Try This: Provide Snow-Day Child Care

When public schools announce a snow day, connect with and serve working parents by hosting preregistered students for a free day of VBS-style activities. Valley Center Christian Church in Valley Center, Kan., provides care for 50 students with 15 church volunteers and has received positive press from local news outlets, Senior Pastor Chuck Terrill said in 2010.

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