Hutch Kids Child Care Center celebrates its 20th year of providing on-site early childhood education with events the first week of August. All activities are open to past and present Hutch Kids families, as well as Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance faculty, staff and friends.
Carnival-style block party Aug. 6
The main event—the Hutch Kids Block Party—takes place Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Hutch Kids and Yale Building parking lots.
Party highlights include:
- Food – hot dogs, popcorn, and snow cones
- Bouncy house
- Face painting
- Carnival games
- Music and entertainment by Mr. Darby
- Tricycle races
- Duckpond
- Cupcake walk
- Book and toy exchange (bring and take what you’d like)
- Firetruck and police department display, safety information, and more
Open houses and tours Aug. 2 and 5
Earlier in the week, there will be open houses and tours of the Hutch Kids facility Tuesday, Aug. 2, 10-11 a.m., and Friday, Aug. 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
The Hutchinson Center established Hutch Kids in 1990 to provide quality on-site child care for the children of the Center’s faculty and staff. The National Association for the Education of Young Children-accredited facility also welcomes SCCA and University of Washington families with Center affiliation, and, as of in 2009, families from the community when space is available.
Hutch Kids is administered and operated as a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with a board of directors comprised of parents with children currently enrolled and several community members.
