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1st Annual Creekside Child Development Centre Thanksgiving Day Lunch
By Katharine Naughton
We have many things to be thankful for at Creekside and to celebrate we shared a special Thanksgiving Day Lunch. The Turkeys were prepped and in the oven by 7am on Thursday morning, the children each brought in a vegetable to share with their friends. We had spaghetti squash, mashed potatoes, beans, corn, yams, acorn squash, carrots and cranberries.
The children sat all together as though they were at a big family dinner. The tables were decorated with orange plates and cups and small pumpkins lined the table. By the time we were finished are tummy’s were full and we were thankful for that!
Before we had our special lunch we talked to the children about what it meant to be thankful. We then asked our 3 and 4 year olds what they were thankful for, here some of their responses:
- My mommy, daddy, sister and triceratops
- Sleepovers at Grandmas
- Eating and riding my scooter to school and living with my mommy and daddy
- Lightning McQueen
- My mommy, daddy and stuffies
- Carrots
- My watch
- My Bracelet
- For everything
We hope that everything had a wonderful Thanksgiving day with Family and Friends
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Social Conscience and Haiku Media Give Back
After a weeklong of wet days, we were convinced that the rain would continue through the weekend. It was on the Friday morning where the sun started peaking through the thick pillowy clouds, and out came the sunshine, just in time for our meeting with Social Conscience and Haiku Media Group.
As some of you may be aware, Haiku Media Group has been a great supporter of DDA since we met. As a not-for-profit organization, Haiku Media Group has provided DDA with free advertising on their television screens in cafes, ice cream shops, and eatery joints across Vancouver and now they introduced us to another socially responsible organization, Social Conscience. Social Conscience is an organization that supports fair trade products, particularly sports balls. These fair trade sports balls are from Pakistan (where 70% of world’s soccer balls are stitched). The fair trade model supporting no child labour, guaranteed fair minimum wages for employees, and premiums for social programs.
On September 23rd, Social Conscience and Haiku Media Group visited Creekside Child Development Centre to personally donate 8 soccer balls to our kids. Our kids immediately gravitated towards the balls and played with their peers. It is always heartwarming to see how organizations dedicate their efforts to give back to the community.
On behalf of everyone at DDA (especially our kids at Creekside), thank you to Social Conscience and Haiku Media Group for your support. Your dedication to the community is admirable.
To purchase fair trade sports balls, please visit their website here.
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Leisure Challenge’s Tie Dye Project
The children and teachers would like to thank the teens at the Leisure Challenge program for adding a splash of colour to Creekside. They did a beautiful job tie dying our boring white face cloths and towels into amazing colourful works of art. The are quite the conversation starter about colours of the rainbow!
Thank you to our Leisure Challenge Friends
From the children and teachers at Creekside Child Development Centre
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Playhouse and Mickey Mouse!
By Zahra Parbatani
Playhouse Child Development had a fun filled picnic with past and present families in attendance. It was heart-warming to see kids who previously attended the center come and laugh, eat and chat with us. The weather was spectacular and we had blankets set up outside and the teachers created a party setting with balloons, streamers and bingo dabber tablecloths. We also had a misty sprinkler set up to cool us off from some of the spicy and yummy food.
The kids really enjoyed a surprise visit from Mickey Mouse!! She entertained the kids with balloons of various shapes and colors and she also did face painting with sparkly designs. One of our parents and a co-workers spouse did a terrific job with the BBQ and kept everyone coming for more buns and burgers.
We also had a visit from George Stitch who came on behalf of United Commercial Travelers. We are fortunate to be one of many recipients’ to receive some funds from this terrific organization. He enjoyed talking with the families and meeting the teachers.
We were so happy with the energy and excitement that happened this evening that we cannot stop talking about it!! We hope to jazz it even more next time.
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Spike in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in BC
The Province recently released an article over the concerning spike in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome( (SIDS) in BC. Over 21 cases were reported to date this year, whereas last year, a total of 16 was reported for the entire year.
SIDS is when a healthy baby (under the age of 1) dies unexpectedly sleeping in bed. There are no signs of suffering and no particular reason explaining the death.
The current statistic is alarming so here are a few tips to protect your baby from this:
1. Avoid bed-sharing or sharing a sleeping surface with a baby. Instead, place the crib in the parent’s bedroom for the first 6 months
2. Ensure the crib is equipped with a hard mattress and a fitted sheet (also ensuring that the crib meets the Canadian safety standards)
3. Breastfeed (it provides a safe environment)
4. Lay the baby to sleep on its back, not front or side
5. Avoid exposing your baby from second-hand smoke
For more tips and questions, please consult your doctor.
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