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94 Lewis Drive
Hays, KS 67601
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Hays Area Children’s Center
Reaching Out to Children and Families
Hays Area Children’s Center continues our commitment to serve
children and families in Northwest Kansas through:
Licensed Child Care (120)
Healthy Start (422)
Infant/ Toddler Early Intervention Services (146)
Child Care Aware® of Northwest Kansas—Child Care Providers (662)
Hays Area Children's
Center, Inc.
Volume 13, Issue 1
Fall 2013
Check out www.hacc.info and our
Facebook page for events, news,
parent info, programs, and services.
*In 2012, 1,350 children, families, and early childhood professionals
served by HACC programs and services.
HACC 2013-2014 Grants Received
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Save the Date
Please join us for dinner as we honor
Doug & Becky Greer for their contributions to the
children and families of HACC, Hays, and Ellis County.
Then, stay for the fun with our Live/Silent Auctions & Raffle.
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These are just a few of our Auction Donors:
Callaway Golf Foundation
Christopher w. sook
Hilton President Kansas City
Sloan Law Firm
Pier 39/San Francisco, California
T-Rex Cafe
Southernly Stated/Kevin Harvick Foundation
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa/Reno, Nevada
Nex-Tech
Drury Hotels
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
FHSU Athletics
Commerce Bank
Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center
Lifetime Dental
Cimmaron River Co.
Hott Headz
Nestle’ Dryer’s Foundation
Elements of Massage
Wichita State University Athletics
LK Property Mgt.
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
Quilt Cottage
Tiffany Greens Golf Course
Ashley Home Store
Cedar View Assisted Living
Sunflower Electric
Riedel’s Garden Center
Golden Plains Credit Union
Jaegers Paintball & Jaegerz Laser Tag
Wal-Mart
Dr. & Mrs. Roy Kamoga
The Toma Company
Please check your mailing label!
Please help us maintain a current mailing list and save
postage by contacting us if you would like to receive an e-mail
newsletter, change your address, or be removed from the
mailing list. Please contact: Kelly O’Brien Koerner, Community
Relations Coordinator, (785) 625-3257 or [email protected]
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KELC—Infant Toddler Special Services, Screening,
$10,212
Kansas Child Care Wellness Program, Preschool, $625
Kansas Health Foundation, Healthy Start, $3,500
United Way Community Response, Toddler A Flooring,
$1,000
United Methodist Grant, Professional Development,
Mental Health, $10,136
Early Childhood Block Grant, Screening, Healthy
Start, Equipment, $27,249
Early Childhood Block Grant, Screening, Healthy
Start, $12,606
Midwest Energy, CO2 Detectors, Healthy Start,
$990
Heartland Community Foundation, What To Do When
Your Child Gets Sick/Books, $566
KDHE, Tech Stipends, $2,500
Hays Area Children’s Center has been very fortunate
through the years to receive child care assistance from
special people who are part of the Foster Grandparent
program. Thank you to Grandmas Cora, Gloria, and Jo who
have shared their time and talent with HACC children &
staff. We are truly grateful for our volunteers.
Congratulations to our Staff!
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Susan Bowles—25 years service, Executive Director
Amanda Yanda—5 years service, Paraeducator
Evelina Moore—5 years service, Preschool Teacher
Teresa Hammerschmidt—15 years service, Business
Administrator
Deb Maska—25 years service, Infant Teacher
The Hays Area Children’s Center is an equal opportunity program. The Hays Area Children’s Center, Inc., Hays, KS, does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
ancestry, religion, age, sex, disability, or handicap, in admission
or access to or treatment or employment in its program and
activities. If you have questions regarding the above, please
contact the Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator, Executive
Director, 94 Lewis Drive., Hays, Kansas 67601.
Susan Bowles, Executive Director
Kelly O’Brien Koerner, Community Relations Coordinator
Helping HACC in So Many Ways
Thank You & Happy Retirement
Doug Greer 1996-2013
2013-14 Board Members
President—Charlene Nichols
Vice-President—Stacey Jones
Treasurer—Shane Smith
Secretary—Camber Boland
Members—Mary Martin, Val Karl, Emily Breit
Wendy Rohleder-Sook, Raleen Grandy
Doerflers’ Harley-Davidson, Bella Luna,
The Paisley Pear, & Simply Charmed
helped with toy drives and donations during the
Christmas season for HACC classrooms and families.
Bubba the Bear, FHSU Police Lt. Cliff Denny,
Victor E Tiger, & the Cat in the Hat made the
Trike-A-Thon a memorable & fun experience!
Our New Executive Director
In June 2013, Executive Director Doug Greer
passed the torch to Susan Bowles who has
served HACC and USD 489 as a SpeechLanguage Pathologist and HICC Screening Coordinator. We are grateful to Doug for his leadership, guidance, compassion, caring, and experience during his tenure helping HACC families.
