The White Rose 

Spring 2010

Letter From The President 
 
Dear YAAEYC Members, Inside this issue: 
Letter from the President 1
What a fantastic Week of the Young Child celebration in York
WOYC 2
County! I hope you all were able to attend a few of the special
events that were held throughout the county. Networking Night 2

Special Recognition 3
I want to send a warm thank you to the Week of the Young Child
Committee for putting together such a fabulous recognition event! Library Update 4
Congratulations to all of the award recipients that were recognized
Children’s Action Day 5
at the banquet for their hard work and dedication to the field of
Early Childhood Education! DVAEYC Conference 5

One Book Update 5

I hope you will be able to attend the Early Childhood Action Day
on June 8th in Harrisburg; the more representation from the field Chair-Member Contacts 6
the more powerful the statement that can be made to the legisla-
tors! Membership Updates 6

2010 YAAEYC Conference 6

Sincerely,

Mindy Miller
YAAEYC President

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 Week of the Young Child  
The Week of the Young Child was a huge success! Throughout the week of April 11-17th, centers
across the county celebrated young children, teachers, and families. Many events were held
to honor children and the people who love them. Families had the opportunity to share why their
children are special, visit their children's classrooms, eat lunch at the centers, and attend special
story times. Some centers purchased copies of "What a Treasure," this year's One Book, Every
Young Child selection, and distributed them to all of the preschoolers.

The highlight of the week was the WOYC Awards and Recognition Banquet, held at the fabulous Va-
lencia Ballroom. Over 350 attendees were delighted by the keynote speaker, Will Hillen-
brand, illustrator of "What a Treasure." Mary Ellen Pann, from Fox 43 WPMT, once again graciously
donated her time to emcee the exciting event. The dedication of the teachers was evident during
the awards portion. Many teachers were nominated by parents and coworkers, and there were sev-
eral lucky recipients of classroom project awards. Many thanks to the generous donors who pro-
vided us with incredible door prizes. Angie Sparks, a first-year co-chair of the WOYC Committee,
was overwhelmed to see all of the hard-working ECE professionals gather to celebrate young chil-
dren!

2nd Annual Networking Night 
YAAEYC sponsored its second annual Networking Night on April 28, 2010 from 6-9. The vision
of this event was to provide a forum for early childhood and school age teachers and directors to
share ideas with each other and check out three high quality child care centers in the York
area. They also got to snack at each center! This year, the 70 participants visited the Jewish
Community Center, the YWCA York Market Street location and Crispus Attucks. A huge thank
you to those centers for supporting the teaching community in this way! Some comments from
participants were:
“It’s great that we can all learn from each other!”
“My favorite part was seeing how other centers use their space and have their rooms ar-
ranged”
“The best part was meeting other professionals and getting ideas.”
“This event was very worthwhile”
“This spiked my imagination and creativity of possible ideas at my own center.”
This event was free to YAAEYC members.

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 Special Recognitions
At the Week of the Young Child Banquet on April 15, many members of the York County Early Edu-
cation community were recognized for their hard work and dedication to the families and children of
our region. Outstanding Early Childhood Provider awards were given to the 102 individuals nomi-
nated by the families they serve.

Elizabeth Steed and Kayla Smith, students at the York County School of Technology, were pre-
sented the Future Leaders award for their outstanding academic performance and commitment to
quality early childhood education.

White Rose awards were given to the following individuals: Tammy Bardo from the East York Rec-
reation Commission, Julie Folkenroth and Vicki Wooditch from Children’s First Learning Center, Jen-
nifer Melder from Stillmeadow Child Care, Tonya Pennington from East York Kindercare and Wendy
Latshaw from Otterbein Early Education Center.

Children’s Champion awards were given to the following individuals: Sukhdeep Gill, Professor at
Penn State and YAAEYC Board Member, Harriet Dichter, Secretary of the Department of Public
Welfare and Sandra Brown of Glatfelter Insurance Group.

York County Early Childhood Education Professional Award winners were Yvetta Graves from Cris-
pus Attucks, Susan Haverstock of Rainbow Junction, Teresa Sampson a HomeBased provider, Kim-
berly Mitchell of York Day Nursery, Amy Barshinger from the York JCC, Mindy Eagan from Joyful
Friends and Tina Cothran at Creative Kids.

Congratulations to all our award recipients!

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 Library Update
The Summer Reading Club is open to
children & teens ages birth to 18!

Online Registration Starts June 1!

Visit www.yorklibraries.org

Read for prizes

June 14 through August 21!
Contact your local library for informa-
tion about participating directly from
your location.

