The Management of Children's Bedding
From “Kazenoko Letter” No.448 - May 2015
| Our Guardian’s Association (called the Parent’s Association at that time)
held our first bazaar in 1966 It opened from morning until evening, and many people in our community came. It was a big event. The purpose of this bazaar was to prepare futons for the children’s naptime. Until then, each family had brought futons from their homes. However, the size of the futons was diverse, and while some were thick, others were thin. It was a cause of nuisance during our everyday naps. All staff agreed to the wish for the size of futons to all be the same. This wish was discussed at the Guardian’s Association. They decided to prepare all the children’s futons and opened the bazaar to raise money for this. They started to make craftworks to sell at the bazaar a few months beforehand. They all gathered in the childcare room after dinner and made crafts. They got together and worked from morning until evening on Sundays. In this way, various goods were made. The bazaar was very successful. Most of the stuff including food and drinks were sold out on the day. We were able to buy futon mattresses for all the children with the money they made. Since then, over the course of 3 years, we have bought all the top futons and blankets. As all beddings belonged to the Guardian’s Association, they decided to choose a person to manage beddings among the guardians. We have renewed the beddings ever since, putting aside a little to cover maintenance expenses. At regular daycare centers, people bring their child’s futon from home for naps. Parents buy a futon for their child, bring it to the daycare center and bring it home regularly to air it out. Some daycare centers use a rental system. But the rental cost is pretty expensive, so it can become an enormous burden. I’m proud of our rare bedding system which has continued until this day, because of the efforts of our guardians in the past. |
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