[PCM+) Whimsy Kids: Creative Fun

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Whimsy Kids is just the latest in the creative business endeavors of the Opportunity Center, and it is an engaging one if you are even slightly interested in items for children. If you haven’t been to the store, you need to go!

The Opportunity Center is a local entity that has grown and changed over time to serve its mission in our community. The organization was founded in 1960 and housed in the old Washington School, the one that was recently Edwin Fair. When it was outgrowing that location, the Mertz family donated property at the Union location where it would be for about 50 years. The main building opened in 1970 and would grow into a planned “Village” that would allow clients to flourish. Julie Grigsba, Executive Director at Opportunity Center, said they planned “houses, stores, places to work and attend school.” She went on, “In 1983 a group home and screen print shop was built.”