Memorial Fund

Ann Nutt Memorial Fund Scholarship

The early childhood community was privileged to know and work with Ann Nutt, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource’s Director of Early Care and Education Quality Initiatives. Early childhood professionals across West Virginia were greatly saddened by her death on October 16, 2006.  Ann was a dedicated member of WVAYC. She worked passionately for the children of West Virginia. Ann‘s first experiences in the early childhood field in West Virginia was as director of the Lighthouse Child Care & Development Center in Charleston, WV. Because of her high esteem for child care directors and her belief that the SECA Conference was an excellent way for child care directors to develop professional development in their field, WVAYC in conjunction with Ann’s family has set up a scholarship fund for directors of child care centers to attend the annual SECA conference.  We believe that this will be a way for us to continue the work that Ann has started in the early childhood field.

If you are a child care director, assistant director or family home provider and would like to be considered for the Ann Nutt Scholarship please fill out the attached application form. The recipient of the scholarship will be announced at Celebrating Connections 2011. The SECA conference in 2011 will be held January 27-29 in Savannah Georgia.   For more information about SECA and the annual SECA Conference go to www.southernearlychildhood.org. 

The scholarship is for $750.00. This would cover registration fees and some travel and lodging expenses. Additional expenses over $750.00 are the responsibility of the recipient of the Ann Nutt Memorial Scholarship.

Ann Nutt Memorial Scholarship Application

The West Virginia Association for Young Children (WVAYC) is dedicated to ensuring the availability of high quality Early Childhood Programs.  Efforts are focused on supporting and expanding opportunities for early childhood professionals and being an effective leader in advocating early childhood issues.

Join WVAYC, SECA and NAEYC and become part of state, regional and national campaigns to provide excellent education for all children from birth through eight.

For more information contact
Helen Post-Brown, President WVAYC
1-304-366-8590
SunbeamCCC@aol.com