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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
- You
are cordially invited to our
first annual "A White Linen Affair" fundraiser!
It will be a festive
evening of appetizers, cocktail sampling, music, and exciting
raffle prizes. A White Linen Affair takes place on August 13th
at the Lakeside Pavilion in Chico. For more details and registration
information please
click here. We hope to see you
there!
- We've
updated our calendar
for July. Check
out the workshops and classes offered this month.
- We are
moving our newsletter, The Exchange, from a quarterly, printed
version to a monthly electronic version delivered via e-mail.
We hope this will allow us to keep you better informed in
a more timely manner about our services and the issues affecting
families in Butte County. If
you enjoy The Exchange, please join our mailing list.
- PG&E offers
two programs to help you with your PG&E bills. The California
Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) Program provides a monthly
discount on energy bills for income qualified households, and
the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) Program provides a
monthly discount on electric bills for income qualified households
of three or more persons. Details and application forms for these
programs are available here.
- 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!
- 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!
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