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Co-op's achievements are child's play

23 March 2005

The Monash Community Family Cooperative at the Clayton campus has reached two milestones -- it has been awarded for improving child nutrition, and renovations to indoor play areas have been completed.

Staff, parents and children celebrate the completion of renovations at the Monash Community Family Cooperative.

The completed renovations were celebrated this month at a function attended by families, staff, friends and the head of the university's Family and Child Care Service, Ms Jennifer Weber.

Ms Weber said the renovations to the indoor play areas for children aged three to four had delivered a best-practice, open-plan learning environment. "This and other recent renovations at the co-op will help the qualified staff and assistants continue to provide quality programs for the children in their care," Ms Weber said.

Co-op coordinator Ms Helen Coffey said she was pleased the children could now better enjoy the centre's indoor environment.

Ms Coffey said she was also pleased the centre had been accredited under the Victorian Government's Start Right Eat Right program.

"Although nutritious hot meals and healthy snacks have always been a feature of the co-op, this award recognises our commitment to positively influence children's attitudes towards food and eating choices and habits," she said.

Monash staff and students are the primary users of the co-op, which offers 50 places for children from 12 weeks to school age. For more information, visit www.users.bigpond.com/mfco. For general inquiries about the family and child care service, visit www.adm.monash.edu.au/community-services/family/.