The North Fulton Child Development Association is in its fourth year of providing preschool training for the 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds of low-income families in the North Fulton area. Classes are held in the Grove Way Center in Roswell, Georgia.

Until this year, the North Fulton Child Development Association was an organization exclusively made up of volunteers. In late summer, the association was notified that in answer to its request, it would be the recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Catholic Bishops' Campaign for Human Development. The money is used to pay the salaries of a director, lead teacher, assistant teacher, and two dietitians to help stabilize the program.

The children have a variety of experiences in number and reading readiness, art and music media, and games and physical activities that help them in their social judgment.

The children are served hot lunches each day with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture surplus foods and Children's Lunch Program. The children are introduced to many new foods and always eat heartily.

Field trips to local places of interest play an important role in the preschool program. Every Wednesday for six weeks, the children went to the library in Roswell for a story hour. Other trips have been made to the fire station, Waller Park and to the Sandy Springs Methodist Church for a Halloween party. The children will visit a farm and a produce store in Roswell during the month of November.

Local churches and civic organizations have aided the program with monetary donations and school playground equipment. The Georgia Tech Catholic Center sends a portion of its weekly collection to the association to be used for school supplies.

The North Fulton Child Development Association hopes to become a full-day day care center next year and use the new Roswell Presbyterian Church education building when it is completed.