Mary Go Round Child Care Center Inc.

📻🎨 Can you guess what iconic 80s item our campers are creating for this week's Pop of Art activity?

Here's a sneak peek at step one! Drop your guesses below and check back later this week to see the finished masterpiece. Hint: it was the soundtrack to many 80s adventures! 🎶✨

🌼✌️ This summer, we’re not only checking activities off our bucket list—we’re filling our buckets with kindness, friendship, and good manners too!

Last week’s focus was Kindness Starts With Us. Children were encouraged to notice and celebrate acts of kindness from their friends, from sharing toys and helping clean up to including others in play. These small moments help build the caring community we strive for every day at Mary Go Round. 💛

🌞🍦 Scooping Up 50 Years of Summer – Week 1 Recap! 🍦🌞

What an incredible first week of summer at our Hannaway location! We kicked off our Scooping Up the Decades adventure with a week full of creativity, fun, and memories in the making.

Our campers explored their artistic side by creating colorful lava lamps and beautiful Peace & Kindness Art, then showed off their skills with some Groovy Hula Hoop fun! We enjoyed reading Frog and Toad and celebrated the story with a special frog and toad-themed snack.

We wrapped up the week in true retro style with our first Flashback Friday event: Peace, Love, & Tie-Dye! ☮️🌈 The children had a blast creating their own colorful masterpieces that they'll be able to enjoy next week. We all enjoyed a giant picnic lunch on the playgrounds as well.

Our Creative Explorers hit the lanes at Pin Chasers for a fun bowling field trip, while our youngest Cozy Campers cooled off during their special Water Day on Tuesday.

And of course, summer wouldn't be complete without swimming! Every child age 3 and older enjoyed four days of swim time throughout the week. 🏊‍♀️☀️

From tie-dye and hula hoops to swimming and bowling, this first week was packed with laughter, learning, and unforgettable moments. If this is how we're starting our journey through the decades, we can't wait to see what the rest of the summer brings!

💛 Here's to 50 years of memories—and many more to come! 🍦✨

Today, we remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. ❤️🤍💙

As we spend time with family and friends this Memorial Day, we also pause to reflect on the freedoms we enjoy because of those who served and gave so much. Their courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

From all of us at Mary Go Round, we wish everyone a safe and meaningful Memorial Day weekend. 🇺🇸✨

Our front wall lastmonth said:
‘We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.’” 💛✨

One of our school-age groups spent time reflecting on their favorite MGR memories and adding them to the wall for our 50th Anniversary celebration. From swimming and field trips to friendships and everyday fun, each circle holds a little piece of childhood. 🫶

Watching the children share stories, laugh together, and remember special moments reminded us exactly why MGR has meant so much to so many families over the last 50 years.

Sometimes the best childhood memories are made in the simplest moments. 💫

One of the best parts of our 50th Anniversary BBQ was simply watching generations of MGR families enjoying time together. 💛

From swinging on the playground and friendly games of tetherball to giant Jenga, co****le, basketball, and slides, the laughter and smiles everywhere were exactly what MGR has always been about. ✨

For 50 years, MGR has been a place where children can simply be children… making friendships, memories, and moments that last a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and helped make the day so special. 🫶

One of the most special parts of our 50th Anniversary BBQ was our “MGR Memory Lane” room filled with photos, scrapbooks, swim memories, and moments dating all the way back to 1976. 📸💛

A huge thank you to for capturing so many of the memories displayed throughout the room over the years.

Watching alumni, former families, staff, and current students flip through decades of memories was truly heartwarming. So many people found photos of themselves as children, and one little girl even found a picture of her dad from 1986! 🥹

Families were also invited to fill out hearts sharing their favorite MGR memory, something they learned during their time here, or a special message to add to our celebration. Reading through the memories, stories, and kind words reminded us just how many lives have been connected through MGR over the past 50 years. ✨

From swim days and graduations to everyday childhood moments, it was a beautiful reminder that MGR has always been more than a school… it’s generations of memories, friendships, and family. 💛

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A huge THANK YOU to Ronnie Ron’s BBQ for providing the delicious food for our 50th Anniversary BBQ Celebration! 🍔🌭🔥

The food was a huge hit and helped make the day even more special for our MGR families, alumni, staff, and friends. We were so happy to celebrate 50 years surrounded by great people, wonderful memories, and amazing BBQ! 💛

We’d also like to give a very special thank you to one of our wonderful MGR families for generously donating all 300 cupcakes for the event! 🧁 Your kindness and support helped make our celebration even sweeter.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this milestone celebration so memorable!