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 Happy
Fall!
As I write this, the days are
still quite warm but the nights are quite chilly!!! And when we
get to the end of the calendar included, it will be quite chilly
all the time!!!
A separate mailing has been sent
for BCCCA’s Annual Early Care and Education conference,
“Observation is Power”, being held on November 1st at
the MT Anthony Union Middle School. It should be a great change
of venue as the Middle School is bright and new and we will be
housed in a central area making it easier to maneuver! Please be
sure to register early for your first choice of workshop sessions.
This will also mark the beginning of our ‘Observation’ theme that
the Quality Task Force of the Building Bright Futures Early
Childhood Council has planned for early educators in Bennington
County for the coming year.
If you have someone you would
like to nominate for BCCCA’s annual Award for Outstanding
Support to Young Children & Their Families, please
contact a BCCCA staff person or BCCCA Board of Director member
with their name and pertinent information. Nominees should be
someone within the community, whose main job is not early care,
whom you feel has gone above and beyond for children and families.
We will present this award as well as celebrating the outstanding
work you all do with the children and families in your care at the
Annual BCCCA Celebration on November 12th! Please plan
to join us for dinner and dessert…RSVP appreciated!!
Since the next issue of
Connecting will not be published until the end of December
as they
are coming out in 3 month increments, we’d like to wish you and
your families a great autumn and wonderful holiday season!!
 Peace,
Pam
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TO:
Lori Gratton
for her NAFCC reaccreditation!!!!!!!!
and to:
Deb Mentiply,
Jessie Cerretani and Irma Shortsleeve for obtaining their CDAs!!!!!
and to:
Brenda
Schramm, Anna Deery and Forever Friends
for earning
more STARS in their STARS re-accreditation!!!!
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TOBACCO-FREE *****
Let
Tobacco-Free Community Partners be your resource for secondhand
smoke information, cessation resources, and activity ideas that
will educate young children about making healthy choices! From
time to time, child care centers may receive mailings from
Tobacco-Free Community Partners with important information you
can send home with families, display on a bulletin board, share
with loved ones, or we may ask for your feedback about our
work. Either way, we are here to serve you, your families and
most importantly, keep children free from the dangers of
secondhand smoke. Keep and eye on the mail as tobacco-use
information and an activity idea will be coming soon.
Tobacco-Free
Community Partners is an education, resource, prevention and
connection network whose mission is to prevent first time
tobacco use among youth and reduce its use across all ages in
the Bennington area. Tobacco-Free Community Partners is housed
at the Center for Restorative Justice, its proud supporter and
fiscal agent. To learn more about the Tobacco-Free Community
Partners, contact Julie Krawczyk at (802) 447-6478 or view the
Web site at
www.tobaccofreebennington.org. |
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 WILL
YOU WEAR A BUTTON??
The Kids Are Priority One
Coalition's
Virtual Strike is
for anyone who believes that every Vermont child should have
early experiences that support his/her healthy development. This
statewide action is part of the Kids Are Priority One
Coalition's
Child Care Subsidy Campaign.
Thousands of parents from across the state will wear buttons
from Tuesday, Oct. 14 to Saturday, Oct. 18 in an
effort to raise awareness of the importance of child care to
Vermont’s economy. The Kids Are Priority One Coalition, Building
Bright Futures Councils and early care and education programs
are organizing a statewide Virtual Strike -- a “what if” strike
-- during which early care and education programs remain open,
but parents will wear buttons to work that say: "This employee
made possible by child care." Employers, providers and advocates
will wear a button or display a poster that says: "Support
Vermont's economy. Support quality child care." Please visit:
www.kidsarepriorityone.org
for more
information.
To get your button
locally, please contact Robin Stromgren at 802-447-2887. |
