May 2011 - Child Care Month in BC
May 1 - 7, 2011 - International Youth Week
May 1 - 7, 2011 - National Mental Health Week
May 7, 2011 - Child and Youth Mental Health Day - BC
May 7 - 13, 2011 - Family Caregiver Week
May 15, 2011 - International Day of Families
May 23-29, 2011 - B.C. Child and Youth in Care Week.
May 25 - 28, 2011 - Aboriginal Awareness Week
May 25, 2011 - National Missing Children's Day
Much to recognize and think about this month, including Mother's day.
May 28 will be the first ever Grand Gathering in the Lower Mainland. A day to celebrate all that grandparents do who take on full time responsibility for raising their grandchildren. Stories to come after the Gathering.
All month is child care month. Finding available child care is a struggle for many families. Just any space will not do as parents want and need to know that their child is somplace safe, stimulating, loving, and affordable. In many families, grandparents take on the task of child care. Too many others are stuck either paying more than they can afford, or taking risks with the child's safety and well being. A terrible position to be in. Still Canadian families are waiting for universal child care, but it seems no closer than it was 2 decades ago. Will the new Federal government tackle that one?
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