Join Child Care Answers for an awesome event:

Come and hear the amazing story

“The Legend of Spookley The Square Pumpkin”

with a special appearance by

Spookley, this children’s book star!

This spook-tacular event will deliver a message of tolerance and kindness to young visitors.

Plus, kids can decorate mini pumpkins and enjoy a chance to win Spookley themed prizes.

Saturday, October 20

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Center Court in front of Macy's

Kids…don’t miss this special event that will help you understand

that the things that make you different are what make you special!

In partnership with

BullySafeUSA™ is launching

BullySafeIndiana, a statewide public education outreach campaign in collaboration with The Villages and Prevent Child Abuse Indiana to distribute an effective anti-bullying curriculum to public and private schools and Indiana communities.

Spookley the Square Pumpkin © and

TM/® Holiday Hill Enterprises, LLC

Stop by our table and meet our Inclusion Specialist, Sarah Bailey, and our Outreach Specialist, Cheryl Tyler.  We'll have lots of great information and some candy too! :)

What's Your Story?

We are working on a report that will help illustrate the reality parents face in finding child care and making child care work while juggling a job.　 Policymakers need to understand the challenges parents face every day as they seek to ensure they have child care for their children so that they can work.

　

The type of stories we are looking for are basic! Did you have trouble finding child care in your community? Do you have more than one child and had to find two different child care settings given either the ages of the children or the limitations of the setting?　 Does your child participate in a part-day program that leaves you scrambling to arrange child care before and after the part-day program? Have you had extra challenges finding care in the summer? Were you happy immediately with the care that you found or did you have to look at many places and then hope for the best? Is affording child care a challenge you face?

　

If you find that your story meets any of the above questions, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for a paragraph that describes an overview of your challenge so just a brief description is all that we need (not a theme paper)!　 We want to make this as easy as possible for you.　 Please share your story through the following web form:

http://www.naccrra.org/parents/ccapn-2/tell-us-your-story by Thursday, October 18.　 Thanks for your help on this project!　 We appreciate it!

Moving and Grooving

Time is running out! Sign up to attend Moving and Grooving (MVPA Everyday) on Wednesday, October 17th at 6:30 PM in Marion County. This exciting, interactive training will increase participants knowledge and help facilitate movement activities with children that achieve 60 minutes of structured physical activity per day. To register, click here http://extension.psu.edu/cyttap for more details contact Crystal Givens at (317) 926-3401 ext. 300. Hope to see you on Wednesday!!