Groovy Steps

As a partner with GetUp Montgomery County we are trying to make the center a bit more healthy. I mean really, isn't our mission to enrich and empower lives one choice at a time? :-) With that said, we serve 3 meals a day that are well balanced and nutritious. As educators our goal is to incorporate more teaching about eating and living what we teach. Our staff have a snack box... with well... not so many healthy choices. We've taken a poll and created a list of some options. I am happy to say that we will be trying some of them out and see what happens.



Through LinkedIn we get a variety of information from GetUp and I just had to share this. Any ideas where we could do something like this. Any comments I'll relay to GetUp and maybe somewhere (or in several locations) we could get a cool set of stairs like this. Thoughts??

Ladies and Gents: We Have Press Coverage!!!

We are very proud to say that because of the hard work of Phil Greene, our new AmeriCorps member, the Dayton Christian Center was on Saturday night's 6:00pm news! The clip below portrays our annual Christmas Party hosted by the Altrusa Club of Dayton. Thank you WDTN Channel 2 News for coming out to the center and helping bring smiles to the staff who have been working hard to get us press coverage!

The party was held on Saturday, December 12. Each child received a present full of toys and clothes handed to them personally by Santa himself. Parents also received a goody bag full of toiletry items and a Bible. Pictures from this event will be posted soon!

Merry Christmas everyone!

CJ Volunteers are Simply Wonderful!

We were SO happy to have another volunteer day with the volunteers from Chaminade Julienne High School! We were truly blessed to have them come out on December 5th and finish our Christmas boxes for the kids and to make our parents boxes as well. We couldn't ask for better volunteers. Not only were they enthusiastic and fun, but they worked hard and fast! So fast that I ran out of projects for them to do!

Take a look at the pictures from the two groups that came out on December 5th. One group was here from 8am to 11:30am and the second group was here from 12pm to 3:30pm. All together, we have 29 volunteers from CJ that day. They came to us as part of the National Honor Society Program at CJ, run by Mr. Jim Sparrow. We couldn't be any more thrilled at how much work they got done and to top it off, we are expecting them to come back next year! Yay :) Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication CJ volunteers. See you next year!

Have a blessed Christmas everyone!

Betsy and the staff at DXC

Christmas with CJ

Wow! Time is flying past us and Christmas is going to be here in about 25 days! To help us get ready for the holidays, a group from Chaminade-Julienne came and helped us prepare Christmas boxes for the kids at the center. The groups were from the NHS program at CJ, and they were wonderful volunteers! We had around 30 volunteers at the center, half of them here from 8am to 12pm and the other half from 12pm to 4pm. They made homemade Christmas cards for the kids, made an inventory list of all the donations we have received, and made around 55 personalized boxes for each child full of toys, clothes, books, and school supplies. The second group was done early, so we had them sanitize our school rooms. We always appreciate a nice, clean, sanitized room :)

Another group from CJ will be here this coming Saturday and we can't wait! Take a minute to view the pictures below to see what hard working volunteers they were! And check back soon for more pictures from the second group!

Thank you CJ for working hard and for coming to DXC! We appreciate you! And most of all, the children will appreciate all the hard work you put into the boxes and into the homemade Christmas cards. We hope you all come back to visit!

Bless This Mess!!!

So many things are happening at DXC and we wanted to share them with you! Tasha's dad (Jerry)is in town and has been working so hard the last few days on rebuilding our steps and making a new sidewalk. He has been such a great help and we can't appreciate him enough! Jerry is a top notch volunteer!!! The sidewalk and steps look amazing, and we also appreciate all the small projects he has done during his visit.

Take a look at the pictures below to see all the hard work Jerry and a few other dedicated volunteers have done during the last few days at DXC. You can also see pictures of the construction from our new infant toddler room. We are doing great things at DXC and we couldn't have done it without your donations, your prayers, and your blessings!

Join Hands Miami Valley Day-Part 2

We already blogged about the first day of Join Hands Miami Valley Day weekend. This post is about Day 2! On October 24, we had a group from Sinclair Community College come out. All of the volunteers were part of the Young Scholars Program. I was so happy that they came out and they all worked so hard! Two volunteers scrubbed down our bathrooms from floor to ceiling, three volunteers scrubbed down our kitchen and oven (the oven has never been cleaner!)and all the other wonderful volunteers sanitized all the toys from the four classrooms, mopped floors, and cleaned and organized where needed.

Look at the pictures below to get a glimpse of what they did for us at DXC! Thank you Young Scholars! We hope you come back to visit.

Construction and Celebrations

We have finally begun construction on our new infant toddler room! Tasha, our Child Care Administrator and all the staff have been waiting for this day for who knows how long! And we can't wait for it to be finished. We already have 5 children who will be enrolled in the new room and we are sure to get more soon. They have torn out the wall between the two rooms that will be used (one side for napping and one side for play)and are currently working on tearing out the brick on one side to make a door. They will then rebuild a wall to make two gates going from one room to the other. We will keep you updated on what is going on with this huge project!

In the slideshow, you can also view pictures from Ms. Peggie's one year anniversary with DXC. We can't believe she has spent a whole year with us, but we are so happy to have her! We are truly blessed to have Ms. Peggie working here and we hope she stays at DXC for many years to come. We love you Ms. Peggie!