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Charlotte McLean, owner and director of Stop-n-Drop Academic Center, enjoys time with some of the two-year-old class members (fromrnleft) Caleb Williams, T.J. McLaughlin, and Diamond Richardson. Stop-n-Drop,rnlocated at the W.B. Wicker Business Campus, in Sanford, currently serves aboutrn80 children and employs a dozen workers. McLean learned the business skills tornopen and operate the facility through Central Carolina Community College’srnSmall Business Center in Lee County. For more information about Stop-n-Drop,rncall (919) 776-2241 or go online to www.stopndropacademy.com. For morerninformation about CCCC’s Small Business Center, call (919) 718-7545 or email jfelton@cccc.edu in Lee County; (919) 545-8013rnor gkibler@cccc.edu in Chatham County; or (910) 892-2884 or nblackman@cccc.edu in Harnett County.

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Charlotte McLean