Discovery Children's Centre

By reason of the Health Department’s current directive to avoid large gatherings, Discovery’s Board has decided to cancel our annual “Family Fun Day” celebrations. Just like the province, things are changing slowly at Discovery. This week several staff were called back to work, to begin preparing for our

Discovery’s Board and management have prepared a plan to expand access to care. We are working on the details of a plan to allow more families to use our facility for care. Parents will be contacted to collect information in regards to their need for care. An update will

Last night the Board of Directors had a meeting to consider Discovery’s future operating structure. A decision was made to continue to stay open to offer care to children of Essential Service Providers. It is safe to assume that when schools are back functioning normally, we will expect a

It has now been a few weeks since things have been “different” for many of us. By now I am certain that many parents are hearing, “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do.” And what is the best remedy for boredom, to “get outside”. Play dates are being discouraged,

Since March 30th Discovery has opened our doors to provide care for Essential Service Providers”. Now we are more certain that we will be open for an extended period under the current arrangements. A couple of weeks ago we invited our parents to self-declare as “Essential Service Providers”. If you

All parents who are currently on subsidy are required to contact the subsidy office to report any changes in working status due to COVID-19. If you have recently been laid off from your job, you must contact the subsidy office to change your reason for service. In many cases, the

Several of our staff have been working hard this week preparing to open for care of up to 40 children of parents who have self-declared as “Essential Service Providers”. Some of these children will be new to our Centre and others are children who are already enrolled in Discovery programs.

Discovery’s Board of Directors made a decision at an emergency Board Meeting last night to credit parent accounts for the two week period of March 23/20 to April 4/20. Also, to keep in line with the current school closure, parents will not be billed for the week

Parents, please do not ask staff to care for your children during the three week suspension of services. Discovery management have not given staff permission to have any kind of contact with families during this time. Discovery is encouraging staff to keep in line with the government directive, recommending social

Parents if you have already picked up your raffle tickets for the April 17th draw- STOP SELLING TICKETS immediately! Discovery’s Raffle Draw for April 17, 2020 will be cancelled. All tickets and money collected will need to be returned to the office by Friday, March 20, 2020. Manitoba Lotteries