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National Alopecia Areata Kids Camp in June 2022

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Corporate Kids Events, a conference childcare company that provides nationwide services, teamed up with the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) for their 40th Anniversary and 37th Annual International Conference on June 30th through July 3rd, 2022.

 

The event took place in Washington, D.C. and was their first conference since 2019 due to COVID-19. This conference was aimed at connecting and networking with people and parents with similar challenges and included special guests, medical professionals and expert researchers for the parents and a very fun week long kinds camp for the kids aged 5-17yrs old. This is one of several events NAAF has each year and Corporate Kids Events has been providing childcare for the group for over 15 years.

NAAF was established in 1981 to offer support to those affected by Alopecia Areata. NAAF’s various support programs and resources offer different ways to create a sense of community amongst individuals with Alopecia and their families. Alopecia is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the hair follicles which results in unpredictable hair loss that can often come out in patches. NAAF has now been providing support to those with the condition for over 4 decades.

Campers with Program Manager, Miss Lucy

With the help of Corporate Kids Events, the NAAF Conference attendees were able to bring their children to the weeklong conference. While the parents attended their events, the kids enjoyed a wide array of activities, special guests, entertainment and conference childcare at the same location in different conference rooms as well as off site for field trips.

Corporate Kids Events hosted 100 kids aged 5-17 years. Our Program Managers: Lucy, Sam and Nicole have worked with the group previously so the kids knew them from previous camps. In addition we had around 20 local staff from the D.C. area. Lucy reported her favorite part of the event was, “being able to see the kids being so free and to see them grow over the years.” This was the 13th NAAF event Lucy had been a part of and had seen many of the kids when they were very young to now teenagers. Lucy Leon is one of the Senior Program Managers with Corporate Kids Events and has been managing events nationwide for over 13 years.

Campers with Chris Villanueva from the NBA

 

Campers with Ayanna Pressley, U.S. State Representative

Each of the event days, the kids had different activities or a field trip. The teens favorite was the field trip the Smithsonian Museum of National History where they got to visit the Butterfly Pavilion, Archeology, Ancient Animals and Pirate Treasures. Visiting the museum was an opportunity for the teens to learn, be inspired and to bring change to communities. Another special part of this conference childcare program was the special guests: Ayanna Pressley, US State Representative and Charlie Villanueva, NBA Superstar, both whom have Alopecia Areata. Meeting these influential individuals gave the kids inspiration to not let their condition get in the way of their dreams. “It was very inspiring,” reported Chris Walker, one of our local DC staff, “I was emotionally touched by these kids and had an awesome time getting to know them.”

And that is a wrap, another successful and fun conference childcare event complete!

 

The International NAAF Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on June 30th– July 3rd, 2022. You can learn more about Alopecia and NAAF by visiting their website (www.naaf.org).

 

We look forward to hosting future conference childcare events with NAAF, thanks for your trust in Corporate Kids Events.

 

Corporate Kids Events, or CKE has been providing conference childcare since 1998. We organize and run signature programs for meetings, conferences and gatherings in a COVID safe environment nationally and internationally. We are experts in managing large groups of children and have experience in a wide variety of program types to suit your needs. Feel free to visit our website anytime for more information or a free quote on your next event(www.conferencechildcare.com)

 

 

Strong Bonds Kids Camp in Blaine Washington April 30th-May 2nd, 2021

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Corporate Kids Events, an event childcare company that operates nationwide, collaborated with Strong Bonds to hold a shell event for the organization that aims to foster relationships within the military family. This event took place in the beautiful Blaine, Washington on April 30th to May 2nd. This is one of several events Strong Bonds will be holding this year and Corporate Kids Events is looking forward to be working with them throughout 2021.

Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program that assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training. Strong Bonds is conducted in an offsite retreat format in order to maximize the training effect. The retreat or “get away” provides a fun, safe, and secure environment in which to address the impact of relocations, deployments, and military lifestyle stressors (Strong Bonds.org, 2021).Corporate Kids Events gave Strong Bonds the opportunity for families to bring their children to the 3-day conference. While the parents participated in the adult training, Corporate Kids Events entertained the kids in another conference room to have their own super fun event with other military kids. With concerns of COVID-19 Strong Bonds and Corporate Kids Events took special care to ensure everyone’s safety including mandatory temperature checks daily upon entry, mandatory mask wearing and social distancing when possible. Corporate Kids Events also provided gloves, hand sanitizer and cleaning products to keep toys, games and surfaces disinfected and safe for everyone to use.

Corporate Kids Events hosted 8 children under age 8yrs old, managed by Senior National Program Manager, Julie Piper. Julie has been a part of the company for over 10 years. Four local staff, half of which have worked with us on previous event childcare programs, accompanied Julie to assist with the kids. Julie reported her favorite part of the kids camp was, “I loved watching the babies interact with each other.” One of the local staff members, Lia, said her favorite part of the event, “was the crafts, games and dancing.”

