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On May 5 th 2016, the Queens

Childcare Network (QCCN) host-

ed the Childcare Provider Appre-

ciation Day where the Network

members were recognized for

their achievements in various skill

categories. They received special

gift baskets and were congratu-

lated by their peers.

In appreciation for the hard work,

Queens Community House gifted

Dunkin Donut gift cards to each

childcare provider, among other

donations from local businesses

which were raffled off.

The winner in the category of

Academics was Diana Naupari

for her dedication to supporting

the academic achievement of the

children. Concepcion Perez was

recognized for creating a loving

and trusting environment for

both the parents and children in

her daycare.

Childcare Provider

Appreciation Day

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Welcome Korean

American Providers

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Korean- American

Recipe

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Allergy Prevention 6

Craft

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Recycle Craft and

Upcoming Events

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Inside this issue: Childcare Provider Appreciation Day

June, 2016 Volume 3, Issue 1

Queens Childcare Network Spring Newsletter

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Maria Penaherrera was recognized for her drive to promote healthy recreation.

that they are engaged with group activities. Melissa Galfano has shown her

constant support for her fellow childcare professionals through assisting QCCN

staff with their work to benefit the network members. Rosalba Sarmiento

demonstrated professionalism and organization by being prompt and precise with

CACFP documentation submission for QCCN.

As you will see in the next section, we would like to recognize our Korean

American providers who have joined the Network. As part of the Appreciation

Day Event, H annah Ko was recognized for showing promise for professional ad-

vancement and lasting success by her example of excellence as a provid-

er. Another Korean American provider of note is Young Kim, for supporting

family values and the importance of stressing the development of chil-

dren at home in a family setting.

In order to place the providers into these categories, the parents of the

children enrolled were asked to complete a brief survey regarding the skills

they found valuable in their childcare provider. QCCN was glad to receive many

responses and pleased by the positive messages about the providers. We thank

the providers for sharing their unique stories about how they began working as

childcare providers and their relationship with QCCN. QCCN values the skills

childcare focused program.

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Welcome to Our Korean American Childcare Providers Thanks to the Korean American Community Foundation, QCCN was honored to have

7 new Korean American providers join the Network over the last year. Special at-

tention has been paid to these providers through workshops, training, technical sup-

pare these women to enter the workforce, work from home, develop a work - life bal-

ance, and expand their businesses with the support of fellow childcare professionals.

In addition, Hannah, a Korean American staff member of QCCN, has shown strong

dedication by facilitating the entrance of these providers into the program by voic-

ing their needs and assisting them with meeting the Child and Adult Care Food Pro-

gram (CACFP) standards. QCCN looks forward to welcoming more new providers and

thanks its current providers for serving as strong examples of what QCCN and Ko-

rean Americans can offer to the community. On the next page you will find a bit of

information on each of these new providers. Below is a picture from the Childcare

Provider Appreciation Day Event which features some of our new providers. From

left to right: Young R. Kim, Young Yoo and Hannah Ko.