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Welcome
to Valley Oak Children's Services |
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Valley Oak Children’s
Services, Inc. is a private non-profit agency serving Butte County.
Our primary function is to make child care more accessible to parents
while encouraging quality care situations for families in our area.
You can find out more about us here, and
get information about the programs we offer here.
If you have any questions concerning the information presented here,
there are several ways to contact us. |
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What's
New
- Spring has sprung
and we've updated our Calendar page
for May. Check out the classes and workshops offered this month.
- Parent Voices is a
parent-run, parent-led grassroots organization joining together
to influence the budget decisions that state legislators make
for our children and families. Join
them at Stand
For Children on May 7th.
- The CARES Program's
2008 Stipend Application is here,
and the application deadline is May 15th. For more information
please e-mail
our CARES program coordinator, or call Cari Freeman at (530) 899-4943.
- Now you
can help Valley Oak Children's Services and support our programs
just by searching the Internet. GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered
search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about
a penny per search, to the organizations its users designate.
Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search
results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com
is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of
each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores
including Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes &
Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an
order, you’ll be supporting Valley Oak Children's Services.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com
and be sure to enter Valley Oak Children's Services as the charity
you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!
- Make
your car a
and give a 
to help make the world a safer place for the children you  .
California Kid's Plates help keep California kids safe. Proceeds
from these plates fund programs that benefit California's child
injury prevention efforts, such as bicycle safety, drowning prevention,
fall prevention, fire and burn prevention, motor vehicle occupant
protection, pedestrian safety, poisoning prevention, firearm safety,
sudden infant death syndrome, child abuse prevention and child
care health and safety training. Visit the
Kid's Plate web site to find out more.
- Our CARES
program, in collaboration with the Butte College and Chico State
Child Development Departments, will be offering on-campus, drop-in
early care and education career advising services. These services
are for anyone related to the early care and education field.
Click here
for details.
- Parent
Central California, is a new source for resources and information
about issues affecting children and families. Valley Oak Children's
Services invites parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, educators
and anyone interested in improving the lives of children to join
this online community. Members can receive e-mails or visit the
site to learn about opportunities to get involved by voicing your
comments and concerns to decision makers.
Parent
Central will give families the information they want to receive
at any given time. Each person who signs up can choose the area
or areas that most meet their needs. We will have information
on child development, tips related to raising children or using
child care and more!
- You can
now help Valley Oak Children's Services continue to help children
by making an on-line
donation. Making a donation through our secure server is fast
and easy, and when we receive your donation we will send you an
acknowledgement in the mail for tax purposes. Thanks for your
support!
Please Note:
Our on-line donations are handled by
a non-profit service. LIC.ORG is the name that will appear on
your credit card statement, not Valley Oak.
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