But the new format also failed, and the center closed on July 30.

She had her job; the day care center didn't close for the holidays until the end of the week.

The center closed after less than two years of operation, in September 2007.

Before the center closed in June 1986, admission records were not kept, he said.

All the parents had heard was that their 20-year-old center would close.

The new center opened in June 1994 - and closed just 19 months later.

The clothes were donated to the children when center closed at the end of the season.

The last of the patients were transferred to other facilities and, in 1998, the center closed for good.

"Regardless of how we got to this point, the medical center cannot close," she said.

On June 20, two days before they were to leave, hospital administrators told them the center was closing, several staff members said.