Employer-Sponsored Child Care Provider, Vivvi, Opens Doors in Hudson Square

Vivvi’s flagship campus at 75 Varick Street offers full-time and backup care programs for both employees and individuals with a tailored, interdisciplinary learning model

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vivvi, the first company to allow employers of all sizes to provide world-class on and near site child care for their employees at a fraction of the cost with unrivaled flexibility, has officially opened its doors to employers and families in Lower Manhattan.

“With average child care costs exceeding those of housing, health care, food and college across the US, working families are faced with the heartbreaking crisis of choosing between their careers and their families,” said Charles Bonello, Vivvi’s CEO. “We’re proud to work with leading employers to offer the single most effective recruiting, retention and productivity tool that exists for their organizations.“

Vivvi’s flagship campus, located at 75 Varick Street, accommodates 90 students aged 6 weeks to 5 years old, with an innovative space that was intentionally designed to facilitate the Vivvi Learning Model. Vivvi’s leadership team, which boasts nearly a century of experience in early childhood education, brings together its inquiry-based and research informed curriculum and space with a standard 7 AM to 7 PM schedule, 250 days per year that is aligned with today’s working families’ needs.

“Vivvi is truly the most unique and thoughtfully designed child care and preschool in the world,” commented Ben Newton, Vivvi’s COO. “Its distinctive details are specially designed for the implementation of the Vivvi Learning Model, and combined with world-class faculty and schedule, inspires our students towards a life-long love of learning and allows their families to achieve their potential.”

Vivvi has reserved 25% of its capacity for families in the nearby community that are not associated with corporate partners. Employers and families interested in learning more about Vivvi can visit www.vivvi.co to schedule a tour.

About Vivvi:

Vivvi is the first company to provide employer-sponsored on and near site child care without any long-term commitments or capital expenditures, including full time and backup care options. With Vivvi, companies of all sizes can provide the single most impactful benefit to employees at a nominal cost while transforming recruiting, retention, and productivity of top talent and saving individual parents upwards of $100,000 per child.

Contacts

Layton Lassiter

North 6th Agency for Vivvi ([email protected])

(212) 334-9753 ext. 145

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