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The Office of Development and Communications 191 Joralemon Street, 12 FL Brooklyn, NY 11201	ph: 718-722-6008 fx: 718-722-6220

WINETASTING
TO BENEFIT
MONTESSORI TRAINING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS

In support of the Caritas Center for Montessori training at Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens, the Heights Chateau will be sponsoring a Winetasting event at St. Francis College, 182 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights, on Thursday, March 08, 2007, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The night will feature 45 wines from around the world, special tasting of olive oils, as well as live jazz and classical music. Hors d’oeuvres, including fruits and cheeses, will be served. For ticket information and to pre-register, please call 718-722-6221.

All proceeds from the Winetasting sponsored by the Heights Chateau will go to support the Caritas Center at Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens. Since its inception in 1996, the Caritas Center has been vital to the long-standing quality of Catholic Charities early childhood services. Enhancing the cultivation of children’s most crucial years, the Caritas Center provides on-site training to Catholic Charities early childhood educators throughout Brooklyn and Queens. This training consists of a two-year program, with continued education upon graduation, in accordance with the Montessori Method and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) guidelines. The first year is a 34-week academic year, and in the second year trainees must partake in an internship. The program also oversees all in-service training needs for early childhood and conducts staff development workshops on such topics as: curriculum development, government regulations, positive guidance, disabilities, and child abuse.

Currently, Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens serves over 16,000 children and their families in Head Start and day care centers, in-school and after-school programs, sports, and community centers. Catholic Charities has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens for over 100 years. The agency sponsors 170 programs and services for children and youth, adults and seniors, the developmentally disabled, the mentally ill and the isolated, and provides 3,000 units of affordable housing.

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