JULIE WEEDEN 513-807-7403 julie.weeden@lcc.culturalcare.com

Our host families spoke, and we listened. The economy had an impact on everyone last year. Many families faced new financial challenges, but in the end, they still needed flexible, affordable childcare. As a result, Cultural Care Au Pair has created several new payment options that help lower the initial cost for welcoming an au pair into their home in the New Year. Along with this exciting new change, we are also keeping our prices the same for the second year in a row!

Now new families applying to Cultural Care Au Pair will have even more payment options available. Not only have we reduced our application fee, we have created several new payment plans for new and repeat families. As a result, they can continue to enjoy all the benefits they have enjoyed from Cultural Care Au Pair in the past - and even more!

Lower application fee, lowered payment plan options
How does it work? Now new families applying to the program will pay a $75 non-refundable application fee -a savings over our previous $350 application fee. Upon finding the right au pair, a $275 selection fee will be due so the au pair can finalize arrangements to come to the U.S. Offering this new payment structure not only helps secure the au pair for the family, it allows the visa process to begin moving forward.

In addition, families now have even more flexibility when it comes to making payments. On our regular payment plan, families now have the ability to pay the program fee 30 days prior to the au pair’s arrival, instead of upon selection of an au pair. This is great for families who select an au pair early, as it provides them with additional time to pay their program fee.

In addition, our Extended Payment Plan option now lowers the initial deposit to $2,395, plus a $200 payment plan enrollment fee. Families have the option of making a payment in three easy installments or they can log into their host family account at their convenience and pay weekly, bi-weekly or monthly - whatever works best for the family, as long as it’s within the Extended Payment Plan timeframe. Repeat and extension families enjoy all these flexible payment benefits as well, with the additional benefit of a waived application fee!

Along with keeping prices the same in 2010, and creating several new, lower payment plan options, we are also decreasing the cost for enrolling in our Extended Payment Plan, making it even easier to afford an au pair in the New Year. For more information about how to utilize these new options, contact me, your local childcare coordinator, and I will be happy to provide you with additional details about Cultural Care Au Pair’s exciting new payment options for 2010!

Lorena and Isabella - A Perfect Pair

This Sunday June 13th @ 3:30pm we will meet outside Newport Aquarium at Newport on the Levee for our “DUCK TOUR” meeting will end approx. 5pm  Please all wear your Cultural Care Au Pair T-Shirts!!!!

RIDE THE DUCKS

Everyone has fun aboard a Ride The Ducks sightseeing tour of Greater Cincinnati. It’s the best way for families to tour the area, because we combine fun and music with history and sights. Adults and seniors will have just as much fun as kids, as our Captains lead you through Greater Cincinnati’s streets and splash into the Ohio River. It’s the best way for locals and visitors to see all that Greater Cincinnati has to offer.

* Your Captain will en-tour-tain you with stories of past and present. Learn about Newport and Ohio history, the Ohio River, its famous personalities and its impact on the state and our nation. Find out about Greater Cincinnati’s role in film, song and sports too!

Engaging

* Use the famous Wacky Quacker^TM to become a part of the show as you roam the streets. Free with every ride, the Wacky Quacker^TM will grab locals’ attention and get the Duck rocking as you roll through the city streets. This can be especially fun on educational field trips!

We will see the main Land a-quack-tions:

* World Peace Bell
* Roebling Suspension Bridge
* Newport Aquarium
* Serpentine Wall
* Historic Riverside Drive
* Paul Brown Stadium
* Great American Ballpark
* And much more

Last month, au pairs from Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton met at the Greene, an outdoor mall in Beavercreek, OH, to participate in a Scavenger Hunt! The au pairs, divided into teams of 5, had 90 minutes to complete a scavenger hunt. They collected items in their Cultural Care Recyclable Grocery bags and also had to answer 70 questions, ranging from U.S. History to well known sites in Ohio. To find out answers to the trivia questions, au pairs had to ask patrons at the Greene for help. It was a great way for them to use their English speaking and writing skills! Below are pictures from this 1st annual event,

Julie Weeden thanks her fellow  Local Childcare Coordinators from Columbus and Cincinnati  who helped and participated; Jane Patterson, Donna Abel, Julie Christiansen, Jessica Wade, Ildiko Braucher,  Laura Glassman and Laura Sanregret. A special thank you to Program Director, Tina Mercurio, for traveling all the way from Dallas, Texas to assist in this event!

Mother’ In Different Languages:
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers- Jewish Proverb

Following is the popular usage of ‘mother’ in different languages!

French - Mere
German - Mutter
Hindi - Maji
Urdu - Ammee
English - Mom, Mummy, Mother
Italian - Madre
Portuguese - Mãe
Albanian - Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë
Belarusan - Matka
Cebuano - Inahan; Nanay
Serbian - Majka
Czech - Abatyse
Dutch - Moeder; Moer
Estonian - Ema
Frisian - Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti
Greek - Màna
Hawaiian - Makuahine
Hungarian - Anya, Fu
Ilongo - Iloy; Nanay; Nay
Indonesian - Induk, Ibu, Biang, NyokapHere is the Proclamation that explains, which explains the goals of Mother’s Day in the United States.

Mother’s Day Proclamation
Arise then…women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
“We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”

From the bosum of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: “Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.”
Blood does not wipe our dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace…
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -

In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.

Wishing all Mom’s a happy Mothers day.