Winston-Salem, NC - Northwest Child Development Centers, Inc. is pleased to announce a corporate partnership with Hatch^® , Inc. Northwest Child Development Centers, Inc. (NWCDC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 to support families in meeting the developmental needs of children from infancy through high school age. NWCDC has the capacity to serve 700 children in community child care centers. The mission of Northwest Child Development Centers, Inc. is to provide affordable, quality child development services to children, their families, and the community through structured and nurturing early learning environments. Hatch® is a leading nationwide early childhood education solutions provider of exceptional and innovative products and unparalleled service. For more than 20 years, Hatch has been committed to responding to and supporting the needs of the early childhood education community by building strong partnerships and implementing new ideas.

The first phase of the project will be for Hatch® to up-fit NWCDC's MudPies location by providing computer networking and equipment for an all-electronic center, as well as training and professional development for the staff. Not only will the NWCDC MudPies location benefit, but Hatch® will also provide additional technology and services to the NWCDC family of centers as the partnership develops and the final phases are implemented over the next three years.

Northwest Child Development Centers is energetically seeking partnerships such as the one with Hatch®, where the children and the families they serve have the best possible start to their educational path. "This partnership is one that creates a model for the type of partnerships that NWCDC's seeks to establish with businesses and corporations throughout the Triad", said Tony Burton, Chief Executive Officer of NWCDC, "When the common goal is to improve the education of children and affect the community in a positive way, everyone involved benefits - individuals, communities and corporations."