Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 13, 1994                   TAG: 9401150045
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S-7   EDITION: METRO 
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AROUND TOWN

Connections, a private, nonprofit foster care agency, is seeking families to care for preteen and teen-age girls and boys.

Connections provides foster-care training and 24-hour casework support, covers the child's expenses and gives families a tax-free income supplement.

Classes for those interested in becoming full-time, weekend or respite foster parents begin in late January. For more information, call Sara Dalton at 342-0411.

Honeytree starts new recreation program

Honeytree Early Learning Centers has opened a recreation center for children ages 6 to 12.

The after-school care center, adjacent to Lewis-Gale Hospital, has a soda fountain, juke box, mini-gym, snack bar and foozball table and will offer other activities. The center can house 120 children; the cost is $39.50 per week.

For more information, call Sarah Chapell at 344-3651.