While I was looking around the site, I became disappointed because there was little I had not seen. They did not have many outside links to follow and not much on what we are studying this week. As I continued to search around I found an article that was in a newspaper about WalMart. As I often shop at WalMart and have heard pretty nasty things about them in the news lately I was intrigued, I followed the link and found that WalMart had donated $300,000 to the NBDCI to help promote healthy eating habits in American families. This was apart of a campaign done by Michelle Obama to help healthy eating habits become better known and more affordable.
One thing i did notice was the link that I talked about last time, the organization is offering a challenge to states to see who can have the highest percentage of licenced operating centers. This may have potential to relate to this weeks discussion, if a center is licenced, they may be in the running for being accessible and available to all walks of life. This may help promote their business and allow families to afford to take their children to daycare. This may create a new way to find excellence within daycare centers in your community and not just a Babysitting service.
I am sorry to say that there was not much else that related to our topic this week. I am a little disappointed with the site that I have chosen for this course. I thought it would be more informative and have links and potential to help the black communities and their families. The site or organization is doing wonderful things to help but has yet to show a lot of it on their website. Many things are the same from week to week. The most interesting thing about this site, to me, is the black history facts that are always listed on the side of the site page. Those change from day to day and I find them fascinating.
Hi Tiffany, Thanks for the great info. It's nice to hear something good about Walmart once in a while. What is the money going to be used for?
ReplyDeleteTiffany,
DeleteHealthy eating habits are really catching on and I saw Michelle Obama working out with kids at a school on the news last week. It had something to do with get them up and moving. Walmart donates and does a lot for communities. We need all businesses that can to step up and partner for the children. You make a good point about hte licenseed centers being available and accessible they may also have educated teachers, which could mean higher quality. It would be nice if this helped the cost for families, but it
s my fear it may run it up more. I have found the sights do not update very often, but maybe it's updated monthly. That's really about all we've viewed them. I suppose that's not too unreasonable.
Thanks for sharing,
Ginny
Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteThat seems like a great motivation for the centers, and a unique way to increase the standards of the operating center. In my opinion all centers should be licensed, including homes, because so many home providers are not doing their job. Kids need motivation, learning opportunities and play, and a lot of children are stuck in front of tv's, limited interaction, and poorly supervised, which is a great liability.