Baden Christian Child Care Center

🌱 Our little gardeners are hard at work! 🍓🥬🫛
The children have loved planting, watering, and watching our garden grow. From fresh strawberries to leafy lettuce and climbing peas, every day brings a new discovery and learning opportunity. 💚

Hands in the soil, learning through play, and growing together! ☀️🌼

Hello all,

As we celebrate Week of the Young Child, let’s take advantage of Work Together Wednesday to come together for children and families.

Please see the attached sign-on letter to be sent to the Senate on behalf of childcare providers across Missouri. Our goal is to stand united and clearly communicate what we are asking for regarding the childcare budget.

This is an important opportunity for us to use our voices and advocate for the children and families we serve every day.

Let’s make change together.

Please review and share so that it reaches the masses!

Thank you,
Lisa

Let's Make Change Together Please click the link to complete this form.

This is the last day!!!! They will vote tomorrow, please take a couple minutes and email senators and tell them to NOT cut childcare funding!!! Childcare affects us all!

Thank you to those that have already called and emailed!!!

Call to Action!!!!
Parents, child care providers, and friends — we need your help now!! This will only take you 5 minutes.
On Thursday, the House passed the budget without restoring the $51 million needed for child care
subsidy funding, putting families and providers across Missouri at risk.
The budget now moves to the Senate, where it will be debated soon. Please email Missouri senators
today and urge them to restore this funding.
Your message doesn't need to be long or formal; it can be 2–3 sentences. What matters most is that
they hear from as many people as possible about how essential quality child care is for children,
families, and our state.
Send a quick personal note, then share this message widely. Child care keeps Missouri running.
Below are the email addresses for Missouri state senators. Copy and paste them into your address bar
and send your message today. THANK YOU!!!!
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
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[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
It’s important that they hear from you, everyone thinks someone else is going to do it, but they need to
hear all our voices and concerns!!

🚨Call to Action🚨
Parents, child care providers, and friends — we need your help now!

On Thursday, the House passed a budget CUTTING $51 million from child care subsidy funding, putting families and providers across Missouri at risk. The budget now moves to the Senate, where it will be debated for the next 48 hours! Please email Missouri senators today and urge them to restore this funding.

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URGENT - Meetings and Action Alert on Subsidy Cuts! This week, the Missouri House advanced a budget that CUTS $51 million from the child care subsidy program and we need to act NOW to ensure the Senate restores the funding. We need a high volume of personal messages hitting Senate inboxes Monday through Wednesday, March 30 - April 1. The Senate Appro...

Call to Action!!!!

Parents, child care providers, and friends — we need your help now!! This will only take you 5 minutes.
On Thursday, the House passed the budget without restoring the $51 million needed for child care
subsidy funding, putting families and providers across Missouri at risk.
The budget now moves to the Senate, where it will be debated soon. Please email Missouri senators
today and urge them to restore this funding.
Your message doesn't need to be long or formal; it can be 2–3 sentences. What matters most is that
they hear from as many people as possible about how essential quality child care is for children,
families, and our state.
Send a quick personal note, then share this message widely. Child care keeps Missouri running.
Below are the email addresses for Missouri state senators. Copy and paste them into your address bar
and send your message today. THANK YOU!!!!
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
It’s important that they hear from you, everyone thinks someone else is going to do it, but they need to
hear all our voices and concerns!!

Parents, child care providers, and friends — we need your help now! On Thursday, the House passed a budget CUTTING $51 million from child care subsidy funding, putting families and providers across Missouri at risk. The budget now moves to the Senate, where it will be debated soon. Please email Missouri senators today and urge them to restore this funding.

Your message doesn't need to be long or formal; it can be 2–3 sentences. What matters most is that they hear from as many people as possible about how essential quality child care is for children, families, and our state. Send a quick personal note, then share this message widely.

Child care keeps Missouri running. Copy and paste the email addresses for Senators below into the 'To' field and send your message today. THANK YOU!!!!

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Baden Christian Child Care Center (BCCC) proudly traveled to Jefferson City for Child Advocacy Day. This is a powerful day where we come together, stand united, and use our voices to advocate for all children and families.

We are advocating for something that should not even be up for debate, that childcare is a civil right. Every child, regardless of their ZIP code, deserves access to high-quality early childhood education and a strong start in life.

And I may be a little biased… but I’m pretty sure we had the cutest, smartest, and most amazing children there representing exactly what we’re fighting for.

Hello BCCC Families! 💛

I hope everyone is doing well! It looks like we might finally be nearing the end of winter, thank you, Jesus! 🙌🏽

I am currently completing an audit and need updated immunization records for your child. Please send a copy by email or text:
📧 [email protected]

📱 314-210-2752

Most of you can easily access these through your child’s doctor’s app. Thank you so much for helping us stay in compliance. We truly appreciate it!

With the weather starting to change, please be sure to send your child with jackets, hoodies, and/or coats. We love getting outside, and we will continue to go out daily as long as we are within licensing guidelines, even if it’s a little muddy (and yes, the kids LOVE the mud 😊). We do have rain boots available, so no worries there!

Also, I want to share something very important coming up:

📢 Wednesday, March 25th – Child Advocacy Day

This is something that is very close to my heart. I truly believe that childcare is a civil right and that every child deserves access to quality early education, no matter their zip code.

We will be closed that day, so our staff and any able parents who are able to, can travel to Jefferson City to advocate for our children and families. If you are interested in joining us, I would LOVE to have you. I will be there, helping guide conversations with our elected officials and supporting you in sharing your story.

To support you in attending, we will provide:
🚗 $50 gas gift card (if you drive, we have limited space on the van)
🍽️ $100 gift card to help cover food and any other needs for the day

This is our chance to stand together and be heard.

Thank you for everything you do, whether it’s signing petitions, showing up for advocacy, or trusting us every day with your most precious gift...your children. We truly appreciate you. 💛

BCCC

Early childhood is when the brain develops fastest. Quality child care in the early years shapes a child's health, learning, and success for life. Cutting now costs far more later.