HACC has been helping families for 47 years.
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Deana Rupp from McDonald’s shared about
apples & potatoes as an HACC Mystery Reader.
Lynda Arnhold from Ellis County Health explains
why Lions Are Not Afraid of Shots.
Susan Bowles brings 25 years experience to
her tenure at HACC and will continue to be an
advocate for children and families. Schedule a
visit to HACC to meet Susan, take a tour, and
learn more about our programs and services.
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Sara Kay Carrell from Wild Within You teaches a
bicycle inspection and safety class in Toddler B
prior to the 25th Annual HACC Rope-Em Ride.
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Capuchin Postulants from St. Fidelis in Victoria
volunteered their time and talent to help HACC
with summer projects and classroom support.
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Rope ‘Em Ride & Trike-A-Thon
Our Rope ‘Em Ride and Trike-A-Thon t-shirt
design was created by Preschooler Nyla Gano
and printed by the staff at Gone Logo.
Thank you to Nyla, Gone Logo, and everyone
who shared their time, talent, treats, and
other wonderful donations to raise funds for
HACC programs & services for children!
Sunflower Bank/Bubba the Bear
FHSU Mascot/Victor E. Tiger
Old Orchard Brands LLC
FHSU Police--Lt. Cliff Denny
Cedar Lodge Dental
Schwinn Bicycles
Hays Public Library--Cat in the Hat
Strider Bikes
Schlitterbahn
Carrico Implement Hays Recreation Center
Gella's Diner
Scholastic Books
Ellis County Imagination Library
Kansas Department of Transportation
American Assoc. of Poison Control Centers
Midwest Dairy Association
Applebees
United Way of Ellis County
Rose Garden Restaurant
Commerce Bank
Pam & Tyler Jones
Gambino's Pizza
Heartland Community Foundation
Cancer Council of Ellis County
Snow Cone Express Hays
HACC Staff, Children, and Families
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Thank You Ellis County Community
Officer Brian Lee & Hays Police Dept Bicycle Patrol
American Legion Riders
Habit Petroleum
McDonald's of Hays Immaculate Baking
Bill Roudybush
Ron Leiker
Monica Dreiling
Becky Pokorny & Jill Pokorny Ronda Smith-Nelson
Camber Boland Charlene Nichols Sarah Figger
Brenda Vitztum
Elaine Rupp
Beth Fisher
Teresa Hammerschmidt
Jennifer Sullivan
Tiona Langton
Cora Lou Ryan Evelina Moore
Elizabeth Williams Barbarita Nieri Tina Jackson
Karen Riedel Debbie & David Breeden
Doug & Becky Greer
Wendy Rohleder-Sook
Stacey, Isabelle, & Johanna Jones
Amy, Katelynn, & Kyleigh Leiker
Kathy & Bill Thompson Donald & Sandra Friesen
Susan and Dwight Bowles Victoria Girl Scouts
Teresa, Ashlyn, & Grant Hammerschmidt
Primrose & Sienna Hockersmith
Victoria National Honor Society Chris Janzen
Ashley Dome
Sam Ottley
Lane Braun
Ashley Wellbrock
Adrienne Thomas
Audra Nowak
Tanner Hobbs
Clayton Roth
Jublain Wohler
Colten Leiker
Phillip Nowak
FHSU Tigers 4 Life
Jessica Zinser
Alayna Bergkamp
Lindsay Smith Emily Minter
Anntanette Nelson
Marina Neira
FHSU Student Government Volunteers
FHSU Tigers in Service
Adventure Cycling
Staff of the Heartland Parishes
International Mountain Biking Association
Country Stampede
Kansas State Fair
Hays Med Breast Care Center
McCracken Rodeo
Wild West Festival
Commerce Bank
Pam & Tyler Jones
Tallgrass Film Association
United Way of Ellis County
Ellis County Fair
Smoky Hill River Festival
Kansas City Royals
Cancer Council of Ellis County Brad Haynes
Heartland Community Foundation Sunflower Bank
TexKan Tutoring
Horse Thief Reservoir
FHSU Student Government Association
"Big Event" Volunteers
Home Depot
Hays Convention & Visitors Bureau
Koerner Chiropractic & Physical Therapy
Hays Chamber of Commerce
Hays Daily News
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Week of the Young Child 2013
Thank You to Kris Kuksi & Traci Konrade Stanford
for being our door decorating judges in April!
HACC 2013 Carnival
HACC/United Way Community Service
HACC School Age Summer Program/United Way Project
to help Options: Domestic & Sexual Violence families.
Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs
Please come to the HACC 1st Floor Hallway
Art Gallery and see the beautiful
Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs paintings
donated by former Hays resident and artist
Mike Brown. Mike created the paintings as a
talented art student & wanted to share them
with HACC! Thank you to Mike, his dad Bernie,
Brenda Meder from the Hays Arts Council,
and Bill Roudybush for helping us make this
special collection our new Art Gallery Walk!
Thank you to McDonald’s of Hays, Jackie
Williams, and Ruth Ruder for game & piñata
prizes, and thank you to our wonderful sponsors,
staff, volunteers, and families who made this
special event memorable and fun for everyone!
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Healthy Start Home Visitor
The Healthy Start Program provides education
and support to pregnant women and families with
infants and children through age five. The program
is designed to give all children a healthy start in life
and help parents enjoy parenthood. Healthy Start is
provided free to all parents or grandparents caring
for children.
The home visitor focuses on comprehensive maternal health care before, during, and after the
baby’s birth. The home visitor can assist parents
with: parent-child relationships, health care, prevention of child injuries and accidents, child development, training for infant massage, and breastfeeding support.
Healthy Start can also provide links to community resources to help families successfully meet
the challenges of parenthood. The trained home
visitor is a mother who works with the supervision
of a registered nurse.
With donations from the 2012 Christmas Tree
Lane & Auction, we purchased new cribs.
Contact Elaine Rupp,
785-625-3257
www.hacc.info
[email protected]
Loving Touch Infant Massage
Infant massage is a wonderful way to begin a lifelong relationship with your child. These interactions
“increase pleasurable bio-chemicals in the child’s
brain, thereby strengthening neural pathways associated with pleasure and motivation; it also
strengthens the parent’s bond with the baby and
the baby’s attachment to the parent.”
~Research from the
Gail and Joe Robben donated books and school
supplies to promote literacy and learning.
International Loving Touch Foundation, Inc.
To learn more about Loving Touch Infant
Massage, please contact certified
Infant Massage Instructors:
Elaine Rupp, Healthy Start
Debbie Breeden, Infant Toddler Early Intervention
Services 785-625-3257 [email protected]
www.hacc.info/ProgramsServices
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2013-2014 HACC Wish List
Support for Programs & Services
Brandon Case completes the 100 mile Rope ‘Em
Ride Ellis County Cathedral Church Tour.
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We are always grateful for assistance with
classroom supplies.
1, 2, & 4 seat strollers
Children’s board books
Gallon storage bags
Diapers and diaper wipes
New bed pillows (regular size)
Children’s winter hats, gloves, scarves
Colored envelopes
Small paper plates
3 new wooden rockers
Baby food and formula
Empty fruit cups/yogurt cups
Ribbon and ric rac
Doll clothes
Rice for sensory play
Scotch tape, book tape
Swings for playground
Toys (age appropriate)
Shape sorters
Pop up boxes
Balls/children will keep
Step stools
Socks, Shoes
Small manipulative toys
Painters tape
Water colors
Paint brushes
Rice
Food coloring
Yarn
Streamers
Balls—Rubber
Kid Stickers
Play Dough
Glue
Toothpaste
Children’s books
Tissue paper
Plastic cups
Paper plates
Squirt bottles
Regular paint
Plastic
Clay
Stamps/stamp pads
Masking tape
Wide, clear tape for mending books
Dish cloths/towels
Ink pens
2 Swings/hardware
Wooden craft sticks
Watercolors
Streamers
Pack of white washcloths (Wal-Mart $5)
Q-tips
Cotton balls
Coffee filters
Markers
Crayons
Popsicle sticks (wide)
File Folders
Pie Tins
Old Magazines (for cutting)
Sharpies (Black & Silver)
Tetra Fin: Goldfish Flakes
Tetra: Filter Cartridge (3pack)
Paper bowls Perfect Piecing
Electric pencil sharpener
Colored Card Stock
Amazing Bubbles/Ultra Premium *WalMart/Dollar
General *makes thousands of bubbles
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HICC
Hays Interagency
Coordinating Council
Free Developmental Screenings
For Birth through School Age
Children
A developmental screening checks a child’s
progress in the areas of speech, language,
vision, hearing, thinking, self-help, personalsocial behavior, and motor (movement) development. Screenings are conducted by area professionals such as early childhood teachers,
speech-language pathologists, registered
nurses, and social workers at selected screening sites.
Please contact Hays Area Children’s Center
for more information: (785) 625-3257
Debbie Breeden, Screening Coordinator
Kathy Thompson, Screening Assistant
Ellis County 2013-14 Screening Dates:
August 30, 2013
September 27, 2013
October 18, 2013
November 15, 2013
December 13, 2013
January 10, 2014
February 7, 2014
March 7, 2014
April 11, 2014
May 2, 2014
Rush County 2013-14 Screening Dates:
September 6, 2013
January 24, 2014
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