From our CEO,
Kelly O'Lague Dulka, MSW
"The people who are bullying you, they're insecure about who they are, and that's why they're bullying you. It never has to do with the person they're bullying. They desperately want to be loved and be accepted, and they go out of their way to make people feel unaccepted so that they're not alone."
-Madelaine Petsch
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October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Schools and youth organizations across the country step up their anti-bullying initiatives. Orange shirts with anti-bullying slogans appear. But I have to wonder...should we expand our efforts to include adults? In a recent workshop on the topic of bullying, I asked the participants, "Who here has been bullied?" Every single hand went up. Some reported having been bullied as children, some as teenagers and some in adulthood. A few people shared with the group that they felt bullied in current relationships or in their current work settings. What can we do to address bullying?
At Hively, we believe that an important way to address bullying is by increasing empathy and compassion. Can empathy be taught? Can compassion be learned. Absolutely. Would our world be better if empathy and compassion were practiced (and it does take practice) by those around us? Yes. We are offering a number of workshops in the next few months that will continue the conversation. We hope you will join us.
As always, we invite you to be part of our Hively community! We work every day to improve the lives of the children and families in our community. There is so much to do. Will you help us? For more information on how you can get involved, email us at hello@behively.org.
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WHAT IS GOING ON AT HIVELY?
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Children's Health and Child Care Initiative Alameda County 2020
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In 2020 you have a chance to help win the funding we need to guarantee quality health care, services, child care, and education for our families and communities, as well as increase the wages of our important professional providers and educators.
Stop by Hively to sign the ballot!
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Why does child care cost so much, yet child care providers make so little?
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Join us at Hively to learn more about how you can join us in this fight for all Alameda County children.
Dinner provided! Walk-Ins Welcome!
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Baby & Toddler Laptimes at Hively!
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October 10th
Toddler Laptime | 10:15am - 10:45am
Baby Laptime | 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Hively is partnering with the City of Pleasanton to provide
baby and todder laptimes!
Stories, music, bounces, finger-plays and more! Introduce your baby and toddler to the joy of books, music and other fun activities!
Filled with books, songs and fun activities, laptimes are designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Babies (ages 0 - 15 months) and toddlers (ages 16-36 months) are encouraged to engage with the stories, activities, and their parent/caregiver.
Laptimes also allow parent/caregiver the opportunity to model how they can talk, read, and sing with young children in order to develop their early literacy skills!
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Call Pleasanton Library at 925.931.3400 ext. 3 to register!
(Laptimes are located at Hively, 6601 Owens Drive, Pleasanton)
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We are in this together!
Hively
is hosting a Parent Café, and we invite you to join us to share and discuss the victories and challenges of raising children.
Participants will explore their strengths and create strategies from their own wisdom and experiences to help strengthen their families.
Free child care and dinner provided!
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Diaper Need Awareness Week
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Thank you to everyone that donated to Hively during Diaper Need Awareness Week! From Community Diaper Drives, to individual donations, we are so appreciative of the
14,680
diapers donated to help our community thrive!
Sounds like a huge number, right? It is! That's the number of diapers we will share with families between now and the end of October!
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It is not too late to donate to our Community Wide Diaper Drive! Click below to learn how you can help!
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Wednesday Night Shopping!
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Tuesdays & Thursdays | 8:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday | October 2nd & 16th | 5.00pm - 7.00pm
Effective October 1st, Hively will open our doors to allow community members to shop at any time on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00pm - 5:00pm, and selected Wednesday nights, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Stay up to date on our Wednesday night shopping dates by visiting our website's Community Calendar, or by clicking below!
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Sunday, October 27th
Downtown Pleasanton
The Rotary Club of Pleasanton is hosting a Halloween Spirit Run!
In the past, the Rotary's Spirit runs have raised over $1,000,000 for scholarships benefiting local high school graduates and community grants for dozens of local
non-profits, including Hively!
Register below for this fun family event!
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For our Child Care Providers
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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As many of you know from attending training at Hively, child care centers, preschools and family child care providers can not discriminate against children with disabilities.
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A child care provider must assess case by case what accommodation(s) a child with a disability needs to be integrated into the child care provider's program, and assess whether reasonable accommodations can be made to include the child.
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Click below for more information about ADA and child care programs.
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Upcoming Events & Training
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FFN PROVIDERS
FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND, OR NEIGHBOR
October 8th
Halloween Reading Adventures
10.00AM - 11.00AM
To register, contact 925.249.3923
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EVERYONE WELCOME!
October 9th
Supporting Children with Sensory Disintegration
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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EVERYONE WELCOME!
October 10th
Toddler Laptime
(16-36 months)
10:15AM-10:45AM
Call Pleasanton Library at 925.931.3400 ext. 3 to register
(Laptimes are located at Hively,
6601 Owens Drive, Pleasanton)
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EVERYONE WELCOME!
October 10th
Baby Laptime
(0-15 months)
1:00PM-1:30PM
In partnership with the City of Pleasanton, we are now offering Baby Laptimes at Hively!
Call Pleasanton Library at 925.931.3400 ext. 3 to register
(Laptimes are located at Hively,
6601 Owens Drive, Pleasanton)
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PROSPECTIVE & ESTABLISHED FAMILY HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND FFN CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
October 15th
Up, Up, and Away!
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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EDUCATORS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
(parents also welcome!)
