State Recognition Events
2008
Child Care Resource & Referral ~ Metro celebrates Provider Appreciation Day by inviting all the child care providers and the children in their program to our Annual Day at the Aviary. Providers receive an appreciation certificate in the mail and an invitation to spend the day at the Aviary, where they received materials, curriculum ideas and refreshments to make the day memorable. There are also activity tables through out the park offering story time, art and craft and physical activities. The aviary also accommodates two bird shows for our providers, and our friendly CCR&R staff is available for emergencies, lost and found and to help providers enjoy this day.
The National Provider Appreciation Day office salutes Erin Bitterolf for her unceasing energy and commitment to recognition for the early childhood workforce of Utah. "Here´s what’s up this year (2003)! PFCCA is coordinating the governor´s signing a proclamation this year. Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 2:00 at the Governor’s office in the state capital with a small reception to follow in the Capital Rotunda. Our historian is in charge of the gift for Governor Leavitt this year and is making an adorable book with handprints of children in child care from all over the state with the front page made up of small handprints making an outline of Utah wit the title ´hand in hand together we can.´ Cedar City this year is being helped with donations from the Women in Business Committee for prizes to give out on the Chamber of Commerce TV show. Other chapters will be giving out gifts, cards, flowers, and having Appreciation Day dinners. Last, but not least because it is the hardest to do, there is also a sate-wide mailing by the Professional Family Child Care Association, which is the state family child care association, with help from the Office of Child Care and the Utah Private Child Care Association – which is the state association for centers. They are mailing out a packet with a PAD card, a flier explaining what it is, and a copy of the Proclamation to all licensed centers and family child care providers in the state." – Erin
"PIP4KIDZ rented a park pavilion where they honored providers in the south valley communities of Salt Lake City. There were lots of giveaways as well as many resources that I have collected from various sources to help support providers in all they do for children. We had games, door prizes, cake and drinks. We handed out wonderful certificates of appreciation to all of our providers. This is our 1st annual Provider Appreciation Day event and we hope to continue on each year with special recognition of our providers." – Carolyn Ausborn, Director
Erin reports that Governor Leavitt has signed a proclamation declaring May 10, 2002 Provider Appreciation Day in Utah. (THANK YOU ERIN for the great picture of the actual signing!) It was signed at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at the Capital with a reception in the Capital Rotunda following. Last year Erin coordinated an effort to have children make a book about their Provider. It was given to the Governor when he signed the 2001 proclamation. In Y2000, Governor Michael O. Leavitt signed a proclamation and urged all citizens to recognize child care providers for their important work. For details contact Erin Bitterolf. mcgirk@pdqnet.net
The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce has joined with public officials and child care leaders to celebrate the day on the radio by awarding donated prizes (from local businesses and organizations) to providers in town.
Carolyn’s Corner, Carolyn Ausborn
Hill Air Force Base celebrated the day
Governor Olene S Walker signed the Provider Appreciation Day proclamation with early childhood state and national leaders. Representatives were from the Professional Family Child Care Association, Utah Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Utah Private Child Care Association, Salt Lake Head Start, Salt Lake Community Action Program, Utah Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association for Family Child Care.
Businesses and local companies from throughout the state donated prizes for the nominate your provider contest and there have been provider dinners and teas held throughout April and early may. Media coverage included T.V. interviews and newspaper articles.
In Utah , Child Care Resource & Referral Metro and the Metro Early Childhood Council are collaborating together to put up a fill board on the freeway that runs directly through Salt Lake . It has a nice picture of a caregiver and a child and the bill board says: Thank your child care provider. 45,000 Utah kids are in child care. Provider Appreciation Month
This is Carrie Stott from CCR&R Bridgerland in Logan, UT. For Provider Appreciation Day we are having our annual Provider Appreciation dinner on May 4th. We also send out a reminder to all the parents we have on our database reminding them of this important day. Thanks for all your hard work on this!
Our CCR&R will be honoring our child care providers with a provider appreciation luncheon. This is an annual event. We have it on campus at the student center. This year the theme is "It´s A Jungle Out There." The decorations will be jungle/rain forest. After enjoying a fee luncheon we will be playing games and interacting with learning centers that teach the providers about the rain forest. This will give them ideas to use in their centers and homes to set up learning centers for the children. - Julia Mohr,Director Child Care Resource and Referral Mountainland
We are holding 2 recognition events in Southern Utah: Snow College - April 23 and Dixie College - April 30. These are breaksfast brunches for child care providers who have worked on professional development during the past year. We will recognise them for their efforts. Our theme is "Down By the Bay" and we are giving them materials to foster learning in Howard Gradner´s Eight Intelligences.
We are hosting a provider Tea on May 7th from 12:00 to 1:30. They can contact our office and we will send them out a ticket with the information. We will be providing them with appreciation gifts and snacks while they stay and chat.
The Eastern Region Child Care Resource & Referral office sent out gift packets to all licensed providers in Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, San Juan, and Uintah counties. The packets included a thank you note, colored paper, a book of finger plays, stories, and songs, a growing alligator, an immunization booklet, a letter matching game book, a number puzzle, and two chocolate bear suckers.
The Utah Association for the Education of Young Children is sending a thank you packet to every licensed center and family provider in the state for provider appreciation day. The packet includes a thank you letter, a poster (sponsered by UAEYC) that providers can post for parents-with ideas of ways to say thanks to their provider, and bookmarks for every provider. Thanks for including us in your coorespondence! Carolyn Forbush, President, UAEYC