Parents in Hartford, Connecticut, who are looking for day care services for their children can find them on the campus of Trinity College. The Trinity College Community Child Center is a nonprofit day care center open to faculty, staff, and students and to parents in the surrounding community. Operated out of the college s Life Sciences building and a Trinity dormitory, it is staffed largely by work-study students. The center emphasizes diversity in its clientele and offers scholarships to parents who cannot afford the fee. By opening campus space to serve community residents, Trinity blurs the distinction between college and community, highlighting instead that the campus is an integral and active part of the community.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Contact: Ann St. Laurant, Director, 860-297-5291 or via email at ann.stlaurant {at} trincoll(.)edu
web page: http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/ocir/program/neighborhood_revitalization.htm
