1. I volunteered my time at an in home daycare facility in Urbana, Illinois.  This lady's name is Val, I actually went to her when I was growing up, from the age of five until I was in fifth grade.  Val takes children from all types of backgrounds.  When I was growing up she took care of a lot of different children, even when you didn't have enough money to make the full payments. She made sure she set up a payment plan or something so that your child or children could still come to her house and be under her care.  

2. How this related to FCS 4840 and other FCS classes is because you learn all about people who aren't as well off as others and  I feel like going and volunteering at this daycare facility has really opened my eyes up to a lot of different things that has to do with childcare.  I didn't know there were such nice people in the world, that would be willing to help people that needed childcare and didn't have that much money to pay for it. Also when I took the administrations in child care programs class I learned how much childcare really is and to certain people it is nothing at all but to others that can barley make it from pay check to paycheck it is very hard to pay for childcare.  I feel like what Val does for people is something that more people should do because when you can't pay for childcare then what are you suppose to do with your child/ children.  This is when things happen like children get left alone and have to take care of themselves or they get put with people who aren't really watching them carefully. 

3. I think I gained a sense of trust, care, love and desire. I would defiantly do something like that if I had the money to do so, where it wasn't going to hurt me financially. I think that the children at that facility get a good sense of love from people that take care of them, and are willing to do things that are so nice to them.  A lot of people and children don't get that from people now a days but they need it, to show that they are nice people in the world.

4. I pretty much put that question into my other questions and answers.  I feel like what Val does for people in the community is something really nice, I don't think I know of anyone else in the Urbana area that is willing to make payment plans and still take care of a child for most of the day.  Most places I know you have to pay up front and all at once to even have your child enrolled there.

5.Again I kind of put my reflections and reactions in my other answers, I just really feel like what she dose is something that a lot of places should do, because a lot of people in the world need help and with someone being so nice and willing to take really good care of your children is something that is really important.  I went there and I loved it, there was never a day that you were bored or didn't go do something.  So if anyone ever asked where I think they should take their children I would defiantly recommend her and give her a really good word because shes such a great person.

Sara Hansen