Do you wish that you could go shopping in peace?
Want to go on a date with your spouse
without spending a fortune on a babysitter?
Need to go to the dentist?
Or better yet, don't you deserve an afternoon at the spa?
PURPOSE
Westlake Early Childhood PTA’s Babysitting Co-op was designed to provide the members guilt-free and cost-free childcare for their children by other members on a reciprocating basis through the exchange of time.
HOW THE BABYSITTING CO-OP WORKS
A member selects and calls a sitter from the Babysitting Co-op Roster to request a sitting of her children. The mother then drops her child (ren) off at the sitter's place (the actual location of sit may be variable depending on circumstances) and leaves the Sit Sheet with her sitter. On the Sit Sheet, the mother writes her whereabouts with phone number during the sit, and the name of the children she is leaving as well as any pertinent information the sitter should know about her child. The medical release on the Sit Sheet must be filled out and signed before any babysitting event can take place. After the sitting, the appropriate number of coupons is exchanged according to the WECPTA Babysitting Co-op Payment Chart.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
In an excerpt from a publication called Easy Energizers: 116 New Ways to Fight Fatigue, the suggestion for a mother with young children to get a break in her day is to join a babysitting cooperative.
The excerpt states the following: “If you have young children, a babysitting cooperative may be just the thing you need to give yourself a break-and give the kids some playtime with new friends. Co-ops are growing increasingly popular because they spare parents the headache of finding a sitter they can trust, and they save thousands of dollars. Paid sitters can cost more than $10 per house, which can transform even a humble movie-and pizza date into a $100 evening.”
Just as our coop, “you pay another co-op member with coupons when she watches your child; you receive coupons when you’re the babysitter.”
It’s just that easy. Join today. Just fill out the membership application. Contact our CoOp Liason to find out the date, time and location of our next meeting. Send your email to coop@wecpta.org