Bright Futures Family Day Care Scheme (formally known as Kwinana FDC) is holding a dinner dance on 25th October 2008, to celebrate its 20th Anniversary.

Guest Speaker, Ian Lillico, will address past and current Care Providers, staff and invited guests on the evening.

Any past Care Providers or staff, who would like to attend, can contact Bright Futures directly.

The City of Cockburn held its first major event to celebrate its 30th Anniversary on August 18th. About one hundred people, including current Family Day Care Providers and staff, as well as some Parent users and previous Care Providers joined the celebration.

Dr Margaret Sims, Associate Professor, from Edith Cowan University was the guest speaker on the evening and spoke about her research on early brain development and the stress levels of young children in Childcare.

Three current Care Providers, who between them have provided over 64 years of care, assisted the previous Child Care Services Manager, June Barton, to cut the anniversary cake.

The current Child Care Services Manager, Sandra Taylor, thanked Care Providers and staff for their commitment to quality care.

A big thank you to all the parents and the parents-to-be who visited the Family Day Care WA stand, at the recent Parenting, Babies and Children Expo in Claremont.
The stand was manned by staff from different Family Day Care Schemes in the metropolitan and country areas. It was a great opportunity to talk to Parents and explain how Family Day Care operates, as well as the employment opportunities and childcare options that are available.

The free survey toy raffle, which was donated by Educational Experience, attracted a lot of interest. Congratulations to the two prize winners:

1st Prize: Cherone McEnteer
2nd Prize: Lisa Wall

Scheme staff, may make follow up calls to people, who indicated an interest about child care or becoming a Care Provider on the survey sheets.

Thank you to all those people who visited the Family Day Care stand and participated in the survey.