barker Child Development Center at 920-818-0691.