WCAC Head Start to host Pumpernickel Puppets

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 21, 2017 Contact: Ellen M. Ganley, Director of Development 508 762-9807

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WCAC Head Start to host Pumpernickel Puppets

Southbridge Cultural Council grant supporting program's 25th anniversary celebration

Southbridge, Massachusetts - Worcester Community Action Council's Head Start program will host a free family-friendly performance by the Pumpernickel Puppets at its 25 Cole Avenue, Southbridge site on Thursday, March 23rd at 4 p.m. as part of a year long celebration of its 25th anniversary. Pumpernickel Puppets will perform Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Lion & the Mouse. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., show will begin at 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 23rd

4 p.m.

WCAC Head Start

25 Cole Avenue, Southbridge

The performance is the first of three WCAC will host in commemoration of the agency's Head Start program's 25th anniversary. The performances will increase Head Start children's knowledge and appreciation of music and the fine arts, which play an important role in children's language learning, reading ability, creativity and overall growth and development. Families will be encouraged to participate wit their children, creating a community-enriching atmosphere.

"We are most grateful to the Southbridge Cultural Council for their support of these performances," noted WCAC Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis. "The impact arts education has is immeasurable, enabling and fostering creativity through all stages of life. We are thrilled to be able to share these performances with our children and their families as well as the greater Southbridge community."

The program is supported in part by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Worcester Community Action Council's Head Start program currently serves 221 children, ages 3-5, and their families at the Cole Avenue site. Full day, full year; full day, school year; and half day, school-year options are available. The center-based programs provide developmentally appropriate curricula, health and nutrition services, breakfast, lunch and snack, special education opportunities, and family services. All classrooms are nationally accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Services are provided at no charge to families meeting income-eligible guidelines. WCAC's Head Start program serves families from the communities of East Brookfield, Leicester, Millbury, Oxford, Spencer, Southbridge and Webster.

About WCAC

For more than fifty years, the Worcester Community Action Council has served as the federally designated anti-poverty agency for central and southern Worcester County, with a mission of helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships and advocacy.

Serving the City of Worcester and 45 neighboring communities of Auburn, Blackstone, Boylston, Brimfield, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holden, Holland, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Grafton, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Monson, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Northborough, Northbridge, Palmer, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Wales, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield and Westborough.

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