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Parent Referral Incentive

Busy Bee Childrens Center would like to reward you for referring new children and families to us. Heres how it works: 1. You tell a friend about Busy Bee Childrens Center. 2. Your friend calls us and provides your name as the referral source. 3. Your friend enrolls his or her child(ren) in our Center. 4. Busy Bee pays you $25 after the child is enrolled for three months. (One incentive per each family referred.)

News Bulletin
October 2013 Busy Bee Childrens Center A program of One Hope United 2115 Ernie Krueger, Waukegan, IL 60087 847.245.6800

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Fight Germs! Wash Your Hands!
Washing your hands often and well is an easy way to help prevent the spread of many infections, including the common cold. Illinois law sets standards for hand washing in child care centers and day care homes. What are the best times to wash hands? Children should wash their hands as soon as they arrive at the child care center or day care home, AND... BEFORE going home. AFTER using the bathroom, sneezing, touching the nose, playing with an animal, playing outside, playing with toys that other children use, or touching anything soiled with body fluids or wastes (such as blood, saliva, urine, stool, or vomit). BEFORE AND AFTER eating, cooking, or otherwise handling food. ANYTIME hands look, feel, or smell unclean. Parents and teachers should wash their hands as soon as they arrive at the school or child care center, AND... BEFORE handling food or bottles, giving or using medicine or ointments, or going home. AFTER using or helping a child use the toilet, changing a diaper, touching any body fluids (from a runny nose, for example), handling
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pets or pet objects (cages or leashes, for example), handling objects used by children, removing gloves used for any sanitary purpose, using a telephone, or caring for or touching a child who is ill. ANYTIME they go to another room in the school or child care center or move to a different group of children. ANYTIME hands look, feel, or smell unclean. What is the best way to wash hands? Use warm, but not hot, running water. Avoid shortcuts. Use soap. Soap is recommended for hand washing in child care settings. Remember to clean under nails. Wash for at least 15 seconds. (This is about how long it takes to sing the alphabet song.) Rinse well. Dry your hands with a fresh paper towel or an automatic dryer. Then use the towel to turn off the faucet. Note: Do not use automatic dryers for infants and toddlers. Closely supervise other children under 6 years of age who use these dryers.

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Busy Bee Spotlight

Attendance is Key Orientation Invitation

Thank you so much to ALL of our families that participated in the Infant/Toddler/Two and Pre-K Orientations. We hope the information was helpful for you and that you got a chance to meet the staff and other families. We appreciate your dedica tion and involvement in your childs life. Lets make 2013 2014 a great school year!

Now that I have your attention. Parents, we need you to take every precaution while driving when dropping off and picking up your children. Please reduce your speed as you approach the Center, and be alert for children entering and exiting vehicles; drive responsibly. We want our children and families to be safe. Also, please be aware of where you are parking; park responsibly. Thank you so much for your cooperation in advance!

Did you know that consistency with your childs attendance is key to his/ her education? According to an article published at www.newamerica. net, One of the biggest myths affecting the education of young children is the mistaken belief that kindergarten or preschool is just an add-on that it doesnt really matter that much if children skip a bunch of days or arrives perpetually late. But, poor attendance and tardiness are real issues even for young children and can hamper their ability to learn. We ask that your children please be at school by 9 a.m., at the latest. Participating in all of the educational components of the day will help your child reap long-term benefits. If your child is going to be absent or late, please call to let us know. We appreciate your cooperation!

How Does Volunteering Benefit High School Students?

Many high school students can benefit from volunteering in their communities. Being able to help others or improve their community is a valuable skill to learn one that they will take with them as they become responsible young adults. Heres how volunteering benefits high school students: Being a volunteer is great preparation for a future career (and looks good on a resume). One of the very best ways for any young person to start gathering ideas about what they want to do after graduation is by volunteering. They get to learn about the world of work, build great work-related values and mature socially through volunteering. Many teens end up going into careers that are needed by our society, such as working for nonprofits, or getting involved in medical, legal or social work as a result of their experience with volunteering. Being a volunteer allows them to learn important skills they can use in their future careers, like time management and people skills. They can also list their volunteer work on their resume when they are ready to begin working a paid job in the future. Volunteering allows high school students to give back to society. As a high school student you learn the value of having compassion for others, or how you can be a productive member of your community, volunteer work is the perfect solution to gaining experience. High scholars can work to improve the lives of others at soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries or health clinics to get a sense of how well they have it as compared to others in their community. They can learn what it means to care for others and provide a service for someone who is needy, so they can give back to the community and put aside their own needs. Overall, volunteering as high school students can be a rewarding and positive experience. This is one great experience that will last a life-time for the youngest generation.

Waukegan Early Learning Center

We want to welcome the Waukegan Early Learning Center to One Hope United! The Waukegan Early Learning Center is one of 12 One Hope United early childhood education programs in the Chicago metropolitan area offering a safe, nurturing, learning environment for children. The Waukegan Early Learning Center partners with the Ounce of Prevention Fund to provide Early Head Start services, both center-based and home-based, for children six weeks to three years. The Early Head Start model provides a nurturing environment that supports the healthy growth and development of each child in the context of the childs family, culture and community.

H.O.P.E Productions
Reginald and Angela Baldwin founded HOPE Productions in Feb. 2008. The acronym H.O.P.E stands for - Helping Other People Excel, which is exactly what they do. Their mission is to enrich the lives of its community through affordable, inspirational live theater, theater productions, theater education and music productions. HOPE Productions aims to provide creative outlets and structure for faith community members to cultivate and express their performing arts gifts, and in doing so, acts as a catalyst for community engagement, inspiration and change. On Sept. 21, H.O.P.E. held a sneak peek event for their next play, and they chose to highlight the work that One Hope United does in Protecting Children. Strengthening Families. The play, God I Got Issues, will be performed on Nov. 9 & 10. You can find out more about H.O.P.E Productions at hopeproductionsonline.com. We want to thank H.O.P.E. Productions for donating a portion of their proceeds to help One Hope United programs and for giving back to the community!

Cristo Del Rey Volunteers

Volunteering is a positive way to give back to your community. We want to thank Cristo del Rey volunteers, Abbey, Leslie, Viviana, Jacqueline, Isabel, Ariana, Lisa, and Veronica for choosing Busy Bee Childrens Center as their place of public service.

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Welcome!
We would like to welcome all of our new and returning families to Busy Bee Childrens Center! The Flores/Beltran Family Ruby The Jackson Family Luvandre The Bond/Savitz Family Christian The Garcia/Martinez Family Alejandro The Carreno/Victorian Family Brandon The Alers/Fonder Family Jayden & Amiyah The Griffin/Adams Family Major The McClain Family Madison The Olmedo/Cruz Family Kaleah The Lara/Guzman Family Karly & Karlos The Solis/Cervantes Family Leilani The Mason/Thomas Family Amaree The Borden Family Demond The Kwakye Family Nana The Munoz/Zires Family - Jolene