COVID-19  March 29, 2020

Boys & Girls Clubs offer childcare for health-care workers

FORT COLLINS,  LOVELAND and GREELEY – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County, along with the Greeley clubs in Weld County, will provide starting today emergency childcare for health-care professionals and first responders. The service at the Loveland and Fort Collins Boys & Girls Club facilities will be open to school-aged youth 5-13 years old. Hours at both sites will be 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Both Greeley club locations will be similarly open but the hours will be 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Parents will be charged $40 per day for the service, which the clubs said is a base charge without markup. Banner Health Systems will pay the fee for employees. The Greeley clubs have a combined capacity of 120 children because organizers will cluster children in groups of 10 in order to provide space between them.

The service in Larimer is a collaborative effort between the Boys & Girls Clubs, Larimer County Health Department, Banner Health Systems and other community partners, according to a press release from the Boys & Girls Clubs. 

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“Although the situation around COVID-19 remains fluid, our goal is to continue our mission — to serve the kids who need us the most,” said Kaycee Headrick, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs. “Right now, the kids who need us most are those with parents or guardians who are serving on the frontlines of the pandemic. Our community’s first responders, health-care workers and others providing critical services cannot choose between staying home with their families and going to work. That is why we have stepped up to give them a safe place to send their kids, so they can head to work knowing their kids are in safe hands.”

To learn more about the emergency sites, contact (970) 223-1709.

 

Ken Amundson
Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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