Daycare
(Continued from Page B 14)
programs and by establishing
mtergenerational centers. Messiah
Village, near Harrisburg, unites
the elderly and the young at the
Children’s Family Center Retired
residents assist the professionals
there, becoming “special friends”
with young children; the
relationships are beneficial to both
age groups.
Wendy Wingate, one of the group
supervisors, comments,
“Residents are integral to the
program. Being needed makes
anyone live longer.”
Employer’s Programs
Employers, like day care
providers, are facing a new and
HYDRA
FOLD
AUGERS
For Trucks &
Gravity Wagons
Ideal For Fertilizer Spreading
Reg SALE
6”xl4’ Gravity Box Auger $624 00 *559.95
B"xl4' Gravity Box Auger $B6B 00 *779.95
6”xl4'Truck Auger $823 00 *739.95
Above Models Come With Tube & Auger Hyd
Motor, Hopper, Variable Delivery Speed & Spout,
Heavy Duty or HD (11' Available on Special Order)
v 24”
FAN
" V *•
Flex-Auger Systems, PVC Tubing, 2”, 3”, 4” Diameter Systems
w/Hanger,
Cord, Motor,
Grill & Switch
Reg. $129.00
SALE
s99°°
Bin Boot
Galv. 36” FAN V* H.P. w/Energy
Efficient Motor
Reg. Price $330 00
/» %
Alum. 36" Shutters !
Reg. $9O 00 i
SALE ‘69” l.'jl; I
American Cool Air ‘
Member of AMCA
Heavy Duty
60" Agricultural
CEILING FANS
*57.00
• 5Yr Warranty • Aluminum
• UL Approved Construction
• 5 Speed Control
VARIABLE SPEED FANS
56 s 99°°
WOVEN WIRE
I”‘ l * *" , "*^W■ ■ ■ n-M .
sx7’ and 4’xB’
7 - AG STAR BASIC FARROW
ING CRATES Reg. Price
$29.00 ACCESSORIES
AVAILABLE
SALE PRICE *89.00 EACH
volatile free market. Companies
are beginning to develop parent
benefit packages that are com
petitive with those of more
progressive employers. Benefits
come in the form of paid day care
hours (direct subsidies to em
ployees), sponsorship of outside
day care programs, on-site day
care, referral programs,
educational seminars on available
options in the community, and day
care center consortiums with other
companies. Palombo claims that
despite recent growth in this area,
employer programs remain rare.
An example of an employer
related center is the Great Valley
Corporate Child Development
Center, developed by Rouse and
Associates in Malvern. The Cor
porate Center was conceived as a
FEED BUNK Ft. Bunk
j, Polyethylene Bottom Reg - * 159 00
h • s'/2 Ft. Bunk r,i« *lOO nn
Reg. $93.00 SALE *76” Sale 29.00
A*“ssrr£> Au * erTub *
Curved
* T r j;
Plastic Pan Wastes
Drainage System for
Farrowing Crates
a • j
One frame shown
above without woven
wire flooring
Two frames are show
with plastic pans
joined together The
frame in back has a f ~
farrowing crate »n
position atop the
woven wire flooring
SMC VENTILATION FANS
• 24” Fan, Vi HP *179.9S
• 20" Fan, V* HP.... *129.95
• 16" Fan, Vi HP *112.95
• 12” Fan, 1/20 HP .. . *79.95
FAN JET'
111 iff VENTILATION
Vul SYSTEMS
THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS
1-6’ DlA.xlS' ■ 3.3 TON GSI
FEED BIN W/FILL KIT &
LADDER. ASSEMBLED.
F. 0.8. Reg. Price $899.00
SALE PRICE *695.00
= li I
36" PORTABLE FAN, Vi HP
10,000 CFM - 20 Ft. Power Cord
Reg. $468.50 '*jl jLI '
SALE '
*399.95
I^2=^
zz
Metering Drive
Dr °P or Belt Drive
Bolc [/\] Power Unit
Feed Level
Switch
TvS
Side view of pan
showing collars that
join adjacent pans
2 - B"xs2’ PTO TOP DRIVE
CARDINAL GALVANIZED
TRANSPORTAUGER
ASSEMBLED
*1895.00 EACH
modem, campus-like area where
corporations co-exist with exercise
and health facilities, restaurants
and other service businesses, and
day care for the families of em
ployees. A facility with space for
125 children is scheduled to open in
the fall; meanwhile, one is already
in operation in a temporary space.
Although at the moment the Center
is on a direct fee basis, director
Jane Payne anticipates an em
ployer subsidy plan in the near
future. This facility is believed by
the developers to be the first of its
kindintheU.S.
For Students
A recent survey of the 14 com
munity colleges in Pennsylvania
indicated that almost all had some
sort of day care facility. For in
stance, Montgomery County
Single & Double
DECK
NURSERIES
w/plastic waste
drainage pans
Agstar Stainless
Steel Rotary &
Fenceline Feeders
• 140 lb. Feeder
$ 118.95
• 275 lb. Feeder
•144.95
Community College has a
cooperative which functions on
fees and parent hours. Butler
County Community College offers
“Playcare,” funded by fees and
the student senate. Harrisburg
Area Community College Child
Play Center charges parents only
$l.OO per hour a low fee made
possible by subsidies from the
Student Government Association.
These centers are active. At
HACC, though capacity is only for
25, staff may see more than 75
children per day as parents drop
off their children for one or two
hours and pick them up after class.
New breeds of companies are
meeting some concomitant needs.
Child Care, Inc., of Lansdale,
provides an extensive referral
service to its clients and cor
porations in the Delaware Valley
area. This allows employers to
match employees’ needs with child
care, saving employees a good
deal of search time and stress.
Dr. Sydelle Mason, of Child
Care, Inc., explains that through
extensive data studies, the com
pany found that parents on the
average spend 10 hours finding day
oarp rhanpp ppntprs nnrp a vear,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1984-815
New Kinds
of Services
and miss five work days per year
because of child care problems.
The firm also documents other
impact on the workplace, such as
whether an employee would
consider resigning due to lack of
day care snd how much sooner
after maternity leave an employee
would return could she find'
adequate day care. This in
formation proves to the employer
that participation in a referral
service not only helps the parent
and improves employer-employee
relations, but also saves numerous
employee-related costs.
Payne believes that as more
data is collected and new ideas
prove cost-effective, more em
ployers will be willing to provide
benefits. More entrepreneurs may
see opportunities in providing
services. Palombo concludes,
however, that solutions are lagging
far behind mounting demands.
“An adequate supply of quality
day care will contribute to the
equality of women as well as to the
development of children.
When...the (economic and social)
advantages of day care programs
fare realized), this nation will be
able to give day care services the
priority they deserve.”