Annie Malone to close Early Learning Center - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The center, which has provided education and day care servicez to children six weeks to five and a half yeares of agesince 1999, will cease operation s July 31. It currently enrolles 34 to 38 children, down from a maximuk of 50 children. The programm costs $300,000 a year to run but has been $5,00p0 to $7,000 short in covering expensew over the pastfew months, said Richarde King, chief executive officeer of the Annie Malonse Children and Family Service Center. "Thw economy has trickled down in a lot of differen t ways and some parents are choosingg to stay at home with their he said.
King said the center plans to help parentw find childcare alternatives and assistthe center'xs 12 employees with finding new jobs. The Anniee Malone Children and Family Service Center said it would continu to provide carefor abused, neglectex and abandoned children “well into the King said the organization would continue to focus fundraising efforts on askint donors to give 57 cents a day for either a montn for a total of $17.10 or for a year for a totap of $208.