Today's entry is about honoring the staff of Pyramids Child Development Center for their dedication and loyalty to the children and families they serve, especially during the five week period that started in November, when they worked without pay after CNB froze the PCDC accounts. Since then, they have yet be be paid their 11/15 payroll. This is also an entry to recognize the parents and supportive families that came through to help with small cash donations, food donations and just general emotional support.If you were working for PCDC during this time, you shall never forget the experience. It was an experience, that although united staff and families, it was also difficult emotionally and frightening. Clearly an experience no one would want to go through again. Although closing was an option discussed, there was immediate unconditional support to remain open. Therapists, teachers, child care providers and administration held strong through the experience to deliver their services and to show up each day without pay. In turn the children with special education services did not go without services, and families did not go without the child care they rely on each day to go to work.
How are we today as an organization?
As an organization, as a whole, we are passionate about what we do with views and beliefs on how to provide the best of care and quality for the children we serve. That said, we are an organization that has suffered two major events this year: both without warning, our lender, froze our accounts the day after Thanksgiving, black Friday, to prevent payroll from clearing and now, the State Comptroller's report was released to the press before PCDC administration ever received a Comptroller's final report. Orchestrated by a few, both events initiated without warning, did nothing more than to cause fear, panic and suffering to employees who each day show up to perform the valued work of caring for young children.
Those responsible for setting off two unnecessary negative public events need to ask themselves why would they intentionally want to cause panic, fear and insecurity to employees who are daily responsible for the care of the very young child, ages infants through five?
As a community we entrust the PCDC staff to care for our children, to nurture them and to make sure their every day is filled with security and love. An effort to cause internal turmoil to people who show up every day to perform the most valued work of our society, is all too disturbing and honestly, just shameful. It brings tears to my eyes to know anyone would deliberately want to hurt or cause harm, emotionally or otherwise, to a group of incredibly talented and dedicated people simply trying to perform a job they love - to care for the youngest amongst us. Let's hope this is the end of surprises - let's hope the community that loves their children can heal from the efforts of a few with hidden agendas, and who seemingly have no respect for those we entrust with the care of our children or for that matter, the children themselves.
In closing:
PCDC continues to need financial backing, donations and a lender willing to refinance our debt into a long term mortgage that prevents our current lender, CNB, from further seizing our assets and receivables.
All serious tax deductible charitable donations, can be made by contacting mdfelicelli@pyramidspreschool.org.
What do we need in terms of cash to move forward
Payroll from 11/15/07 $135,000
Payables outstanding from November and in the present $200000
Another $200000 to work with a new lender to refinance our debt into a long term mortgage.
OR
Enough to pay off our existing debt of $800000.
FAQ's can be requested from mdfelicelli@pyramidspreschool.org or ffelicelli@pyramidspreschool.org.
To hear from our employees to obtain copies of employee support letters, please contact dgiroux@pyramidpreschool.org.
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