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Guardian Angel Child Care serves an average of 48 children.
Sister Kathleen views her role at Guardian Angel as much more than a job. “It’s a ministry,” she says. “I’ve received much more than I have given.”
And Sister Kathleen and her colleagues have given a lot. “It was just a really wonderful experience for both of my children—as well as for me,” Thompkins says. “I’m not sure where my kids would be without it.”
Together, the child-care centers serve more than 100 children. Parents pay on a sliding scale or receive state subsidies.
The expenses mount quickly. The children receive two meals a day and a snack. “At our infant center, we are supplying all the baby formula, which costs on average $26.95 a container and lasts about four days,” says Paulette Annane, program director for the three child-care centers.
The centers ask parents to bring diapers and baby wipes, but the Ministry of Caring often supplies them. The clients, who are mostly single mothers, can’t afford the supplies, Annane explains. Some are homeless or living in shelters.
By caring for the children, the Ministry of Caring gives parents the chance to find firm footing. “Many of our parents
“Many of our parents have made themselves proud, and thus made their children proud.”
—Sister Kathleen Pollard
have struggled to get and maintain jobs,” says Sister Kathleen. “They have set goals for themselves and met them. They’ve made themselves proud, and thus made their children proud.”
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