Each of the days had a different theme to keep things exciting for the kids including, Beach Day, Pirates and Western. For each theme Julie and the staff introduced games, crafts and activities specific to the particular theme. The most favorite activities were the fun games that Julie created around pirates and the beach ball toss. Games help kids become confident in social settings, foster team work and also allows them to think creatively. Because the kids were of a younger age group for this program, the goal was to keep the kids happy and entertained so the parents could finish their sessions without interruption.

A funny thing that happened during the event childcare program was with a 7-year old that was having a difficult time leaving Mom and Dad and did not want to be there with the kids camp group and staff. By the 3rd session (out of 4), he said, “Miss Julie, if this is a dream, it’s the best dream ever!” shared Julie. How cute!

Well, there you have it, another successful and fun conference childcare event complete!

The Strong Bonds event was held at the Semiahmoo Lodge in Blaine, Washington, April 30th-May 2nd, 2021 with 8 child campers. You can find out more about Strong Bonds by visiting their website (www.strongbonds.org).

We look forward to hosting future conference childcare programs with Strong Bonds in the future, thanks for your trust in Corporate Kids Events!

Corporate Kids Events, or CKE, has been providing conference childcare since 1998. We organize and run signature programs for meetings, conferences and gatherings in a COVID safe environment nationally. We are experts in managing large groups of children and have experience in a wide variety of program types to suit your needs. Feel free to visit our website anytime for more information (www.conferencechildcare.com).

Strong Bonds Kids Camp in Vail, Colorado- February 2021

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Corporate Kids Events, a nationwide conference childcare company based out of California, teamed up with Strong Bonds to hold a shell event for the organization that aims to foster relationships within the military family. This event took place in the wintery Vail, Colorado for  February 18th-20th. This is one of several events Strong Bonds will be holding this year and Corporate Kids Events is looking forward to be working with them throughout 2021.

Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program that assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training. Strong Bonds is conducted in an offsite retreat format in order to maximize the training effect. The retreat or “get away” provides a fun, safe, and secure environment in which to address the impact of relocations, deployments, and military lifestyle stressors (Strong Bonds.org, 2021).

Corporate Kids Events gave Strong Bonds the opportunity for families to bring their children to the 3-day conference. While the parents participated in the adult training, Corporate Kids Events whisked the kids off to another room to have their own fun conference childcare program focused on fun! With concerns of COVID-19 Strong Bonds and Corporate Kids Events took special care to ensure everyone’s safety including mandatory temperature checks daily upon entry, mandatory mask wearing and social distancing when possible. Corporate Kids Events also provided gloves, hand sanitizer and cleaning products to keep toys, games and surfaces disinfected and safe for everyone to use.

Corporate Kids Events hosted 14 children in the infant to school age groups managed by Debbie Purcell, one of our National Program Managers. Debbie was accompanied by 5 local staff all of whom very much enjoyed working and interacting with the kids. Debbie reported her favorite part of the kids camp was, “that she loved holding the baby twins.” One of the local staff members, Ana, also, “ loved playing with the babies.” For this camp, around 1/3 of the attendees were babies.

Each of the days had a different theme to keep things exciting for the kids including, Beach Day, Pirates and Wild Wild West. For each theme Debbie and the staff introduced games, crafts and activities specific to the particular theme. The most favourite activities were decorating the craft take home bags with beads and sequins and also when one of the staff members played music for the kids for games like duck-duck-goose and musical chairs. The kids had the unique opportunity to in that a staff member brought an instrument to play! Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It also helps the body and mind work together and was just an overall fun extra the kids got to enjoy in Vail.The mother of the twins previously mentioned, Julia, reported, “Debbie and her team were absolutely wonderful! I have twin daughters who are 6 months old and up until last weekend at the Strong Bonds Marriage Retreat in Vail, Colorado, I had never had anyone watch them, except for my husband. Debbie made me feel so much better and allowed me to ask any questions I’d like about the care my daughters would be receiving. I felt totally at peace leaving them with her and her team during the retreat.”

Well, there you have it, another successful and fun conference childcare event complete!

The Strong Bonds event was held at the Grand Hyatt in Vail, Colorado, February 18th-20th with 14 child campers. You can find out more about Strong Bonds by visiting their website (www.strongbonds.org).

We look forward to hosting future conference childcare programs with Strong Bonds in the future, thanks for your trust in Corporate Kids Events!

Corporate Kids Events, or CKE, has been providing conference childcare since 1998. We organize and run signature programs for meetings, conferences and gatherings in a COVID safe environment nationally. We are experts in managing large groups of children and have experience in a wide variety of program types to suit your needs. Feel free to visit our website anytime for more information (www.conferencechildcare.com).

Young Farmers and Ranchers Kids Camp in Kearney Nebraska, January 2021

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Corporate Kids Events, a Nationwide and International event childcare company, collaborated with Nebraska Farm Bureau to hold the Young Farmers and Ranchers 2021 Conference in Kearney. This is one of several conferences Corporate Kids Events has held for the organization over the years.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference aims to equip farmers, ranchers and agribusiness professionals aged 18-35 develop leadership and networking skills, as well as coming together as a whole to share information and experiences. Each conference features innovative tours, dynamic speakers, and several breakout sessions. The NFB has been conducting these meetings for over 50 years! It’s a great opportunity to for the younger generation of farmers to learn and grow their businesses.

