First Beginnings Child Development Center- 1st United Methodist, Shreveport

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It’s Time for First Beginnings Child Development Center’s Fundraiser!

Dear Parents and Participants,
I am very excited to share that we’ve partnered with All-Star Fundraising LLC to raise funds for First Beginnings this year! For our upcoming event, we will be selling the delicious Butter Braid® Pastries. Please visit www.asfundraising.com for more information about these incredible baked goods.
Our fundraiser will begin on Wednesday, October 5. To get started register your seller on the online store using this link:
https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/RegisterSeller/87b2d340-58cb-4d5e-8d64-428b04bd50fc
Once it’s time to start selling, don’t forget to share your personal store link via text, email, or social media! The student with the most sales gets January tuition waived!!
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Wed, Oct 19, 2022



Make checks
payable to:
First Beginnings

We make 40% Profit

When these items are delivered, they will be frozen. It is important they stay frozen until it is time to bake. Orders placed online must still be personally delivered by the sellers since these products cannot be shipped. Please contact me with any questions you may have. Thank you for doing your part to make this fundraiser a success!
Sincerely,
Amanda Storer
[email protected]

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Please join us as we celebrate Baby Jesus' birth!!!

Excessive Heat Warning
Beginning: 2021-07-31T07:46:00
Ending: 2021-08-02T00:00:00
Extension in both time and area
CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER CITY, MINDEN,
SPRINGHILL, MANSFIELD, STONEWALL, LOGANSPORT, COUSHATTA, MARTIN, MANY, ZWOLLE, AND PLEASANT HILL 246 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2021
..EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 110.
* WHERE...CADDO PARISH, BOSSIER PARISH, WEBSTER PARISH, DE SOTO PARISH, RED RIVER PARISH AND SABINE PARISH.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT ILLNESSES TO OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES
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Remember, 1st Beginnings will follow Caddo Parish School’s decision to close during inclement weather. Tune in to local media outlets for closings and plans to reopen.
Please stay safe.

Not at all surprised with the accomplishments of these two! This should fill all of us with hope for our future! Picture the community with leaders that really are honest and show us unwavering integrity.

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Parents, please participate in the Parent Poll.

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LPIC Parent Poll | policyinstitutela

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Louisiana Child Care Parent Poll: the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children is working in collaboration with the Louisiana Department Education and Women’s United of Southeast Louisiana to conduct a survey gathering information on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Louisiana families with children under the age of 5. This survey is for any parent, guardian, or caregiver raising children in their home. The survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help these agencies understand and advocate for the child care needs of our families along with the needs of all young children across the state.

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Dear First Beginnigs Followers,

Over the weekend,a member of our First Beginnings staff has self-identified as testing positive for COVID19. Following the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control, we are closing First Beginnings to conduct a deep cleaning of the entire center and test our staff. Due to the short week ( July 5th holiday weekend) and turnaround time of the COVID19 testing results, we expect to re-open Monday July 6.

Public health agencies state that you do not need to be tested unless you have symptoms (fever,cough,difficulty breathing). We are testing our employees since they have been exposed to an individual testing positive for the active virus. Your primary health care provider can help determine if you need testing or treatment. I apologize if this last minute notification presents a major inconvenience. This is a very unusual time and our goal is to keep everyone healthy as we strive to make the best decisions possible to protect our families and staff.

Thank you

Charlotte Rogers

Oh for joy! We will be (for real this time) opening Monday, June 8 at full capacity. Again, I ask your continued patience as we take this step together. We are excited! Hope to see your smiling faces and those loving babies of yours then. Blessings to you all!
Also, I have emailed all of our enrolled families through our ProCare data-base. A few are still kicked back. If you did not receive an email, please email me with this information. @ [email protected]. Thanks

This is the results of a survey I participated in and the results were interestering. Thought you might want to know what some of the other centers are doing in our country.

HiMama Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Childcare Centers
POSTED BY MELISSA WOOD
• MAY 7, 2020

• IN POSTED INCOVID-19 / LEADERSHIP
HiMama conducted two surveys over the past two months on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on childcare centers (one in March, the second in April). These survey results include responses from over 500 centers across North America.
67% of childcare centers closed during COVID-19
In both our surveys conducted at the end of March and the end of April, 67% of centers who responded were closed.
Regionality and size of center impacted the percentage of closed centers:
• 80% of Canadian centers closed vs. 63% of American centers closed.
• 55% of home daycares closed, 65% of single location centers closed, and 75% of multi-location centers closed.
96% of centers who remained opened saw a decline in attendance
Of the centers that remained open, 96% had parents keeping the children at home as a precaution to the pandemic. On average, open centers experienced 69% of children staying home in March and 70% of children staying home in April.
51% of closed centers are still paying their staff in full
In terms of paying their staff, there were big differences between open and closed centers.
Closed centers were more likely to be paying their staff in full with 51% of centers who responded stating that they are still paying their staff. Open centers were more likely to have reduced staff hours with 39% stating that they have done so.
Below is how participants replied to the question, “what are you doing for staff regarding salary?”
Closed Open Total
I don’t know what I’m going to do 5% 9% 6%
I’m currently using their vacation/holidays 4% 1% 3%
I’ve had to lay off my staff 33% 24% 30%
I’ve reduced their hours 8% 39% 18%
Paying them in full 51% 27% 43%
Many closed centers leveraged ‘remote learning’ to maintain positions for staff as they transitioned to working from home.
• “We are allowing main teachers to work from home with lesson planning and providing activities for families electronically.”
• “Working from home, connecting with families, sending activities, virtually reading books, and singing songs to children.”
58% of closed centers are not collecting any tuition
In terms of tuition collection, only 6% of all respondents noted that they were collecting full tuition payments:
• 71% of closed centers are collecting nothing, 15% are collecting partial tuition, 11% are supported by the government, and 3% are collecting full tuition.
• 41% of open centers are collecting partial payments with only 13% collecting full tuition.
60% of centers currently offering remote learning
67% of closed centers and 45% of open centers are currently offering remote learning programming for their children. Remote learning has exploded within the early childhood education community with teachers and centers running virtual circle times, setting up at-home activities, running yoga sessions, and setting up virtual playdates to ensure learning is still happening.
12% of centers are not offering remote learning but are planning to, 12% of centers want to launch remote programming but don’t know how, and 17% of centers have no plans in offering remote learning.
‘Stress’ and ‘staff’ are the two biggest concerns for centers
When asked how they are holding up, the most popular mentioned word was ‘stress’ as both centers who are open and closed are facing a lot of uncertainty in terms of how to run their business.
The second most mentioned word was ‘staff’ as people shared how they were worried about maintaining their staff with few children in attendance or being forced to close their businesses.
Words of hope and gratitude
🙏 A BIG THANK YOU to the childcare community. Working in the childcare community throughout this time has led me to personally be inspired daily by the passion, perseverance, creativity, and hope that you bring to our youngest minds. Each and every one of you amazes me.
A follow up thank you to everyone who participated in this survey. This data helped shape the content that we curated, the product features we shipped and launched, and the at-home activities database we developed to support the childcare community in this time of crisis.
Through everything, the community has also been very supportive and encouraging.