Overview

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CC66FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="01ae64d0.gif" border=0 width="230" height="77" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="about_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><B>* Back To About Us Page</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>* Overview</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><B>* Mission</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><B>* History</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="facilities.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Facilities"><B>*Facilities</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="our_board.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Board"><B>*Our Board</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.stl.unitedway.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.stl.unitedway.org/"><IMG SRC="0114e3a0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="00c64643.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>Overview</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0390e930.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="403" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Located in the Academy-Sherman Park neighborhood of St. Louis,</B></div> <div> <B>Stella Maris Child Center is a not-for-profit United Way Agency that</B></div> <div> <B>serves families throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area.  Our families</B></div> <div> <B>and staff represent a broad range of racial, ethnic, cultural, </B></div> <div> <B>and socio-economic groups.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>We believe all children </B></I><B>deserve high quality care and a good education,</B></div> <div> <B>regardless of their family's income.  Therefore, we are </B></div> <div> <B>committed to making Stella Maris affordable to the families that we serve.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Stella Maris is licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and a </B></div> <div> <B>member in good standing of the Child Day Care Association of Greater</B></div> <div> <B>Accreditation.  It was one of the first 10 child care facilities in the State</B></div> <div> <B>of Missouri to implement the nationally accredited Parents as Teachers</B></div> <div> <B>in the Child Care Setting program.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>