Day Nursery Foundation Board President issues sports challenge

Lloyd Lyons, the board president of the Day Nursery Foundation loves a good challenge.  When I told him Helena Branch,  President of the Board of Trustees from the Community Day Nursery in East Orange NJ had posted a comment on this blog about her prediction for the outcome of the Colts-Jets game this Sunday, he quickly jumped in with an idea.  “It’s one thing to talk football,” he said.  “Let’s talk about which one of our organizations is better at turning this game into a fundraising opportunity for their organization.”  Because Day Nursery children are a bit too small to join a football team, Lloyd (and his wife Wendy!) are offering to match donations up to $500 to help fund scholarships for our students to enroll in Crouching Tigers health and personal safety classes offered through Day Nursery Indianapolis.   If you would like to root for Team Day Nursery Indy, you can show your support by visiting our website.  Please note that your donation is part of the Colts Challenge in the special instructions section of the form.

This week’s football wager pits books against puppets

Last week we made a fun wager with a Day Nursery in Baltimore over the Colts and Ravens game.  Since we are on a winning streak (although we have yet to hear when we will receive our prize of a tub of Legos), I thought it would be fun to find another opponent.

I turned to the NAEYC website in search of an accredited Day Nursery in the area of the New York Jets fan base and I quickly found a match. Our opponent this week is the Community Day Nursery of East Orange, New Jersey.   After reviewing their website, the Community Day Nursery appears to be a worthy opponent.  We are both United Way agencies.  We are both nationally accredited by NAEYC and we both started serving families in our respective communities before the turn of the century: Community Day Nursery in 1897 and Day Nursery Indianapolis in 1899. Kathy Burke, Executive Director of the Community Day Nursery was quick to answer my email challenge over the game.   Her response? We will bet you five handmade African-American hand puppets that the Jets will win! On behalf of Day Nursery Indianapolis I had already put up an ante of five of our favorite preschool books should we have to pay off the wager. Either way, the children win and that is what Day Nursery is all about.  No matter who you root for.