Text Box: Text Box: Grandma’s House Day Care Center, Inc. is founded by Donna Ryan and Grandma, Lorraine Weinkauf.  The Wauwatosa Avenue Methodist Church, called the Tosa Center, is the site for the first Grandma’s House.  The original state license is for 13 children.  
Amended several times, the state license allows for 164 children 2 through 11 years of age. 

A program for transporting children to and from local public and private schools is begun at our Tosa Center, fostering a large before and after school program.

After many requests for quality infant care, Grandma’s House opens an Infant and Toddler Center at 6119 W. Vliet Street.  The state license allows for 32 children under the age of two. 
Grandma’s House offices move from Donna Ryan’s home to this location.  

Grandma’s House is awarded a contract with the County of Milwaukee to provide services not only for Milwaukee County employees, but the general public as well.  Grandma’s House Downtown Center is located in the Courthouse Annex on North 10th Street and is licensed for 100 students 6 weeks through 11 years of age.

The Infant and Toddler Center is remodeled and renamed the Highland Center, at which time the license is amended to serve 145 children 6 weeks through 11 years. 
In October the Highland Center receives accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

In May the offices relocate to the Wauwatosa Village.
In July the Tosa Center receives accreditation from the National Association for the 
Education of Young Children.
August brings the opening of Grandma’s House in Pewaukee.  This center is licensed for 48 children from 2 years through 11 years.  

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