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The new Pebbles to Rocks Childcare Centre in Estevan took another step forward with a ground-breaking ceremony June 30.
A crowd of day care board members and their families, dignitaries, supporters and others convened at the site at 1505 Wellock Road to join executive director Karolina Tamulaitiene for the celebration. She said the centre spent 2 1/2 years working to reach this point.
"This journey started when I learned that between our two existing day care centres, there were 500-600 children on waiting lists. That number hit me like, well, a ton of rocks," she said to laughter.
Pebbles to Rocks is expected to accommodate 90 children, which Tamulaitiene said is the maximum for a day care in Saskatchewan.
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The City of Estevan and the Southeast Sask Economic Partnership provided a total of $200,000 through the Municipal Coal Transition Assistance Program. Contributions have also come from the Ministry of Education, Tundra Oil and Gas and Kingston Midstream.
The day care has a long ways to reach full financial goals.
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