July 21, 2000

Contact: Pat Pisani, Hilltop Child Development Center, (785) 864-4940

KU child care center to celebrate leaving old home

  • Read story about new facility here.

    LAWRENCE--The friends and families of the University of Kansas' Hilltop Child Development Center are more than ready to move into their new $3.3 million state-of-the-art facility next month.

    But not before saying goodbye to their home for the last 28 years, located at the top of KU's Mount Oread.

    The center is inviting all "friends of Hilltop" to a good-bye party from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2000.

    Hilltop is located across Jayhawk Boulevard from the Kansas Union, and behind Smith Hall, home to the department of religious studies. The center serves about 150 children of KU students and employees each year.

    Hilltop's current facility was built in 1954 as the Methodist Student Center. Hilltop began operating in the brick building in 1972 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1997. The new $3.3 million, 18,000-square-foot center is located on Irving Hill Road, just south of the Burge student union and west of Anschutz Sports Pavilion. A dedication ceremony and open house for the public to see the new facility will be announced soon.

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