Honey Bear rallies with programs across the State to push for more investments in Early Childhood

By Honey Bear Learning Center, INC. | May 11, 2023
Two women at a protest holding signs advocating for affordable childcare.

At rallies across the state Wednesday—including in Stamford, Bridgeport and Stratford—the message to lawmakers was the same: fund child care. “We really need the state to invest in early childhood. Right now, things are failing,†said Catherine Vanicky, director of Honey Bear Learning Center in Stratford. “The child care system is completely broken,†added Katherine…

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Honey Bear Director, Cathie Vanicky, earns Charter Oak Employer of the Year Award!

By Honey Bear Learning Center, INC. | November 10, 2022
A diverse group of six professionals posing indoors against a gray wall.

Catherine Vanicky stands proudly with her Assistant Director, her family, Charter Oak President Ed Klonoski, and Charter Oak State College Foundation President Joyce Petrella.Left to Right: Richard Vanicky (husband), Aleksey Vanicky (son), Ed Klonoski, Catherine Vanicky (award recipient), Jacqueline Valle (award nominator), Joyce Petrella, Bridget McLoughlin (daughter), Joseph McLoughlin (son)

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Stratford Health Department uses grant money to sponsor garden at Honey Bear

By Honey Bear Learning Center, INC. | August 9, 2019
A group of children and adults posing in a garden with plants.

STRATFORD — The Stratford Health Department launched a daycare gardening program this summer using funds from a Stratford Rotary Club grant. The health department was awarded $5,800 in March from the Community Impact Grant program, which is given to organizations with goals to enhance the community. Eight Stratford daycare centers that had completed a program…

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Honey Bear earns NAEYC accreditation AND opens Infant and Toddler Center

By Honey Bear Learning Center, INC. | April 1, 2018
Children playing on a playground structure on a sunny day.

Honey Bear Learning Center has earned a five-year renewal on their accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a distinction the program has held since 1995.  NAEYC is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy,…

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