PO Box 1808, 2020 Massey Drive Prince George, BC V2L 4V7 Phone: 250-563-2483 Fax: 250-563-2482 Toll Free: 1-800-680-6699 http://nbc.ymca.ca/ www.ccrr.bc.ca [email protected]Prince George CCRR Newsletter Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Virtual Outreach Hours Tuesdays 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Every 4 th Tuesday 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Highland Office Hours Lending Library open by appointment Closures Wednesday, July 1 – Canada Day Monday, August 3 – BC Day Funded by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development Sponsored by the YMCA of Northern BC 1 Prince George CCRR Newsletter STAFF Alisha Wilson Coordinator Lea Rodger Community Consultant Aleasha Beier Family Consultant Joanne Hardy Outreach Consultant Serving the Communities of: Prince George, McBride, Valemount, Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser, Burns Lake, McLeod Lake, Mackenzie, Kwadacha, Upper Fraser.
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PO Box 1808, 2020 Massey Drive Prince George, BC V2L 4V7
Funded by the BC Mi nistry of Children and Family Development
Sponsored by the Y MCA of Northern BC 2
First Aid Training
FYI- The Canadian Red Cross has gone to a paperless certificate system. Participants will have the options to print, reprint, download, or forward certification to an employer
*NEW! Books will provided in the classroom for student use, students who wish to takeabook home can purchase one for $10 or download a comprehensive guide
at http://www.redcross.ca/crc/documents/Comprehensive_Guide_for_FirstAidCPR_en.pdf
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Sponsored by the YMCA of Northern BC 3
First Aid Training
Details for Red Cross Certificates: (120 day extension) https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/coronavirus-information/120-day-certification-extension-course
St. Johns Ambulance Certificates: (90 day extension) https://www.sja.ca/English/Courses-and-
Hello everybody! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy, and are excited/nervous for things to go back to normal, or rather, our NEW normal! Although our office is still
closed to the public, our Lending Library has re-opened for curbside pick-up. Give us a call if you have materials you need to return, or for instructions and pick up times to borrow new materials. Our Toy and Resource Lending Library catalogue is available online through the YMCA of Northern BC website at: https://nbc.ymca.ca/ - under
Community Initiatives, then Initiatives & Programs.
It was such a wonderful pleasure to meet many of you during Child Care Appreciation Month of May. I know it has been especially challenging the last couple of months and
you have worked tirelessly to make sure children of essential service workers were given priority care, while continuing to support your regular families during this pandemic.
Thank you for everything that you do each day with children.
Facebook Live Circle Times are still ongoing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00am. Thursdays at 11:00am, a variety of activities are demonstrated for school age children.
‘Like’ the YMCA of Northern BC Facebook page to tune in and join in with me! As always, I am available via phone, email, or video chat. If you need help with anything throughout the next few months, connect with me. For child care providers that usually close for the summer: have a wonderful time off, enjoy the sunshine, and I look forward
to re-connecting with you in September.
♡ Sending positive thoughts and love to you and your families! ♡-Lea Rodger, Community Consultant-
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Outreach Corner
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Happy Summer. The daylight is longer and the outside is available to stretch our legs. It may look a little different than we anticipated, but there is still so much to
be grateful for.
In the outreach corner we have a new feature for the coming months. Every Tuesday Afternoon there is a zoom opportunity. We will help you find resources for parenting topics, funding questions, child care ideas, and more. Tuesdays 1:30pm-
3:00pm and every 4th Tuesday 6:00pm-7:30pm to get the zoom sign on information go to:
I will be checking in with you every two weeks, if you have any questions, concerns or changes in service. Always feel free to email or call the office, we are happy to
help! I hope that this will be a great summer for all with many new and fun activities to do with the children in your care.
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Lending Library Corner
The Lending Library is open with a few very important changes.
Massey Location: We are accepting returns of bins that were borrowed prior to the Pandemic, as well as sign out new items. You can find the Lending Library
Catalogue at nbc.ymca.ca under Community Initiatives and then Initiatives and Programs, Child Care
Resource and Referral. Please call ahead with items that you would like to check out.
This will be a curbside pick-up/drop-off service during office hours. You will need to call the office to let us know that you are here and we will come down to
collect/bring you your items.
Highland Location: Pick-up or drop-off of items that are located at our Highland location will be by
appointment only. Please call the office to set up an appointment.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time of transition. Please contact us at
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Bright Ideas
These bright Ideas are made with items you can find in your home or at the dollar store. Cut out the ideas and attach them to a ring to save them. Drop them off at CCRR for laminating if you want! ( $1.50 a foot)
Frozen Yogurt Bites -200g Yogurt of your choice (we used naturalyogurt)-Handful offresh raspberries-Handful offresh blueberries
Directions:
Lay out approximately 12 cupcake cases on a small baking sheet or tray . Using a spoon, dollop some yogurt into the bottom of each cake case until all the yogurt has gone. Pop a few pieces of fruit into each cup, pressing them down into the yogurt. Place them into the freezer and leave to freeze for a couple of hours until set solid.
