Update on the Daycare in Rockaway

On Sunday, 3/17/13, Jim Groff and I traveled to Rockaway, NY to continue working on the Daycare project. The focus of day was to finish the trim work around the doors.  As you can see in the photos, the property owner, with the help of his father, has made tremendous strides in continuing with the restoration of the facilities since our last trip.  The goal is to have this facility finished and ready for opening by 3/30/13.  See my previous blogs documenting where they were a month ago.

The daycare lost everything when Hurricane Sandy hit.  The word is being put out to the Lancaster County community that they need children's books, toys, furniture and supplies to restock the operation.  The Christiana Lions Club is coordinating this effort and is receiving these items at the Christiana Borough Building. The Lions will personally deliver them to Rockaway on 3/30/13.  If you have items for donation, please contact Jim Groff at 610.636.2612 to make arrangements.

The daycare owner, Roan, installed the kitchen cabinets.

Jim giving the "how to" instructions to Roan on how to measure, cut and install door trim.

During the past month, Roan and his father finished sanding the spackling, painted the walls and installed the Plexiglass in the office and infant room.

The next project is to clean up the outside.  On the other side of the house is where the play ground for the daycare is located.

This daycare is definitely located in an urban area.  This photo is taken from the front porch showing the subway station that takes daily commuters into NYC.  The landing pattern for JFK Airport is directly over this street with the jets flying very low overhead.

Dale Groff 3/19/13