Children at Kent State University's Child Development
Center play in the center's Outdoor Learning Lab. Kent
State’s Child Development Center will hold a scholarship
dinner on Saturday, May 16, from 6-10 p.m. at the Kent
State Hotel and Conference Center.

Kent State University’s Child Development Center will hold a scholarship dinner event themed “We Unite to Inspire” on Saturday, May 16, from 6-10 p.m. at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Cocktail attire is recommended. The celebration will feature a silent auction with donations benefiting the center’s Robin McManus Scholarship Fund for Children. This scholarship fund helps to offset tuition costs for children who might otherwise not be able to attend the Child Development Center.

“This year’s theme, ‘We Unite to Inspire,’ speaks to the Child Development Center’s focus on community service” says Monica Miller Marsh, Ph.D., associate professor and director of Kent State’s Child Development Center. “Each month, the children practiced intentional acts of kindness such as donating to a diaper drive, making Valentine’s Day cards and sending them to the elderly, and raising money to purchase and deliver blankets for children residing in a local homeless shelter. These projects will be highlighted in a video that illustrates how even the youngest among us are capable of helping others and finding meaning in collective social action.”

The cost to attend the event is $80 per person. The cost to reserve a sponsored table of 10 is $800. To purchase tickets, including sponsored tables, or to make a contribution to the scholarship fund, visit http://commerce.cashnet.com/ksu_cdc or make checks payable to the Kent State Foundation (please write fund #10241 in the memo section) and mail it to:

Kent State University Child Development Center
Attn: Pam Hutchins
775 Loop Rd.
Kent, OH 44242

For more information about the event, contact the Child Development Center at 330-672-2559.

For more information about the Child Development Center, visit www.kent.edu/ehhs/centers/cdc.