Corporate Kids Events gave NFB the opportunity for families to bring their children to the 2 –day Conference. The kids were taken to another part of the building to have their own fun kids event childcare while the parents participated in the Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference. With concerns of COVID-19 Corporate Kids and the NFB took special care ensure everyone’s safety including, mandatory temperature checks upon entry, mandatory mask wearing, social distancing as well, Corporate Kids Events provided hand sanitizer, cleaning products and gloves to keep surfaces, toys and supplies disinfected for the use of kids and staff.

Corporate Kids hosted 10 children for the kids camp with ages from infant to school age managed by Stacey Woodzell, one of our long time National Program Managers. She was accompanied by 4 local Kearney staff, all who fully enjoyed the experience of working with the kids. Stacey reported her favorite part of the kids camp was, “seeing the children happy to be playing and interacting with the other children.”

The theme of the event was Beach and Pirates. This centered on activities and craft projects that surrounded a day at sea such as mask making with real “jewels” as well a scavenger hunt and a beach balloon game.

The scavenger hunt, always a kid favorite focuses on team building, socialization as well as builds communication skills. They are required to search for items in the space and check them off a list. A very pirate-y activity indeed resembling treasure hunting! The beach balloon toss was another fun game and allowed the kids to use some energy while playing with balloons in an open room.

One of the staff mentioned something funny to Stacey, “ Watching the two babies play and communicate was very funny and cute. Neither talked but understood what each other wanted by making noises.” And there you have it, another exciting kids camp complete!

The Young Farmers and Ranchers 2021 Conference was held at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Kearney, Nebraska for January 29th and 30th with 10 child attendees. You can learn more about the Nevada Farm Bureau by visiting their website (www.nefb.org)

We look forward to holding future event childcare programs with the Nebraska Farm Bureau, thanks for choosing Corporate Kids Events!

Corporate Kids Events, or CKE, has been providing event childcare since 1998. We organize and run programs, meetings, conferences and gatherings in a COVID safe environment nationally and internationally. We are experts in managing large groups of children and have extensive experience in a wide variety of program types. Feel free to visit our website anytime for more information (www.conferencechildcare.com).

Kiewit Kids Camp in Ranchos Palos Verdes, December 2019

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Corporate Kids Events, a Nationwide and International company that does conference childcare, teamed up with Kiewit, one of the largest engineering and construction organizations in North America in December in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California for their Public Works Conferences for employees.  Corporate Kids Events has done numerous events for Kiewit over the years. This past year we are hosted Kiewit events in Fort Worth, Denver, Aurora, Irving, Dallas and more.

Kiewit is a 130-year old company originally started by 2 brothers. Kiewit’s work includes, ‘building roads that connect the world, digging canals to thirsty lands, and bored tunnels through mountains (Kiewit.org, 2019). The Public Works Conferences included several events in the month of December in various cities in North America. Some of these conferences were multiple days, such as in Ranchos Palos Verdes.

Corporate Kids Events gave the opportunity for families to bring their children with them to this 2-day conference childcare event and enjoy their own side special kids camp with the a Holiday theme while the parents learned more about Kiewit programs and processes. The kids also had a special visit from a wildlife rescue organization, which they really loved. Several activities were also prepared including karoke, holiday crafts and cookie decorating and a scavenger hunt.

Corporate Kids hosted 21 children for this 2-day kids camp, managed by our own Lucy Leon, one of our Senior Program Managers. “My favorite part of the event was watching the karoke, one of the kids did a full on song and dance production- and we were all very impressed with how they really got into the activity,” reports Lucy.

 

The surprise visit from a local Wildlife Rescue Organization brought 2 birds of prey for the children to see up close, learn about and event touch! “The bird show was awesome!” said Lucy. The kids and staff were able to touch an owl and a hawk that had been injured and rehabilitated at the center. The birds could not be released back into the wild due to their injuries, so they now accompany the organization on educational outings and outreach. It was a great opportunity for these kids to learn about these animals up close and personal to build respect for animals and for the habitat in which they live.

The Scavenger hunt, always a favorite, focused on team building and teaches the kids about socialization and communication skills. They are required to find items around the hotel on the list as a team and

Another activity was teaching the kids how to deal with Bullies. The focus was on overcoming meanness with kindness as well as helping them be aware of their words and how it can make others feel. This activity included role-playing and demonstrations by our staff. It was informative and fun!

Scout, one of the campers mentioned “My favorite part of the conference was that I got to hang out with my friends while learning at the same time, so it made it like a fun learning environment.”

 

This NHF Inhibitor event in Indianapolis, Indiana was located at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis with 45 child attendees. You can learn more about the National Hemophilia Foundation by visiting their website (www.hemophilia.org).

We look forward to hosting many more events with NHF in the future! Thank you for your trust in Corporate Kids Events!

Corporate Kids Events, A.K.A. CKE, has been providing professional conference childcare since 1998. We run programs at conferences, conventions, and gatherings across the US and internationally. We are experts in managing large groups of children, and have extensive experience with a wide variety of program types. Learn more by visiting our website (www.conferencechildcare.com).