ADVISORY/KinderCare Community Calendar Announcement

Business Wire, Feb 28, 2003

News Editors/Calendar Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Mar. 6)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Local KinderCare Learning Centers invite children from birth through age 12 and their parents to an open house on Thursday, March 6, 2003.

Among scheduled events are hands-on activities focusing on buses, trucks and airplanes, television and radio, and desert animals. The event is free and open to the public. Please call 1-877-KinderCare or visit www.KinderCare.com to find participating centers in your area. (See below for list of participating centers and times in your area.)

KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. is the leading provider of early childhood education and childcare in the U.S. With more than 1,200 centers and 12 before-and-after school programs in 39 states and two in the United Kingdom, KinderCare has an approximate enrollment of 134,000 and more than 27,000 employees. Founded in 1969, KinderCare's corporate offices are in Portland, Oregon.

P.O. Box 425
Abingdon, MD 21009
410/515-3100
Center director: Karen Bowers
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

P.O. Box 425
Abingdon, MD 21009
410/515-3100
Center director: Karen Bowers
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

283 Peninsula Farm Road
Arnold, MD 21012-1011
410/544-2338
Center director: Catherine Primrose
Open house is from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

3560 Mitchelleville Road
Bowie, MD 20716
301/390-7244
Center director: Matthew Kaplan
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

10820 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
410/730-5757
Center director: Nisha Shah
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1317 Woodbridge Station Way
Edgewood, MD 21040-3830
410/538-4480
Center director: Carol Byrne
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1641 Liberty Road
Eldersburg, MD 21784-6520
410/781-4709
Center director: Courtney Ridgely
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

6080 Marshalee Drive
Elkridge, MD 21075
410/796-0666
Center director: Colette Barnes
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1420 Taney Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701-4336
301/694-7544
Center director: Debra Frew
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

313 Ballenger Center Drive
Frederick, MD 21703
301/631-1174
Center director: Jamie Posharow
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

13230 Clopper Mill Dr
Germantown, MD 20874
301/515-0888
Center director: Laura Como
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

8050 Rockenbach Road
Hanover, MD 21076
410/551-6611
Center director: Deborah Miller
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

4880 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706-4304
301/577-3790
Center director: Dela Adams
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

14225 Park Center Drive
Laurel, MD 20707-5261
301/470-3080
Center director: Florence Okpala
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

3805 Gelding Lane
Olney, MD 20832-1702
301/774-0001
Center director: Mary Alice Rohner
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

9725 Middle Mill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410/654-4882
Center director: Jennifer Bartel
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

4229 Postal Court
Pasadena, MD 21122-4457
410/437-4720
Center director: Pamela Jones
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

4901 Silver Spring Road
Perry Hall, MD 21128-9641
410/931-1200
Center director: Karen Bantz
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

488 Jumpers Hole Road
Severna Park, MD 21146-1657
410/647-7424
Center director: Bridget Langhirt
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

11695 Doolittle Drive
Waldorf, MD 20602-2718
301/843-9802
Center director: Elaina Maness
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

2011 Smallwood Drive  West
Waldorf, MD 20603-4761
301/843-8485
Center director: Carolynn Giannini
Open house is from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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