Founded in 1970 as St. Johns Day Care, Peninsula started out in a church basement with seven children. The founders of Peninsula Children’s Center were so committed to their goal of providing quality, affordable child care that a sliding-scale fee system was in place within a year of the center’s opening – ensuring that families of all income levels would have access to quality child care and education. Peninsula continues our commitment to quality, affordable child care and education to all members of our community by offering competitive tuition rates and accepting reimbursements from the Oregon Department of Human Service at no additional cost to families.

Today, we have the capacity to serve 160 children. Our state-of-the-art, community financed child care center is the heart of our Early Childhood Education Program . Our Before and After School Programs in Sabin and Boise Eliot Elementary Schools serve children ages 6 – 12.

Peninsula Children’s Center is an independent nonprofit organization, overseen by a volunteer board of directors in conjunction with Executive Director Deborah Murray. Deborah has a Master of Arts degree in Human Development with a specialization in Early Childhood Education, and she has more than 30 years experience working with children and families.