Mary Tyler McClenahan Childcare Center
Mary Tyler McClenahan Childcare Center
2700 Bensley Commons Blvd
Richmond, Virginia 23237
Phone: (804) 271-0590
Coordinator: Mrs. Malinda Nicholson
Our center in Chesterfield County opened in 2000 and is named after Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan. Mrs. McClenahan was a Richmond philanthropist who sought to keep children safe so they could grow and have the opportunity to become productive citizens.
When Mrs. McClenahan died in January 2005, one Richmond columnist called her legacy “a link in a chain of compassion stretching from a former Richmond slave, Lucy Goode Brooks, the founder of FRIENDS in 1871, to this daughter of the distinguished.” Mrs. McClenahan was the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman, former editor of the Richmond News Leader.
The Mary Tyler McClenahan Childcare Center is locoated near Route 1. Click here for a detailed map.
Mary Tyler McClenahan spends time with children at the center that bears her name.