October 16th & 30th
Kids who are Bullied/
Kids who are Bullies:
Recognizing the Signs
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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Trauma Informed Care Schedule
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CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
October 17th
School Readiness and Structured Play for Young Children
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
October 18th
Family Read Night
5.30PM - 7.00PM
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CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
October 19th
Implementing Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Inclusive Needs
9.00AM - 12.00PM
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CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
October 23rd
Enhancing Family Engagement through Communication Styles
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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PARENTS
October 24th
Parent Ca
fé
6.00PM - 8.00PM
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FFN PROVIDERS
FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND, OR NEIGHBOR
October 25th
Halloween Reading Adventures
2.30PM - 3.30PM
To register, contact 925.249.3923
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PROVEEDOR
October 29th
Un ambiente seguro y saludable
6.30PM - 8.30PM
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Satabhish Aeka ~ Afsheen Afzal ~ Shruti Agarwal ~ Diane Anderson ~ Anne Andrade ~ Salvation Army ~ Julie Ashmore ~ Jane Kraemer Baker ~ Kelly Bair ~ Chaitali Bandyopadhyay ~ Mary Baptist ~ Deborah Barker~ Vince Barletta ~ Jack Bergman ~ Denise Berkowitz ~ Kathy Bernandez
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Blazing Fire Church ~ Boys Team Charity Pleasanton League
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Lenisha Brewer ~ Danielle Breeden ~ Tracy Brown ~ Nicola Brown ~ Jill Buck
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Sharon Caldeira ~ Julie Camberg ~ Judith Caminiti ~ Diane Carew-Mundschau ~ Amy Carr ~ Eric & Paulette Carr ~ Carrie Chambers ~ Joe Chapman~ Kristen Charlson ~ Sue Cheney ~ Viviana Cherman ~ Ann Clark ~ Noelita Conlogue ~ Crosswinds Church
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Kate D'Or ~ Bibek Das ~ Ian Davidson ~ Mike and Tammy Dean ~ Chuck Deckert ~ Delia & Charlie DeLaRosa ~ Nicole Denney ~ Camille Denzel ~ Alyssa de Quina ~ Shelley Despotakis ~ Louise D'Onofrio ~ Dublin Unified School District ~ Annie Dulka ~ Kathy Dulka ~ Kelly O'Lague Dulka ~ Kristen Duncan Anderson ~ Ryan Duncan Anderson ~ Captain Craig Eicher ~ Amanda and Victor Ferrer ~ Marilyn Foletta ~ Free to Be Me Child Care ~ Kendra Frerich ~ Helen Fulgado ~ Lisa Garcia ~ Lori and Paul Garcia ~ Marty Garcia-Cotter ~ Kristen Geller ~ Gingerbread Preschool ~ Erin Green ~ Kristie Gross ~ Charlotte Guinn ~ Mariana Guzzardo ~ Noelle Hannula ~ Jim Hanscom ~ Ann Harper ~ Hindu Community and Cultural Center ~ Jamie Hintzke ~ Angela & Garrett Holmes ~ Becky Hopkins ~ Jennifer Hosterman ~ Bonita F. Hourel ~ Amanda Houston ~ Tami Ingram ~ John Evans Cellars ~ Karen Kallestad-Miller ~ Nikki Kotz ~ Sara Kwan ~ Merrilee Kupras ~ Lakeshore Learning ~ Kimberly LaRosa ~ LaDonna and Gary Leach ~ Joanna Livingston ~ Sisi Mac ~ Hena Malik ~ Deene Malone ~ Sarah Mann ~ Ken Mano ~ Marilyn Mattoon ~ Debbie Marshall ~ Helen Martin ~ Clarence Mayott ~ Ruby Metre ~ Kurt McAninch ~Ruth McAninch ~ Michelle McDonald ~ Stephanie McGough ~ Joelle McGlothlin ~ Kimberly McLellan ~ Tiana Megofna
~ Amy Miller ~ Mary Millet ~ Mollie Molin ~ Wendy Montgomery ~ Nancy Mullins ~ Lacey Munson ~ Alice Nakanishi ~ Dorian Nasby ~ National Charity League ~ Debbie Nemecek ~ Diane Nico ~ North Pleasanton Rotary Club ~ Renee Palm ~ Dezarae Patterson ~ Pleasanton Boys Team Charity ~ Colin and Anneke Proudfoot ~ Woody Queen ~ Kathleen Redmond ~ Angela Register ~ Heather Rizzoli ~ Rotary Club of Pleasanton ~ Bonnie Russell ~ The Safeway Foundation ~ Saint Raymond Catholic Church WINGS Group ~ Gwen Salzborn ~ Lucinda Scanlan ~ Susan Schall ~ Share the Spirit East Bay News Group ~ Laurie Shields ~ Toni Sims ~ Harshmeet Singh ~ Dina Sklovskaya ~ Janel Sloan ~ Linda Smith ~ Jennifer Solari ~ Solid Rock Church of God in Christ ~ St. Clare's Episcopal Church ~ Dick Stafford ~ Marie and Padraig Stapleton ~ Marissa Stein ~ Diane Tamisika ~ Angela Tan ~ Bob Tedrick ~ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ~ Arevik Tigranyan ~ Stefanie Tomlinson ~ Diane Totaro ~ Lori Traverso ~ Valley Community Church ~ Valley Family Child Care Association ~ Austin Verive ~ Arany Uthayakumar ~ Walmart Community Grants Team Facility #5426 Fremont - Kelli Walter ~ Albrae St. Location ~ Nafiya Weston ~ Dawn Wilson ~ Marjorie Wong-Gilmore ~ Wood Family Vineyards ~ Carly Yamaichi ~ Lea Yancey ~ Kathy Young
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