N.S. community hub turns 50 [Video]

For 50 years now, East Preston Day Care Centre in Nova Scotia has been a fixture in the community.

“In order to have a healthy community, it starts with working with the child, working with the family,” said executive director Trina Fraser.

While the non-profit started as a daycare, it expanded to include a family resource centre more than 30 years ago.

“Way back when the pre- and post-natal program were started, and then from that evolved literacy programs for adults and children. There had been computer classes back in the day,” said Fraser.

East Preston Day Care and Family Resource Centre offers more than a dozen programs, including youth outreach, family and parenting workshops, and the popular ‘Coffee and Chat’ program.

Fraser has worked with the centre in some capacity for 26 years, but was a participant before then.

“I took part in programs at family resource. Then as time went on and my kids started to be …