What you need: 1.5 Cups Shaving Cream ½ cup Elmer’s glue ¼ cup flour Bowl, spatula,plastic baggie Scissors, paper, googley Eyes, tiny black pom poms, snow sequins. Mix flour, glue and shaving cream in bowl. Scoop into Plastic bag, snip the corner Squeeze some onto the Paper, use spatula or paint Brush to spread around to Look like a melted snowman Add paper hat, eyes, paper Nose, and snow glitter.
DIY Ribbon Wands
Wooden dowels Various colorful fabric ribbon Scissors Hot glue
DIY Ribbon Wands Directions: Cut the ribbon to your desired lengths. Optional: Burn the edges of the ribbon to keep them from fraying. Tie one ribbon at a time to the end of the dowel. Secure it from sliding or coming undone with some hot glue, and let it dry completely. Once dry, hand one ribbon wand to each kid and let them run around outside.
#1 Dad Trophy
Supplies: Styrofoam cup Yellow paper Yellow Pain Paint Brush Marker
Directions: -Paint cup on the inside and outside, let dry-Cut out and glue handles onto the side-Cut a base and glue the cup to it.-Write your message on the base and sayingon the cup
We are pleased to announce that we are able to host our Summer Active Play in the Parks program! It is
with much enthusiasm that we welcome Reece and Hailey to our team for the summer to facilitate
this wonderful program! They will be out and about in parks in Prince George and surrounding
areas.
Our Summer Active Play program is based on developing physical literacy skills for children aged
1-12. This program will get the children in yourcentres or families active while playing games and doing crafts that develop lifelong skills. Please see
our schedule in this newsletter.
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CCRR Summer Park Program
Summer Schedule
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July 2020
Monday, July 6 Ron Brent Elementary
10:00am-12:00pm Lheidli T’enneh Band Shelter
1:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday, July 7 Salmon Valley Elementary
10:00am-11:30am Hart Skate Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday, July 8 Willow River Playground
10:00-11:30am Blackburn Elementary
1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday, July 9 Milburn Park 10:00am-12:00pm Azure Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Monday, July 13 Foothills Elementary 10:00am-12:00pm Vanbien Elementary 1:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday, July 14 Miworth Community Hall
10:00am-12:00pm Zimmaro Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday, July 15 Bednesti Park 10:00am-12:00pm Spruceland Traditional Elementary
1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday, July 16 Lheidli T’enneh North Side Reserve Playground
10:00am-11:30am Clapperton Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Monday, July 20 Highland Elementary 10:00am-12:00pm Strathcona Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday, July 21 Fort St James: David Hoy Elementary
11:00am-12:00pm Vanderhoof: Ferland Park
1:30pm-3:00pm
Wednesday, July 22 Buckhorn Elementary 11:00am-11:30am Pineview Elementary 1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday, July 23 Beaverly Elementary 11:00am-12:00pm Southridge Elementary 1:30pm-3:30pm
Monday, July 27 Duchess Park 10:00am-12:00pm Clapperton Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday, July 28 Heather Park 10:00am-12:00pm Stirling Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday, July 29 Foot Park 10:00am-12:00pm Pinewood Elementary 1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday, July 30 Coyle Park 10:00am-12:00pm Harper Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Summer Park Schedule - July
Summer Schedule
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Summer Park Schedule - August
August 2020
Tuesday, August 4 Salmon Valley Elementary
10:00am-11:30am Hart Skate Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday, August 5 Valemount – Centennial Park
11:30am-12:30pm McBride- Steve Kolida Village
1:30pm-2:30pm
Thursday, August 6 Lheili T’enneh Northside Reserve Playground
10:00am-11:30am Clapperton Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Monday, August 10 Foothills Elementary 10:00am-12:00pm Vanbien Elenentary 1:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday, August 11 Miworth Park 10:00am-12:00pm Zimmaro Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday, August 12
Bednesti Park 10:00am-12:00pm Spruceland Traditional Elementary
1:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday, August 13 Milburn Park 10:00am-12:00pm Azure Park 1:30pm-3:30pm
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Like many of you, we've been eagerly awaiting the moment when we can re-open our doors to the community. We're thrilled that that moment has finally arrived.
We’re excited to announce that our YMCA CCRR offices will be
re-opening to assist you in person beginning on June 29, 2020. To maintain the health and safety of our clients and staff this will be by appointment only.
During Phase 2 of the B.C. restart plan, we have developed enhanced protocols to
ensure that we are operating within public health and safety guidelines.
What you can expect from us to help maintain a healthy and safe environment for our clients and staff:
Frequent hand washing Plexiglass barriers Physical distancing
Regular cleaning and disinfecting of all high-touch points One-way direction markers installed for staff and client safety
Staff supporting clients with the Affordable Child Care Benefit application will have the ability to remote screen assist.
To book your visit to any of our CCRR offices, please call or email:
