BCCA celebrates 20 years of Anna House

The Belmont Child Care Association kicked off the 20th anniversary of the opening of Anna House — its full-scale child care and early childhood education facility at Belmont Park in Elmont for families of thoroughbred racing’s backstretch workers — at its Spring Fling luncheon at The Garden City Hotel in June.

The event raised $100,000 and honored Angela Jaggar, Erin King Sweeney and the Junior League of Long Island for their charitable efforts. Jaggar is a former BCCA board member of the Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation fund and BCCA’s music program. King Sweeney is a BCCA advisory board member who has facilitated community partnerships for the organization.

The Junior League of Long Island is a long-standing BCCA community partner, and presented BCCA with a $25,000 grant for a playground improvement project.

Anna House is a full-scale child care and early childhood education facility at Belmont Park. Located within Gate 6, Anna House is an affordable child care option in which 1,000 students have attended since 2002.

— Kepherd Daniel