Visit any of these libraries to participate:

Fun Free Events
Arthur Hufnagel Public Library Kreutz Creek Valley Library
of Glen Rock Center All Summer Long!
Phone: 717-235-1127 Phone: 717-252-4080
Monday, June 21
Collinsville Community Library Martin Library
Phone: 717-927-9014 Phone: 717-846-5300 & Tuesday, June 22

Dillsburg Area Public Library Mason-Dixon Public Library Five Stop Tour
Phone: 717-432-5613 Phone: 717-993-2404
Paul Hadfield as
Dover Area Community Library Paul Smith Library of General Foolishness
Phone: 717-292-6814 Southern York County
Phone: 717-235-5806
Glatfelter Memorial Library Saturday, July 10
Phone: 717-225-3220 Red Land Community Library
Phone: 717-938-5599
SplashFest!
Guthrie Memorial Library Codorus State Park
Hanover’s Public Library Village Library 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: 717-632-5183 Phone: 717-428-1034

Kaltreider-Benfer Library Free Crafts, Activities,

Phone: 717-244-2032 Story Tellers & More!

Proudly sponsored by:

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 Early Childhood Action Day
Early Action Day will soon be here! On June 8, 2010, gather with professionals from all over the
state to spread the message of the importance of early education.

Your legislators need to hear from you about the importance of investing in quality early
childhood education.
Come tell your story about:
 the CHILDREN and the difference that a quality early education program makes in their
lives,
 the TEACHERS and the critical role their skills and expertise play in a quality program,
 the ongoing CHALLENGES of waiting lists, turnover, inadequate support, unmet needs,
 the SUCCESSES that investing in quality produces for children and communities, now
and into the future.

Join local professionals in meetings with Legislators! If you can not get out of the classroom or of-
fice that day, please send art work or letters from families highlighting the importance of our pro-
grams to your legislator.

At 1:00pm there will be a rally on the capitol steps calling all to raise awareness of critical programs.
This year, there will be an evening banquet to recognize excellence in the field. To register go to
www.paquest.org.

If you recognize the importance of great programs such as Keystone Stars, Pre-K Counts, Head
Start, Child Care Works and TEACH, we hope to see you there.

DVAEYC Conference
Barry Muser reports the DVAEYC conference was a
great experience. Besides all of the vendors and the
free stuff, the trainings were great. He at-
tended multiple trainings on advocacy and one on
creating a highly motivated employee. With ECE Ac-
tion Day coming up, this was a great opportunity to
gain some information on advocacy. The advocacy
trainings gave Barry a lot of great ideas to prepare for
legislator meetings. The most valuable training was Reminder
on motivating employees. It helped put things in per-
spective as to why we may or may not get the results
or work quality from our staff that we expect. It gave What a Treasure traveling trunk is avail-
tips on how to motivate staff and build trust with em- able for weekly borrowing through Mar-
ployees. By attending this conference Barry feels that tin Library. Please call Peggy Gardner
he is in a better position to supervise staff more effec- at 846-5300 X280 to reserve a time for
tively then he was before. Barry is better prepared for you. Trunks may be picked up from and
Action Day and the advocacy work to be done there. returned to your closest local library.
He recommends this conference highly to any early
childhood professional.
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 Committee Chair Members Contact Information 

President: Mindy Miller mmiller@ycstech.org

Accreditation: Megan Penson mpenson@yorkjcc.org
Conference Co-Chairs: Molly Diehl diehlmol@ycs.k12.pa.us & Shanda Opsitos sopsitos@yahoo.com
Membership: Sukhdeep Gill sgill@psu.edu
Nomination: Christy Renjilian renjilianc@unitedway-york.org
Program: Debra Riek driek@ywcayork.org
Public Policy: Sara Bosley sbosley@ywcayork.org
Publicity/Newsletter: Paula Gilbert pgilbert@yorklibraries.org & Jackie Dell-Shearer dellshearerj@unitedway-
york.org
Recognition: Wendy Latshaw OtterbeinEEC@aol.com
WOYC: Angie Sparks asparks@ywcayork.org & Trish Bissett bissettt@unitedway-york.org

Remember to check the PA Keys website at www.pakeys.org, for training opportunities. 

Thank You For Joining Or Renewing Your Membership 
Felicia Brown Stacie Gilmore Christine Maxwell Darlene Q. Post
LaDawn Brown Caleb Glass Lilia E. Medina Valessia Rodriguez
Melany Buda Kiuana Henderson Crystal Murphy Kenndra Shaner
Emily Chata Chevalier Katelyn Hengst Megan Murray Kristin Staub
Christina Day Elizabeth Laskoski Barry Muser Steve Stover
Jessica Day Tina Marie Macy Jessica Peterson Karen Trone
Amanda Duke Vanessa Manspeaker Kayla Phillips Britney Trythall
Holly Anne Elicker

2010 YAAEYC Conference  
This year's YAAEYC Conference will be held on
Saturday, September 19th, 2010 at Penn State York Campus.

The committee is continuing to work hard on this year's conference. We have received many great
proposals from presenters interested in contributing to the conference. The committee will be re-
viewing these proposals and preparing the schedule of trainings to be offered.
This year the committee has decided to "go green". We will not be mailing out brochures
as in years past. The brochure and registration form will be available online at the YAAEYC
website. Those members who have provided their email addresses will be emailed the bro-
chure and registration form.
As always, if you have questions, you may contact Molly Diehl (diehlmol@ycs.k12.pa.us) or
Shanda Opsitos (sopsitos@yahoo.com). We are working hard to make this year's conference the
best yet!!
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