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Friendly’s (Catasauqua and Airport Rd) hosts a Family Fun Night, December 14, 5-8 pm. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to our ‘Building a Safestart for Babies’ Campaign. Help us build the region’s only classroom-based treatment center for babies and infants who have suffered neglect or abuse.

Delicious December’ is our theme combining literacy and cooking. Special story time, craft or activity and snacks are available most Mondays and Thursdays, 10-11 am and 2-3 pm. See the calendar for additional details or call 610-437-6000, x 3140. Free.

Community Services for Children (CSC), local administrator for Head Start and Early Head Start, officially broke ground for a new day treatment center for infants and toddlers referred by Children and Youth of both Lehigh and Northampton Counties.  The 11,600 sf one-story building will be completed next summer. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony were […]

CSC Breaks Ground for New Infant/Toddler Center Community Services for Children (CSC), local administrator for Head Start and Early Head Start, officially broke ground for a new day treatment center for infants and toddlers referred by Children and Youth of both Lehigh and Northampton Counties.  The 11,600 sf one-story building will be completed next summer. […]

November Numbers Everywhere! This month we are NUTS about reading and math. Your story time adventure includes stories, crafts and snack. 10 – 11 am; 2 – 3 pm. Nov 1 &4: Making a Counting Book; Nov 8 & 11: Numbers Around the World; Nov 15 & 18: Patterns Patterns Everywhere; Nov 22: Thanksgiving Math. […]

Cintron Joins CSC Board Iris M. Cintrón recently joined the board of directors of CSC. She served the Bethlehem Are School District for 37 years as a teacher, counselor, school social worker and administrator.  She held the position of supervisor of minority affairs, governmental programs and grants for the last 18 years. Mrs. Cintrón has […]

Thanks to help from Dr. Greg Brady, an Allentown dermatologist, and the American Academy of Dermatology, CSC has purchased skin-saving shade structures for its unique outdoor play area for Head Start and Early Head Start children. The structure and additional shade trees cost $8000, paid entirely by this generous grant. Dedication of the new structure […]

Head Start’s Founding: 1965 Celebrating Head Start’s 45th anniversary, CSC pays homage to both Judith H. Chase and Patricia W. Levin. Mrs. Chase founded Head Start in the summer 1965 in Easton immediately following President Lyndon Johnson’s announcement of the new program to help disadvantaged children prepare for school. Head Start quickly became a school-year program (year […]

Stories, craft and snack are free to children infants to age 6 at CSC’s Family Library. Special programs 10-11 am and 2-3 pm on the following dates: October 4 & 7: Nursery Rhymes October 11 &14: Yoga for kids October 18 & 21: Rhythm in my feet October 25 & 28: Hip Hop Harry Family […]

In a huge mobile planetarium, hundreds of Head Start preschoolers experienced the night sky with help from Sesame Street characters. PNC’s ‘Grow Up Great’ project, intended to infuse millions of dollars into Head Start in several states over a 10-year period, now features a traveling planetarium large enough for 30 preschoolers and 10-15 adults. Recently, the planetarium and […]