http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml Capital District Family Day Care Association: Blog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:05:44 -0600 http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/ed52e7017117feaf9299908d174de0ff_49a5f8ef.writeback Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:05:35 -0600 Regulations are not just something you have to take into consideration before inspections. Instead they're something you have to live with every day. This is the place to post great ideas you have on how to organize yourself or inexpensive ways you "fixed" an issue you may have had! I look forward to learning from you! http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/19cb1f407c7d3f225d13d4276b7d6dea_49a5f86b.writeback Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:03:23 -0600 Ah HA! This is the place for you to "spill it". A place for you to share your "ah ha moment" with all of us. Major corporations spend billions (and in recent times I wonder if they chose to spend that wisely) on "think tanks". That's just a fancy way to say brain storming group. So share an idea or two! Or if you're stumped on something, post that as well! There might be someone out here who's faced that problem and found a great solution. I can't wait to see what you have to share! http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/971992cb7d94a4a57406534c307c7f8e_49a5b422.writeback Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:12:02 -0600 We've all been there - when you're completely incapable of taking on another child, that's when your phone starts ringing and everyone seems to be looking for child care? Guess what? When that happens to you, odds are I have spaces open and would love that phone call. So that's what this space is for. Go to the reply below and leave us your name, some kind of contact information, what ages you can take and an approximate location (a school district, County, something!). Then when I get that phone call from that parent saying "I needed care YESTERDAY!" I can give them your number - and so can other members of the Association. Lord knows I'm not going to get many calls from people in Albany or Watervliet, but one of the Association members who live there might be able to! And don't forget, summer is coming! If you're going to have spaces open then, put that in too! Let's all help each other! You're not alone out there! http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/9f65666af531d574f31e28db51c83f43_499c5182.writeback Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:20:50 -0600 Well, hopefully you know that every year on President's Day, the Child Care Council holds a conference for Centers and Family and Group Family Child Care providers to come together and aquire a good chunk of hours of training. Well, they gifted us, the Capital District Family Day Care Association a table there. Linda manned (or womaned?) the table for the first half of the day there. We brought Flippees which unfortunately didn't sell at all. However, they were conversation starters! Everyone who walked by stopped to see what it was. When they did, they were all greeted with the same question, "Hi! Do you work at a Center or do you have your own child care within your home?" With this, we acquired one new member on the spot, a few other family child care providers left with our membership materials, and one woman from a Center even left with our membership materials and a strong interest in what we all do for a living! Also, we sold bottled water as a fund raising effort, but we only made about $20 doing that. Numbers were getting smaller as the day progressed, so quite honestly after lunch, I packed everything up in order to come home and be with my family. But overall, I'd say it was a really good day! We spread the word about the Association after all! http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/32ee4b5f7352e4d077b69136f547e76a_4925abf9.writeback Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:27:05 -0600 Our annual CDFDCA christmas party will be held on December 13,2008 at Buca Di Beppo located at 44 Wolf Rd., Colonie. We will begin at 5pm. Members in good standing are invited to attend free of charge and this year can bring a guest for a nominal fee of $20.00. We will be having a chinese auction again this year with a max of $10.00 per gift. Members and guests are asked to each bring a generic gift. Reservations should be made by December 1 with Colleen at 765-3226. Checks should be made payable to CDFDCA for guests and sent to Debbie Engel 114 Schermerhorn Rd. Rotterdam N.Y. 12306. We look forward to seeing you all there to enjoy a wonderful evening. http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/97536a1fc7602c3ab89b2045aa113e48_48d234c0.writeback Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:00:16 -0500 We'd like to thank everyone who was able to come out on the 17th of September to participate in the benefit dinner at Pasquariello's Restaurant. In total we were able to raise $374. Again, thanks to everyone who was able to come out and have dinner - or even just grab take-out! It was all greatly appreciated! If you check out the links page, you'll find a link that will bring you to their website if you ever want to go back and thank them as well! http://www.capitaldistrictfdcassoc.zoomshare.com/7.shtml/c86a44d58d99857cee470c7fb1270640_48c1498d.writeback Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:29 -0500 I'm sure if you're reading this blog that you realize how important the Association is to every child care provider in the area. I'm sure I don't have to remind you that we provider free trainings to all our members along with a slew of other perks - and I'm sure I don't have to remind you that the more educated a provider is the more tools that provider will have to support the needs of the children in his/her care. Family and Group Family providers tend to have fewer resources to turn to when they have questions or issues. The Capital District Family Day Care Association can help breach that gap. But the Association needs help as well - we are made up of all family or group family child care providers and we're being very careful with the resources we have at hand. Please help us help you. Tell everyone to come to Pasquariello's the evening of the 17th- they can eat in or take out - BUT if they mention they're there to support family child care, 15% of the bill will come right back to the Association! Check out the link page for their website - their menu is right on-line! If you have specific questions, you can call Linda Arocho at 377-1895 for more details. Can't wait to see you Sept. 17!