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Below is a link to an interview I did last week with NPR to discuss the current challenges that childcare centers were facing during
the covid crisis.  We discussed what we were doing to try to stay open to help the first responders in our area.  The interview was
originally taped on March 20th.  It aired 5 days later on March 25th, the same day we had to announce to our families that we could
no longer afford to stay open.


https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2020/03/25/365250/texas-day-cares-struggle-to-stay-open-during-outbreak/

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Tim Kaminski
Director/Owner
Gingerbread Kids Academy
Richmond TX
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Great article, Tim!  Sad but so true!  God bless us all!

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Catherine Awong
Director
Mililani Presbyterian Preschool
Mililani, HI, USA
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-01-2020 05:24 PM
From: Tim Kaminski
Subject: NPR Interview on Childcare Shortages during Covid Crisis

Below is a link to an interview I did last week with NPR to discuss the current challenges that childcare centers were facing during
the covid crisis.  We discussed what we were doing to try to stay open to help the first responders in our area.  The interview was
originally taped on March 20th.  It aired 5 days later on March 25th, the same day we had to announce to our families that we could
no longer afford to stay open.


https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2020/03/25/365250/texas-day-cares-struggle-to-stay-open-during-outbreak/

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Tim Kaminski
Director/Owner
Gingerbread Kids Academy
Richmond TX
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Thank you for all that you have said over the past few months.  My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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Cynthia Bohrer
Director
Kids International Early Childhood Education Cente
Ellisville MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-01-2020 05:24 PM
From: Tim Kaminski
Subject: NPR Interview on Childcare Shortages during Covid Crisis

Below is a link to an interview I did last week with NPR to discuss the current challenges that childcare centers were facing during
the covid crisis.  We discussed what we were doing to try to stay open to help the first responders in our area.  The interview was
originally taped on March 20th.  It aired 5 days later on March 25th, the same day we had to announce to our families that we could
no longer afford to stay open.


https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2020/03/25/365250/texas-day-cares-struggle-to-stay-open-during-outbreak/

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Tim Kaminski
Director/Owner
Gingerbread Kids Academy
Richmond TX
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Tim, thank you for sharing your story.  It is so familiar for so many of us.  My prayers are with you, your staff and those children & families - hoping that it isn't too late to get some relief help with the recent CARES bill.

Blessings,
Shantel

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Shantel Ingram-Gholston
Director
Joyful Blessings
Detroit MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-01-2020 05:24 PM
From: Tim Kaminski
Subject: NPR Interview on Childcare Shortages during Covid Crisis

Below is a link to an interview I did last week with NPR to discuss the current challenges that childcare centers were facing during
the covid crisis.  We discussed what we were doing to try to stay open to help the first responders in our area.  The interview was
originally taped on March 20th.  It aired 5 days later on March 25th, the same day we had to announce to our families that we could
no longer afford to stay open.


https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2020/03/25/365250/texas-day-cares-struggle-to-stay-open-during-outbreak/

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Tim Kaminski
Director/Owner
Gingerbread Kids Academy
Richmond TX
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