This summer, our school agers started a lemonade stand! The lemonade is sold a couple of days each week, and all of the money that they earn goes toward special classroom parties. This initiative helps teach our school agers valuable life skills, including communication, customer service and counting money.

Interested in supporting their cause? The week of July 6, lemonade will be sold on Tuesday and Thursday from 3-5 p.m. and will alternate to Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3-5 p.m. the following week. This schedule will rotate throughout the summer. The lemonade stand is only open at our NW location currently.

CRCC summer camp has continued to be full of fun, great experiences for our friends. Last month we invited several groups to the centers including the Omaha Police Department, Omaha Street Percussion, Dr. Oxygen and more. It has become apparent to us that we may have future officers and drummers among us!

We have crossed the halfway point of our summer camp, and while we are having so much fun together, we are looking forward to the school year ahead. If you or someone you know is looking for care this fall, we have room in our peer-model preschool program for you. CRCC is a place that is opening a world of possibilities for children of all abilities.

JCPenney said its new private brand, Thereabouts, is designed to be an “inclusive line of kids apparel that celebrates a diversity of shapes, sizes, styles and abilities.”

The collection includes a line of adaptive clothing that’s aimed at kids with sensory, dexterity or mobility needs. The apparel has features like easy-access openings, sensory-friendly seaming, hidden abdominal access and no tags, the retailer said.

“We believe all kids should feel confident and capable in the clothes they wear, and parents should feel good about the clothes they buy,” said Michelle Wlazlo, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. “We are proud to say that the Thereabouts collection is our most inclusive kids brand ever.”