Stoudamire Dedicates Head Start Facility
September 27, 2004
Damon Stoudamire participated in a ceremony to officially unveil the McCormack-Matthews Center, named after longtime neighborhood activist Sharon McCormack and Damon Stoudamire’s grandmother, Wanda Matthews Stoudamire.
Stoudamire was joined by President Steve Patterson as well as Ron Herndon the Director of the Albina Head Start and the McCormack Family.
"This center is very special to me. I'm so appreciative to just see my grandmother's name on the building. She meant a lot to me and I have so many memories of spending time with her as a kid," said Stoudamire.
The McCormack-Matthews Center was designed and built to meet the space requirements of the Albina Head Start programs. The Center has three preschool classrooms, three infant/toddler rooms, computer lab, multipurpose room, and a parent resource room that will serve 90 children birth through five years old.
The center also has additional space provided for administrative activities, recreation, parking and internal circulation.
Stoudamire assisted in the unveiling of the building name, a ribbon cutting of the play area with students, as well as providing tours of the facility.
Stoudamire and Patterson were on-hand last October to assist with the initial ground-breaking for the facility.
The $3.2 million development project was funded by the following partners:
Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
The Collins Foundation
Damon Stoudamire
Portland Trail Blazers
Region X Head Start Bureau
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Damon Stoudamire participated in a ceremony to officially unveil the McCormack-Matthews Center, named after longtime neighborhood activist Sharon McCormack and Damon Stoudamire’s grandmother, Wanda Matthews Stoudamire.
Stoudamire was joined by President Steve Patterson as well as Ron Herndon the Director of the Albina Head Start and the McCormack Family.
"This center is very special to me. I'm so appreciative to just see my grandmother's name on the building. She meant a lot to me and I have so many memories of spending time with her as a kid," said Stoudamire.
The McCormack-Matthews Center was designed and built to meet the space requirements of the Albina Head Start programs. The Center has three preschool classrooms, three infant/toddler rooms, computer lab, multipurpose room, and a parent resource room that will serve 90 children birth through five years old.
The center also has additional space provided for administrative activities, recreation, parking and internal circulation.
Stoudamire assisted in the unveiling of the building name, a ribbon cutting of the play area with students, as well as providing tours of the facility.
Stoudamire and Patterson were on-hand last October to assist with the initial ground-breaking for the facility.
The $3.2 million development project was funded by the following partners:
