Wednesday is site visit day for the Common Ground trainees.  This week we visited the Bohrn To Achieve Child Care center.  We arrived during the organized chaos of lunch; preschoolers feeding themselves pieces of hot dog and broccoli, toddlers in highchairs fighting to keep their eyes open, and babies snuggling down for their afternoon naps.

Donna Bohrn, the owner/director, led us on a tour of the facility.  We carefully wound our way through the brightly colored rooms. The children watched us with differing levels of curiosity and the child care providers happily answered our questions.

We had a great experience at Bohrn To Achieve.  Thanks Donna and staff for sharing with us a glimpse of your world.

I’m at home now . . . writing this blog and I could give you a detailed accounting of our visit, but two things keep pushing their way to the front of my mind.

First  . . . Bohrn to Achieve is a place of love.  The children are happy and the providers obviously love their jobs.

Second . . . rather than babysitters, the Bohrn To Achieve staff are childcare providers.  Donna told us that they provide educational enrichment, mental stimulation, fun, safety, and most of all love.

Bohrn to Achieve is a great example of a family.  Not necessarily a family related by blood, but a group of people who care for each other.  The Common Ground family is very similar.  We care for each other, we share with each other, we love each other.

Angie

Common Ground Training Specialist