In 1986 HUMmingbird Day Care Ministries opened it's doors...

and...


The first PC virus, Brain, starts to spread.

Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe...DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE THAT DAY?

Pixar Animation Studios is opened.

Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.

Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.

The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in 7 games. This is the second world series title in the Mets franchise. It is also remembered for Game 6, when Bill Buckner lets an easy ground ball hit by Mookie Wilson roll through his legs, letting the Mets win and pull even with the Red Sox in the series.

Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas.

After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow

In 1986 HUMmingbird Day Care Ministry opens it's doors...

and...

The top movies of the year were...


Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid, Part II
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Aliens
Ruthless People
The Color of Money
The Money Pit

In 1986 HUMmingbird Day Care Ministries opened it's doors...

and...

Top 20 Songs Of 1986
1. "That's What Friends Are For".....Dionne & Friends

2. "Walk Like An Egyptian".....Bangles
3. "On My Own".....Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald
4. "The Way It Is".....Bruce Hornsby & The Range
5. "You Give Love A Bad Name".....Bon Jovi
6. "Greatest Love Of All".....Whitney Houston
7. "There'll Be Sad Songs".....Billy Ocean
8. "How Will I Know".....Whitney Houston
9. "Kyrie".....Mr. Mister
10. "Kiss".....Prince & The Revolution
11. "The Next Time I Fall".....Peter Cetera & Amy Grant
12. "Burning Heart".....Survivor
13. "Stuck With You".....Huey Lewis & The News
14. "When I Think Of You".....Janet Jackson
15. "Rock Me Amadeus".....Falco
16. "West End Girls".....Pet Shop Boys
17. "Sledgehammer".....Peter Gabriel
18. "Human".....Human League
19. "Sara".....Starship
20. "Higher Love".....Steve Winwood

In 1986 HUMmingbird Day Care Ministry opened it's doors...

...and

The Top TV Shows were...

Magnum, P.I.
Dynasty

Falcon Crest
Hill Street Blues
Cagney and Lacey
Cheers
Fame
Family Ties
Remington Steele
The A-Team
Highway to Heaven
Murder, She Wrote
The Cosby Show
Growing Pains
The Twilight Zone

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

1986 HUMmingbird Day Care Ministries Opened it's doors...

and...

The President was Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President was George Bush
Average Cost of new house $89,430.00
Average Price for new car $9,255.00
1 gallon of gas 89 cents

At HUMmingbird the cost of child care was $75.00

Building Update

We are excited to moving towards our goal of creating a child care facility that encompasses everything that we know about child development.  We are working with the Southridge High School Students to start on the preliminary drawings of the new building so that our vision can be put on paper and shared with others.  We are wanting to secure $300,000 over the next three years.  We will begin our capital campaign next week looking for cash donations from individuals and businesses.  We will also continue with fundraisers to go towards start up materials for the classrooms.

As a non-profit child care program, we can not rely on funds from our customers alone.  Families are struggling to afford the cost of high quality childcare as it is.  Typically when a business needs to upgrade, they pass the cost on to their customers.  However, in our program we have recently grown and we have completed numerous quaflity improvement projects, with only increasing our full time families child care rates one time within the last five years.  This while dealing with the Recession and the increase in minimum wage. 

Our goal is to always provide the highest quality child care, while not overburdening families with a child care program that they love, but can not afford.  With the generosity of Holland United Methodist Church, HUMmingbird has always been able to offer higher quality care at a lower cost because of their contribution to subsidize the cost for the familes.  Now we are gifted an amazing opportuntiy from a community member, Jerry Bleush.  His generous donation is just the start of our journey.  With the support of others in the community, we will once again be able to make this growth and enhancement without adding the additional financial burden on the parents of weekly child care tuition increase.  We need a villiage to help us raise the funds...to help us raise a child in the ways of Christ.