Doodle Bugs! Friday Five

Happy Friday! Take a peek at what our friends at Doodle Bugs! were up to all week … and have a wonderful weekend!

Celebrating the Chinese New Year with a dragon parade.

Pajama Party at Lancaster!

Webster school-agers take a field trip to the Fire Department!

Alphabet fun at Orchard Park.

Story time at East Amherst.

Doodle Bugs! Team Tuesday: Issue #95

In today’s edition of Team Tuesday, Mr. Doodle Bug extends special thanks to Kristina, a valued member of the West Amherst team.

Kristina constantly lends help to everyone in the building, and always does so with a smile on her face.

Kristina is a dynamic individual who you could put into any room, with any age group, and have complete confidence that she will go above and beyond her duties.

Kristina has also taken on the role of Center Closer; she is professional, efficient and manages to give a little extra attention to parents and their children as they end their day here with us.

Thank you Kristina, for your sincere dedication and positive attitude. The doodle community is truly a better place because you CARE.

Doodle Bugs! Standard of the Week: 01/23/12

This weeks SOTW reminds teachers that daily outdoor play is required, by both OCFS regulation and Doodle Bugs! policy. It is considered ‘best practice’ for children of all ages, including infants, to get outside every day (whenever the temp is 25 or higher).

• Daily outdoor play is important and FUN!
• Fresh air = fewer germs & fewer behavioral problems.
• Remind parents to send coats/hats/gloves/snowpants & boots.
• If some students are not dressed appropriately, split into small groups. Half the class can go out while the others enjoy indoor gross motor fun.

As always, the SOTW will be posted in the faculty lounge and for families to view. We appreciate everyone’s thoughtful attention to the doodle details!

View the current SOTW as a .pdf and a copy of a recent newsletter from the Infant Toddler Network, focusing specifically on getting infants and toddlers outside, here: 012312_Play Outside & Jan Winter Weather

Doodle Bugs! Friday Five

Celebrating Mr. Doodle Bug's birthday in style!

It's a celebration parade!

All the children made birthday cards for Mr. Doodle Bug!

Parents came in to help us celebrate too!

For our fifth highlight of the week, visit our YouTube channel by clicking here to see our children singing Happy Birthday to Mr. Doodle Bug!

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #20

Today is Mr. Doodle Bug’s 20th birthday and the 20th anniversary of Doodle Bugs! Children’s Centers. To celebrate, our Centers held birthday parties complete with cake, birthday surprises, a celebratory parade or two, and much more!

In addition to the centers’ birthday festivities, Mr. Doodle Bug celebrated his birthday in one other way. To complete his ’20 Acts of Kindness’ – a unique celebration of 20 years of learning & laughter –  he took a very special trip to the children’s wing at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.

Partnering with Carly’s Club, an extension of Roswell that offers support programs to make life more manageable for children diagnosed with cancer and their families, and to raise funds for pediatric cancer research, Mr. Doodle Bug brought ‘goody bags’ to all of the children receiving active treatment. Each bag included puzzles, coloring books, rinse-off tattoos, crayons, and gift cards to Toys-R-Us.

Mr. Doodle Bug mingled with the children and also had the opportunity to meet Sal, a 20 year survivor who was diagnosed with cancer when he was just a baby. He has been going to Roswell Park ever since, and now that he is in remission only needs to visit once every so often for his check-up.

Mr. Doodle Bug with Robin Hace (Carly's Club Senior Special Events Coordinator) and Sal (20 year survivor)

Along with delivering over forty goody bags, Mr. Doodle Bug also donated two tickets to an upcoming Sabres game. The children will hold a drawing and the winner will be announced next week!

Mr. Doodle Bug would like to extend a big thank you to the Doodle Bugs! faculty members and children who helped him ‘Pay It Forward’ these past few weeks. It was an honor to initiate 20 acts of kindness within our communities, to celebrate 20 years of building a community of happy children, happy parents, and happy teachers.

Happy 20th Birthday Mr. Doodle Bug & Happy 20th Anniversary to Doodle Bugs! Children’s Centers!

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #19

Mr. Doodle Bug had another stop today in his effort to ‘Pay It Forward’ in honor of  his upcoming birthday celebration. He traveled over to our Orchard Park Center to gather the books that the children collected to support the Buffalo City Mission’s ‘Women and Children Program’.

The ‘Women and Children Program’ is part of Cornerstone Manor, at the corner of North and Michigan in the City of Buffalo. The building provides emergency shelter for up to sixteen single women and five families seeking protection from city streets or an abusive relationship. Women and children can find hope and healing in the facility’s two-year resident recovery program. For more information on this charity, please visit their website by clicking here.

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #18

Mr. Doodle Bug has been quite busy taking advantage of unique opportunities to ‘Pay It Forward’ this week, all in preparation for his birthday celebration tomorrow!

Today,  he was spotted at our Clarence Center to pickup all of their donations for ‘Bottles For Babies’.

‘Bottles For Babies’ is an iniative of Harvest House of South Buffalo. For more information, please visit their website by clicking here!

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #17

For Mr. Doodle Bug’s #17th Act of Kindness, he popped into the Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

Carly Bruce, Director of our Cheektowaga Center, said that the child in the above picture couldn’t have been happier! In fact, he commented, ”Thanks Mr. Doodle Bug, you made my week here so much better!”

It’s been quite a busy past few weeks for Mr. Doodle Bug … where will he ‘Pay It Forward’ in the these last few days before his 20th birthday?

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #16

In his continued efforts to Pay It Forward, Mr. Doodle Bug traveled over to Penfield to take a special trip to the Foodlink Food Bank.  With faculty members and school agers from our Penfield Center, he donated all of the food items collected at the center, to aid Foodlink in their mission to Feed America.

Foodlink is the Feeding America regional food bank, which rescues and redistributes over 12 million pounds of food annually to a network of 450 member agencies in a 10-county area in Central and Western New York. Foodlink’s vision is to build a hunger-free community and sustainable regional food system in which every individual has access to nutritious food and is empowered with the tangible skills to lead a healthy and productive life.

Doodle Bugs! 20th Anniversary Celebration: Act of Kindness #15

For Mr. Doodle Bug’s 15th Act of Kindness, he accompanied team members from the Webster center to the Open Door Mission in Rochester. With them, they brought food they had collected at their Center to donate.

 

The Open Door Mission is a Christian Rescue Mission founded to provide for the spiritual and physical needs of the impoverished and homeless men, women, and children of Rochester, NY by restoring hope and changing lives. For more information please visit their website by clicking here.

  

As we enter the final week in our Birthday Celebration countdown … where will you see Mr. Doodle Bug next?!