by Julie Giles | Apr 29, 2022 | Events, Food Program, Workforce
Provider Appreciation is usually a time for the community and families to pause and show appreciation for the child care providers who, through our work, keep others working. This year, I wanted to pause and reflect on my own appreciation of family child care and what...
by Julie Giles | Mar 31, 2022 | Food Program, Spotlight
Our recipe for March was Choose your Own Smoothie (p. 67). My cute and savvy kitchen team whipped up Sunny Strawberry Kiwi Smoothies on a cold and rainy March morning. You’ll be shocked – or not! – that I chose to make some substitutions: Instead of low-fat vanilla...
by Julie Giles | Mar 16, 2022 | Food Program, Uncategorized, Workforce
by Julie Giles, Food Program Specialist At least twice during my time as a family child care provider, we were unsure if the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) would continue. That’s when Wisconsin Early Childhood Association’s Food Program staff sprang...
