05.11.04

Child Development Center auction raises $2,100

By Mike Frontiero
VCU School of Education
May 11, 2004

A silent auction of local artwork, services and gifts raised more than $2,100 for the Child Development Center in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education. The money will be used to enhance the center’s playgrounds.

Paintings and crafts made by preschool-aged children enrolled at the center were among the hundreds of items up for bids at “A Silent Auction of Master Works.”

Artwork by children enrolled in the VCU Child Development Center on display in VCU’s Scott House. Orange bidding cards accompanied each item.

“This is an opportunity for the children to showcase their talents and bring parents together to interconnect with each other,” said center director Badiyyah Waajid. Parents make the invitations and coordinate logistics for the event.

The annual benefit was established in 1995 and was held this year in VCU’s Scott House.

The VCU Child Development Center provides quality, developmentally appropriate care and education for the children of VCU faculty, employees, students and the community. It serves children ages 16 months through six years. For more information, click here.

VCU School of Education professor Kevin S. Sutherland, Ph.D., bid on a painting by his four-year-old son Noah (photos by Mike Frontiero)

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