TAMWORTH — Close to 100 people came out on Sunday to honor Bearcamp Valley School and Children’s Center founder Nancy Coville at a fundraising event at the Preserve at Chocorua. Coville, 92, founded the preschool in 1963.
Bearcamp, located at 27 Durrell Road in Tamworth, offers full- and part-time day care for children from 18 months old to kindergarten and before-school care for K.A. Brett School students. It serves about 22 families and a total of about 26 children who come from as far away as Meredith and Freedom.
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