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From: essachs@ihuxe.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Summertime child care for school-age children
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 09:15:06 EDT
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> What do people do with their school-age children in the summer when both
> parents are employed outside the home?  Our two girls aren't there yet,
> but one will be soon and we have started to wonder.

Where I live (Elmhurst, IL, suburban Chicago area), the local YMCA
provides an excellent day camp program throughout the summer for kids
entering grades 1-6 (they take some older kids as junior counsellors).
With the extended day option, we can drop the kids off as early as
7:00 AM and pick up as late as 6:00 PM.  As registration is on a week
by week basis, it is easy to work around vacations, 2 week stints
in overnight camp, etc.  I believe the local park district has a similar
program (never checked into it, we and the kids have been happy with
the Y).  Check into your local YMCA and park district, they may well
have similar programs.
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				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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