The Busy Bee Daycare Fund: Building a Safe Space for Little Learners
Weβre in a bit of a tight spot at the moment, but working hard to build a better future for our family, and for other families, too. One step in that journey is opening a safe, nurturing daycare where kids can learn, play, and grow. But to do that, I need some help.
Thatβs why I’ve started The Busy Bee Daycare Fund: to help raise the funds needed to open the daycare. I want to create a space that allows for safe, affordable, enriching care, not just for our daughter, but for other children whose families need reliable support too.
Childcare in the U.S. is expensive and hard to find. Paid parental leave? Sick leave? At most jobs in the U.S., you can forget it. As for me, Iβm working part-time and doing delivery driving when I can. My husband works second shift at a local manufacturing plant, so we switch off caring for our little girl. I have tentatively started her in daycare, but we can’t really afford it.
But I need and want to do more to help us stay afloat. Not only that, but I’ve had the entrepreneurial bug for a long time now, and my talents and educational background are well suited to providing high-quality care.
Thatβs where the daycare dream comes in.
I look forward to building a space filled with story time, music, art, gardening projects, and plenty of outdoor play. I want to give children a place to explore, grow, and thrive, and give parents peace of mind.
If you are in a position to help out, even just $1 or $2, I would be very grateful. Hereβs the link to The Busy Bee Daycare Fund.
Thank you so much for visiting The Honest Juggle!
P.S. You might be wondering why I don’t just open in an in-home daycare.
Well, I might have to try that anyway, but here’s the scoop: this house is about 900 square feet and nearly 200 years old. The floors are uneven, the rooms are small, and there is a gas fireplace with a broken tile surround in the biggest room.
Not only that, the tile decking around the bath was poorly installed and starting to fall apart, the yard is irregular and fencing it in would be a nightmare (not to mention the city already refused my first fencing plan), and the mosquitos have proven to be horrendous from early spring to late fall, and the toilet freezes in the winter.
So, hard sell, I think, for many parents. And I don’t blame them.
I would not have purchased this house if I knew my daughter was in the near future…but, if I hadn’t purchased this house, I never would have met my husband and had my daughter. Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
August 2025 edit: I took this page down for a while because I felt a little weird just blatantly asking for support from strangers.
I’ve decided to restore it however, because this year, I want to believe in “ask and you shall receive,” and “the universe will provide.” I want to believe in hope and I want to keep that door open.
As always, thank you so much for visiting The Honest Juggle! π