South of Market Child Care Parent Advisory Committee

	The members of the Parent Advisory Committee.

Parents at each of the South of Market Centers elect a Parent Advisory Committee (P.A.C.), which serves as the leadership group for the families. Representatives are also elected from the P.A.C. to the Board of Directors.

Each P.A.C. meets monthly at a 5:30 p.m. with child care and dinner provided. The P.A.C. determines the events and activities that will take place in the upcoming months as well as throughout the coming years. Based on requests by parents, programs and services are developed from which the P.A.C.s work with Center staff and the Family Support Coordinator, Patrice Johnson, to plan and implement. Some of the activities that have taken place at the Centers during the 1999-2000 year are:

Clementina Child Development Center:
Multicultural Night
Orientation to Public Schools Night
Thanksgiving Dinner
Winter Holiday Party
Pilipino Parenting Classes and Support Groups
A Family Snow Trip

Yerba Buena Gardens Child Development Center:
A Family Halloween Party
Two Workshops on Discipline (English/Spanish)
Holiday Gift/Card Making Workshop
Workshop on Bedtime Issues
A Family Snow Trip

The parents also participate in many other ways such as assisting in the classroom, on field trips, special projects such as helping to set up and maintain the classroom computers, fund-raising, and serving on Board committees.

Please contact Noushin Mofakham, Executive Director, at (415) 820-3500 or by email for any additional information or questions. For maps and directions, please see our Contact Us section.