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Welcome to Wildwood Online

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Wildwood C.A.C.F.P. and Wildwood Resources, Inc.

This website is open to all child care providers and anyone interested in the care of children. We hope to have a site that will help you succeed in providing the best experience to those in your care because at Wildwood our mission is to help "those who care for children."

The two newest features on our site, "Recalls - Food, Toys, Wellness" and "Healthy Helper" (our nutrition blog) exemplify our commitment to health and wellness for you and your children.  The Recall page features the latest information on recalls for food, health and wellness products targeting children and providers.  We offer links to the CPC and USDA as well as updates from the CDHPE. Healthy Helper offers insights into nutrition by offering advice, recipes, and also allows you the audience to share your comments.

Our food program page (see the link at the top of this page) offers the latest C.A.C.F.P. National news as well as updates for the Colorado Providers. We also offer links to services both in Colorado and on a National Scale. Check out the recipe section, each one includes a crediting information to help you with your menu planning. We are always looking for new recipes so feel free to send us yours.



In addition, Wildwood Resources is our fundraising branch and offers business tools and correspondence courses to help you run a successful child care business. All of our merchandise is offered on a National basis and are designed for all types of child care operations.

Wildwood Food Program
The Wildwood C.A.C.F.P. links will connect existing members and those interested joining in our food program. We are a private non-profit organization that has served Colorado child care providers since 1976. We sponsor the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program and offer a variety of food and nutrition support services to "those who care for children."

Wildwood Resources
Wildwood Resources is dedicated to helping child care and daycare providers. We provide business tools and resources to help your child care business run efficiently. In addition, we also offer child care correspondence classes for ongoing education credit and licensing. Exclusive to Colorado residents, is our 15-hour Pre-licensing Course, and Universal Precautions Course, both of which are required for licensing within Colorado (if you do not live in Colorado, our Universal Precautions class may be accepted in your state, check your state rules to be sure).

What's New

2012 Forms Facts and Figures is now available in our store!

Dollars and Cents for the tax year 2010 is also now available in our store!

To order, click here

Here is a useful new resource that can help you determine how much of a certain food to buy to meet CACFP guidelines. You can look up one food, or even make a shopping list for the week! Give it a try:

NFSMI and Team Nutrition have developed an online calculator to be used with the USDA Food Buying Guide (FBG). The interactive and simple to use calculator allows child nutrition professionals to
build shopping lists of foods from the FBG and determine how much of each item to purchase to provide enough servings for the children in their program. You can find the online calculator by clicking here.

Training Opportunities

SAVE THE DATE! August 25, 2012 is the date of the Wildwood Provider Conference at Children’s Hospital in Denver. We have already started engaging speakers and collecting door prizes. Registration will be available later this spring.

FREE Training Opportunity for Colorado home child care providers!

Training for The Food Friends Fun with New Foods and Get Movin' With Mighty Moves programs may be coming to a neighborhood near you. This is a free training opportunity presented by CSU's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. Attendees will learn about implementing nutrition and physical activity education programs in their homes that are designed to get children over picky eating and develop gross motor skills. By attending, you can earn 3 continuing education credit hours (1.5 hours Nutrition and 1.5 hours for Child Growth and Development) and get a kit of free supplies (worth over $500!) to take home so that you can introduce the children in your care to these great programs. This is a 10 week program that you will do with the children in your care at your child care home.

The next Food Friends/Mighty Moves training is:

When: Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Time: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm

Where: Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow Street, Lakewood, CO 80214

For more information about Food Friends/Mighty Moves classes or to sign up for a class, please call or email Julie Roach at 970-491-0932 ~ julie.roach@colostate.edu

Other Training: Exciting News About Cooking Matters Trainings!

Cooking Matters will be presenting several 8 hour trainings throughout the state of Colorado in the upcoming months. These are FREE trainings specifically for home child care providers that teach about healthy meal preparation and creating a healthy food environment for the kids in their care.

TO REGISTER FOR COOKING MATTERS CLASSES: Click here.

NOTE: As much as we would like to help, the Wildwood office is unable to register you for the Cooking Matters classes. Please use the link above to register.

If you would like additional information about what Cooking Matters classes are all about, Click Here.

Looking for a list of creditable non-dairy milk substitutes?
The CDPHE/CACFP website has a list. This list will be updated as new non-dairy milk substitutes become available. To see the list, click here.

Minute Menu is one of the top vendors in the nation for managing provider information. One of the many benefits of joining the Wildwood CACFP is the ability to file your claim online. It saves you time, money (no postage to send in your claim), and is very easy. Click here: To visit the Minute Menu website and learn more.

Are you interested in learning more about how to use Minute Menu? Whether you are a provider who is already using it, or you are interested in seeing how it works, check out Minute Menu's new Training Website. For a limited time, they are offering free webinars and e-learning activities.

Here is a website for Colorado immunization cards:
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/immunization/Forms/CARD-certofimm.pdf

Do you need some new recipes? Our Healthy Helper blog has new creditable recipes each week. Check out our latest "Whole Grain Wednesdays" recipe-Southwest Pasta!
Read all about it on our Healthy Helper Blog! While you are there, sign up to receive each new blog post (and each new recipe) automatically by email!

A free immunization course is available to all childcare providers in Colorado. You can earn 2.5 contact hours towards your licensing requirement. To access the course and manual click here.

(Note: the online version is currently unavailable. You will need to print out the test and send it to the address listed on the bottom of the test).

      Looking for a creative project for your children to work on today?
      You can find printable coloring pages, stationary, and greeting cards
      with your kids' favorite Disney characters on it at: http://disney-stationary.com/!

Information from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)- Due to a notable increase in the number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases reported in Colorado since July, the state health department is recommending expanded use of vaccine for various age groups. Click here for the press release.

Healthy Child Care America- a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics has a newsletter that may be of interest to child care providers. See the latest newsletter here which has choking prevention information. You can also sign up to receive their newsletter by email at the same site.

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