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Child Care Day 2011
Wednesday, February 16th
Arizona State Capitol – 1700 W. Washington

ACTIVITIES*
8:00am – 9:00am – Information Room Open – Old Capitol Parlor
 
9:00am – 11:00am – Attend Committee Hearings
House – Health and Human Services
Senate – Public Safety and Human Services
 
11:00am – 12:30pm – Presentations – All will be held in the
Old Senate Chamber 3rd Floor in Old Captiol. Group Session, hear the latest on the State Budget, child care issues, and advocacy.  Remarks by Invited Legislators.
 
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Open to meet with Legislators (Schedule in advance), drop off letters at Legislators offices.
LUNCH on your own.
 
1:30pm – 2:00pm – Group Introductions from Senate and House Galleries
 
2:00pm – Attend Committee Hearings
House – Appropriations
Senate – Health Care and Medical
 
Afternoon will be free to meet with your Legislators, you will need to schedule with them in advance.
 
Click here to find your Legislators. 
 
*The day’s events will be fluid and flexible.   
   

CHILD CARE DAY IS SPONSORED BY:
Arizona Child Care Association
Association for Supportive Child Care
Children’s Action Alliance
Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition (PAFCO)
Early Care and Education Consortium
 
SUPPORTERS INCLUDE: 
Child and Family Resources
Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children and its Affiliates
Southwest Human Development
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence

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Registration is open for the 11th annual Lights On Afterschool – October 21, 2010! 

The U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention have signed up for the nation’s biggest afterschool celebration, and the Empire State Building has announced that it again will light up in yellow in honor of Lights On Afterschool!   Take part by opening your doors to show off what is happening after school.

Register now and you could win cool giveaways from FEIT ELECTRIC.  You will also get free posters and event tips and updates.  Our online toolkit makes it easy to plan an event, from a talent show to a large rally.  Every site registered in August will be entered in a drawing to win 100 energy-saving, long lasting, earth-friendly compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).   Give the light bulbs to your event guests, use them at your program, or let kids take them home to remind parents how your program keeps the lights on after school.

Last year, 1 million Americans celebrated Lights On Afterschool, from New Hampshire to New Mexico.  We know that times are hard, and families and communities have to do more with much less.  Afterschool support is more important now than ever.  Let’s show the country what can – and should – happen after school.   

Warm regards,
The Afterschool Alliance

PS: Here’s another green idea: use FEIT ELECTRIC CFLs as fundraisers for your program! Contact FEIT ELECTRIC directly by emailing marketing@feit.com.

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The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are partnering to develop and disseminate a series of Issue Briefs that address topics related to middle school youth and afterschool programs. Nominate a program by April 23, 2010 for a chance to receive a MetLife Afterschool Innovator Award and be highlighted in one of our Issue Briefs. 

Awardees will be recognized in the related Issue Brief and in the final compendium.  Awards will be given out by the Afterschool Alliance in conjunction with the 2010 Lights On Afterschool and each recipient will receive an award of $5,000 to be used to continue or improve upon the highlighted program.

Our online nomination form can be found at

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/metlife2010  and additional details are available online at http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/metLife.cfm .  If you have any questions please contact Chris D’Agostino at

cdagostino@afterschoolalliance.org   or call (202) 347-2030.

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