Everyone is invited to this FREE Week of the Young Child Kick-Off Celebration!

NOTE NEW LOCATION: Upper Valley Senior Center, 10 Campbell St., Lebanon, one block from Colburn Park.

Ample FREE parking available in lot below Lebanon Mall next to Mascoma River!

Registration is optional but encouraged and will help us make the event great for all!

This event will feature fun activities for all ages, live music, child safety resources, a fire truck tour, food to purchase, and special activities to pamper the early childhood education (ECE) staff and providers. Why? Because ECE providers are essential to the well-being of families, employers, and our communities, and we need to ensure their work is properly compensated and that high-quality early childhood education is available and affordable for all families that need it.

The event kicks off the Week of the Young Child, an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. Its co-hosts are the Early Care and Education Association, Vital Communities’ Early Childhood Education Initiative, and the City of Lebanon’s Department of Recreation, Arts, and Parks.