Childhood Connections
4-1890 Ambrosi Rd. V1Y4R9 Kelowna, BC, Canada

The Family Literacy Story Walk is going on for two weekends (starting today until February 1), and we are kicking it off with free hot chocolate and coffee (thanks to Starbucks at Harvey & Gordon!) at our story walk location at Lombardy Park from 10-noon tomorrow! Hope to see you out and about enjoying all the 11 story walks in our Central Okanagan community!

We are so fortunate to walk along side with Relvas Catering to grow Nourish Families Initiative.

Come help us Kick Off the Family Literacy Week Story Walk this Saturday from 10am-noon at Lombardy Park (1340 Wilson Ave.) with some free hot chocolate and coffee to keep you warm! Thanks to Starbucks at Harvey & Gordon for their generous donation!

Check it out ....... Nicole and Yvonne will be hosting for Childcare Provider weekly learning circle book club. "Rest, Play, Grow " by: Dr. Deborah MacNamara Every Wednesday from January 13, 2021 to February 24, 2021 6:30pm - 8:00pm We will come together weekly for 7 weeks over zoom together to discuss different sections of the book , with different key topics & questions each week. To register click below

Take a look at this amazing opportunity for Work-Integrated-Learning from Northern Lights College. Centres with 3 or more ECEAs encouraged to apply. Seats expected to fill fast!

Due to low registration, we have postponed this workshop to the 20th January, 2021. Anyone who has registered through trellis will remain registered. Please share the workshop link with friends, colleagues and business partners who may be interested in helping with the childcare crisis. We need innovation and passion alike. We want to work together to ensure every child has access to the quality care they deserve!

What a fun night celebrating these amazing ladies who provide Registered Licence-Not-Required care in their home! We had pizza with dessert and created a fun Pete the Cat project for their little ones to enjoy tomorrow

ThankYOU to West Kelowna Daybreak Rotary for having us on your meeting today to present about our Nourish Families Program! Here’s the link to order your family dinner for next Thursday (with free delivery by our volunteer drivers!) and feed a family-in-need and support a local restaurant (Win, win, win!!)! https://trellis.org/nourishfamiliesinitiative

We are looking for volunteer delivery drivers for our Nourish Families Initiative program every Thursday afternoon from 3:30-5pm. Our organization is a hub of activity on Thursdays as our Nourish Families staff provide locally made meals from Relvas Catering, Crasian Food Truck and DunnEnvies Pizza Co. to our volunteers to deliver our buy-one-give-one (BOGO) meals to our community supporters. Please contact Nicole [email protected] or 250-762-3536 ext 205 to inquire about volunteering.

Thank-you @jillian.harris for your lovely card! And thank-you for everything YOU do for the mental wellness of our community! - - We are thrilled that you got our Bot-Bot the Robot Finds His Feelings books for your children. This year, more than probably ever, it will be important to check in with our children’s feelings, as Christmas morning and day will look a lot different with fewer family and friends joining in on the celebrations. -... - #merrylittlechristmas #childrenmentalhealth #mentalheathawareness #letstalkmentalhealth See more

Calling all business and community leaders in the Central Okanagan! Please join us in find solutions to recruit and retain more ECEs into our community :)

Thank-YOU City City of Kelowna for helping us recognize National Child Day! Especially during these times of uncertainty, it’s vital, now more than ever, to recognize, encourage and foster our children’s development and early years education!

Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for Appetite to Play Online Workshop on November 30, 2020. https://trellis.org/appetitetoplay

Great training course for ECE program managers: https://bcearlyyearshub.ca//wccrc-training-administration/

To celebrate National Child Day (Nov. 20), we have collaborated with our partners around the Central Okanagan Early Years Partnership to host a week-long Story Walk in 10 different parks in the Central Okanagan! To learn more about this event and how to participate go to our website: https://childhoodconnections.ca/central-okanagan-early-y// -... - #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears #unignorable #storywalk #strongcommunity #locallove #communitycollaboration See more

Amazing funding opportunity for ECE students and those upgrading to obtaining their Infant Toddler and/or Special Needs Educator qualifications. If you are an ECE student or working in the ECE field and looking to upgrade we can help you apply for one of the below bursaries! Student Bursary: up to $500 per course, to a maximum of 8 courses, for a total of $4,000 per semester to assist with tuition and living expenses while studying.... Workforce Development Bursary: up to $5,000 per semester to assist with tuition and other expenses such as loss of wages or travel. This funding will support ECEs, ECE Assistants, Responsible Adults (as defined in the Child Care Licensing Regulation) and StrongStart BC Facilitators who are currently working in the ECE field and would like to upgrade their credentials.

