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So many stories leading up to Day Without Childcare that we're having a hard time keeping up! Thanks to WDIO for another great story on how lack of childcare impacts businesses! www.wdio.com/front-page/t... #dwocc25 #DayWithoutChildCare

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Only FOUR more sleeps until Day Without Childcare in Minnesota. Have you changed your profile pic yet? Find them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Tune into 94.1 Frogtown Community Radio RIGHT NOW (5 pm) for a Little Moments Count podcast with childcare providers Celeste Amara Finn from Big Wonder Child Care (and one of her moms, Leslie Rumsey!) and Angie Clair from Wilder Child Development Center to talk about Day Without Childcare.

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Happening Now: Angela Kapp is testifying in the Taxes Committee about childcare...

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Only FIVE more sleeps until Day Without Childcare! Check out what's happening in Duluth! Huge shoutout to the YWCA Duluth for partnering with us on the event at the Duluth Children's Museum! You can join us. Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/vQ6ld811cE6_... #dwocc25 #DayWithoutChildCare

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We are less than a week away from Day Without Childcare on Monday, March 8. Let's get you signed up to join us. In the metro? Join us for a powerful event at Wilder Child Development Center from 1:00-4:00 pm. In kid language, there will be arts and crafts, snacks, a parade, and then "talking."

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It's Monday! Our Monday leader shoutout goes to someone who took a BIG step out of her comfort zone and recorded a video for us to encourage MORE parents like herself to get involved with Day Without Childcare on Monday, March 3! Here she is: www.facebook.com/reel/1627700...

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Kids Count on Us leaders are busy this weekend connecting with each other and learning how to take their organizing to the next level! And creating joy in the work! How lucky are Minnesota kids to have them?! Go Monique and Shon! #fundchildcare

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We're counting down to March 3 and Day Without Childcare in Minnesota. Will we see you there? Go to www.kidscountonus.com/events to find an action near you! #DWOCC #FundChildCare

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Hey! Join us for Day Without Childcare on March 3. You can participate from anywhere in Minnesota (or further afield too). Start by visiting grabbing a profile pic from here and changing yours! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Happy Cold Monday! Our Monday leader shoutout will warm your heart... Check out this great WDIO story by Renee Passal featuring our Monday leader shoutout - Amanda Reed of Milestones Daycare in Virginia. www.wdio.com/front-page/t...

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We will miss her as our senator but happy for her to spend more time with her family - supporting families is kind of one of our core values! And hers! Her Outreach Director for Childcare visited Pine Pals in Bemidji yesterday - read about it! www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/s...

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This is such a good story, and really explains what the challenges are and what we can do to solve them - #FundChildCare

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Busy day yesterday connecting with electeds at Duluth and St. Louis County Days at the Capitol! We are grateful for the partnership of so many childcare champions who know that what we truly need is MONEY! #FundChildCare

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Minnesota childcare providers, teachers, and parents are taking action on March 3 for A MN Day Without Childcare. Check out this story on WDIO to learn about why! www.wdio.com/front-page/t...

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Check out this coverage of last night's roundtable at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in the Pioneer Press! www.twincities.com/2025/02/11/h...

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Minnesota child care was already in crisis — before the threat of a federal freeze minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/10/m... Excited to be able to share from The Reformer straight to Blue Sky! Oh, and #FundChildCare

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Child care centers in Minnesota are closing. A bailout isn’t likely any time soon. minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/11/c... Great coverage of our roundtable with legislators last night! #FundChildCare

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What a Monday! Our Monday leader shoutout started her Monday morning with her fantastic OpEd getting published in the Minnesota Reformer, and ended it with an incredible childcare roundtable that she was instrumental in organizing! Huge, huge shoutout to Celeste Finn of Big Wonder Child Care! 1/3

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Providers across MN are closing their doors on Monday, March 3 for a Day Without Childcare You can learn more about actions across the state and how you can participate or plan your own today from 1:00-2:00 pm on Zoom. Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/Yu_ibj7kpk21... Sneak peek of new buttons!

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A very quick read that summarizes EXACTLY WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW about why it is so difficult for families to find childcare (in TX AND MN). Spend the 30 seconds it takes to scan it, especially you #mnleg! www.axios.com/local/san-an...

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Parents and Caregivers met yesterday both virtually and in person in Duluth to talk about what they want the future of childcare to look like! We really, really like their ideas! #FundChildCare

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The wonderful directors at Summit School in Duluth, Ms. India and Mr. Nate, gave new State Rep Pete Johnson a tour last week. It was so much fun they forgot to take photos, so we took the liberty to photoshop him in! Check out the photos of their cool space! #FundChildCare #childcareprovider

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Thanks South Metro Child Care for hosting fabulous Childcare Champion Rep. Nathan Coulter for a tour tonight. Especially with threats to federal childcare funding, we are grateful for his work for children and families and those who care for them in Minnesota!

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Welcome to Monday and to our Monday leader shoutout! It's the fantastic Lydia Pietruszewski, director of Pine Pals Intergenerational Learning Child Care and Preschool! She's also the director of the Bemidji Early Childhood Collaborative...(cont)

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A good time to remind you all that immigrant women make up almost 25% of the childcare workforce across the country! And a large number of them provide family based care...(cont) www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...

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Kids Count on Us leaders Amber and Liz talked with KSTP about increasing demand for childcare with parents having to go back to the office and what will happen to childcare if federal funding freezes - it's not good. But this report is! Watch! #fundchildcare kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

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Just FYI, this is WITH federal funding for Child Care Assistance... #FundChildCare

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Yesterday! State Representative Michael Howard and State Representative Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn visited the Zoe Child Care Center in Richfield, and toured and talked with April, the director!

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❤️ It's Monday! Today's Monday leader shoutout has been shouted out before, but she JUST WON'T STOP! One of these photos IS like the other - they both have the indomitable @mowebbstu of School Readiness Learning Academy AND a MAYOR! (The one with Mayor Frey was featured in his newsletter.)

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One of our favorite things to share - videos sent by childcare providers that highlight the awesome #highqualitychildcare happening across MN! Not much better for brain development than exploring in nature!

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It’s Monday! And to start off your week- we’re shouting out an amazing KCOU leader who celebrated the grand opening of her new center on Saturday! You know how much persistence and courage, it takes to do that right?! Congrats Lashonda Flowers on the launch of Beautiful Beginnings Learning Center!

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