Our amazing You Are Collective Ask Me How I Feel collection proudly showcased by the #AndersonHuntBunch girls!! - - If you asked us how we felt that day, 4 out of 4 would have said, cold!!! and excited and proud - these young girls were so excited to be supporting a great cause: children’s mental wellness! -... - Proceeds of the sale of these awesome T-shirts go to funding free play therapy sessions for children in our community and we think that is AMAZING!! Buy yours today - what an awesome Xmas gift idea!! - https://youarecollective.ca//new-the-playful-healing-colle - - #askmehowifeel #childrensmentalhealth #everychildmatters #communitycollaboration #locallove #strongertogether See more

Attention licensed child care providers in rceipt of CCOF, Please see below for the new one-time Child Care Health and Safety Grant (HSG). It is available to open, licensed child care facilities in receipt of Child Care Operating Funding (CCOF) or participating as Universal Child Care Prototype Sites. The HSG is to:... Support the operation of as many licensed spaces as possible while also following the Public Health Guidance for Child Care Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic Offset the additional costs associated with operating safely during the COVID-19 pandemic CCOF providers received a link to the HSG Application form by email, with a deadline to apply by November 25, 2020. Prototype Site providers do not need to apply. More information about the HSG can be found online at gov.bc.ca/childcarehealthsafetygrant. We hope this information will assist you in responding to any inquiries.

The Children’s Festival Society of Kelowna is excited to announce our FIRST-EVER Virtual Children’s Festival! Join in the excitement of celebrating 30 years of festival fun right from the comfort of your own home or classroom. https://docs.google.com//2PACX-1vRRGixAivlidK-BGBgYj1/pub

Lest we Forget. Ideas to explain the importance of Remembrance Day to Children: Focus on honouring people Talk about your family history Share why we wear poppies ... Read a story together (What is Peace? By Wallace Edwards) Talk about contributions of women and minorities in the war - Never forget the contributions and sacrifices of the men and women who have served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peaceespecially those who did not return. -Veterans Affairs Canada - - #lestweforget #keeptheirmemoriesalive #earlychildhooddevelopment #earlyyears See more

Register for our upcoming workshop and brainstorm ways for recruitment and retention of ECE's and other solutions to the current child care crisis.

Honoured to be nominated alongside two organizations who continue to inspire us: BC SPCA (BCSPCA)and The Bridge Youth & Family Services, both serving populations that are vulnerable and need strong advocates to help them be heard! - - AND HUGE congrats to You Are Collective for being a finalist for Rising Star Business of the Year!!! YAS!! Absolutely no surprise there, guys!! We are so thrilled to have you in our community breaking down stigma and supporting a wide ...range of mental health initiatives!!! - - Thanks to Kelowna Chamber of Commerce for putting on events like these to recognize the strong community organizations who are making a difference everyday in our community!! - - #strongcommunity #unignorable #locallove #makingadifference #creatingchange #makinganimpact See more

What are your Occasional Childcare needs? Take our survey and enter to win a $25 gc from Starbucks!

Child Care Health and Safety Grant closes for application November 25th, 2020. This grant is open to licensed child care facilities receiving CCOF funding. The HSG is a one-time grant payment. https://www2.gov.bc.ca//investment-in-/health-safety-grant

This is always a good reminder and it goes for hot dogs too!

Anyone need a lot of orange paper, black paint and glue...??!Now selling art supplies curb side! - - #artsupplies #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhoodeducator #earlyyearseducation #earlyyearseducator #familyresourcecenter #familyresources

Sorry for the delay everyone! This week's menu is now ready to order. Relvas Catering is offering two choices this week: Roast Turkey Dinner or Roast Beef Dinne...r - just in time for thanksgiving weekend. *gluten free available. DunnEnzies Pizza Co. has their LUIGI pizza meal and their TERRE VERDE pizza See more

Thankful for all of you who have touched a child’s life and made them smile and feel important and wonderful to be alive! Happy Thanksgiving! The work you do is the most important work.

Want free coffee? If you're in need of Occasional Childcare, we want to hear from you! Please take our 3-minute survey and enter to win a $50 Starbucks gift card: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/occasionalchildcare

Please support us and the other amazing organization supporting mental wellness in our community!!! Thank-YOU You Are Collective for ALL you do - we you guys!!

Important document update from BC Center for Disease Control on Public Health Guidance for Child Care Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic http://www.bccdc.ca//COVID_public_/Guidance_Child_Care.pdf

Orange Shirt Day is an event, created in 2013, designed to educate people and promote awareness in Canada about the Indian residential school system and the impact it has had on Indigenous communities for over a centuryan impact recognized as a cultural genocide, and an impact that continues today. - - Talk to children about what happened so that together we can break the cycle -... - #orangeshirtday #everychildmatters #unignorable See more

My Family Services and the Service Provider Portal will be unavailable during the following outage: Sunday, September 27 between 6 am and 10 am Friday, October 2 from 7 pm to Saturday, October 3 at 1 am Sunday, October 4 from 8 am to 2 pm https://myfamilyservices.gov.bc.ca/s/login/

Excited for the @unitedwaysibc 70th Annual Campaign Kick Off Lunch to start! And excited to be a lunch partner with @relvascatering to support the amazing work the United Way does in our community! - - #unignorable #locallove #communityinvestment #childrenandyouth #poverty #communityaction #healthystrongcommunity

This weeks menu is available for ordering. Our menu this week is: Relvas Caterings -Chicken or Vegetable Enchiladas meal DunnEnzies Pizza Co. - 'DONAIR Pizza m...eal DunnEnzies Pizza Co. -TONI BEETS Pizza meal. https://trellis.org/nourishfamiliesinitiative

VOTE CHILDCARE on OCT 24! - WHY - BECAUSE there is no economic recovery without adequate child care... - As we begin to shape the new normal, child care must be at the heart of the post-COVID economy. Child care encourages participation in the labour market and is also an important source of employment for women an economic driver in and of itself. Investments in the care economy will largely pay for themselves as middle class families engage in greater labour-market participation, higher productivity, rising incomes, and increased tax revenue. - Read more here: https://canadianlabour.ca/there-is-no-economic-recovery-wi/ - - #votechildcare #childcarematters #empoweringfamilies

Your vote matters. If you plan to avoid the polls and would rather mail in your vote you do need to register. It takes 1 minute to complete the registration request.

So excited for this beautiful book, Bot-Bot the Robot Finds His Feelings, to come to life and help us talk to our children about their feelings! To purchase this book, please go to trellis.org/playfulhealingbookfundraiser All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to our free play therapy sessions in our Playful Healing program! ... Thank-YOU for your support

We are so thankful to be able to collaborate with You Are Collective! Understanding, fostering and encouraging Social + Emotional wellness in children is a very important part of the work we do to support childcare providers and families. We are so excited to be a part of these important conversations. Thank-you for the important and foundational work you’re doing for our children - they might not know it now, but their futures are even brighter because of you!!

We are back to supporting and bolstering up our existing community family resource programs in the Central Okanagan!! - Every Monday, we’ll be at Webber Road Community Centre from 9:30-11:30am. - Every Thursday, we’ll be at Reiswig Regional Park from 9:30-11:30am!... - And starting next week, we’ll be at Martin Ave Community Centre every Tuesday from 9:30-11:30am - Please come out and connect with our program support staff for family resources, bread, activity bags, childcare subsidy support, child development screening tools (ASQs) and more! See more

Thank-you to our grower and gardener volunteers at @jcikelowna! The veggies picked this weekend at @helensacreskelowna are being delivered this week to our families-in-need with a yummy salsa recipe!! - - Thank-YOU to United Way Southern Interior BC for your financial support for our family resource programming!... - - #locallove #volunteers #communitystrong #supportivecommunity #unignorable #learningtocook #madefresh #familyresourceprogram See more

We've partnered with Relvas Catering for a one-time-only additional ordering event this week. It was created to provide lunch for United Way's virtual lunch event this Friday, but is available for anyone to order! Get yourself or your office lunch for this Friday (Sept 25) and feed a family in need for every meal ordered! *All meals are to be picked up at The Sandwich Company By Relvas Catering on Friday morning between 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM... Don't miss out. Order today.

Hi everyone, we have made the tough decision to cancel Mother Goose in the Park tomorrow. Due to the smoky weather we don't feel it is a good idea to be outside.... We are hopeful the weather will clear up for next week and hope to see you all then. We'll pop by momentarily tomorrow just in case anyone missed the cancellation!

Hello Nourish Family! (I like to think we are a sort of Family at this point). This weeks menu is available for ordering. Our new ordering platform did well last week and we'd love to know what you think of it! Our menu this week is:... Relvas - Slow Roasted Beef Brisket DunnEnzies - 'CALI-FAMILIA' Pizza meal DunnEnzies - 'ADONIS "THE GREEK"' Pizza meal See more

Last Chance to sign up for Pete the Cat Make and Take in the Park on Monday September 14th. Clink on link below for registration : https://trellis.org/make-and-take-pete-the-cat