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News/Press Releases/Sponsorships
SPONSORSHIPS
 Family Care
Connection Inc. is pleased to sponsor the 2007 U8 Girls Soccor Team in
Barrie, ON.
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Barrie Advance, August 4th, 2009
When Susan Racco-Brewin, owner of Family Care
Connection, got a call from a client looking for a “Granny Nanny” the
name stuck.
“The correct term for what we offer is an eldercare companion,” she
said. “We match clients with someone who can either live-in and help
make sure things run smoothly.”
The live-in companion can make sure clients take medication on time, get
to their hair appointment, remember to turn off the stove and many other
tasks.
“I was getting calls from the children who don’t live nearby and they
want their mother or father to be attended to,” Racco-Brewin said.
“These are people who are able-bodied and don’t need to go to a nursing
home, but their children are worried about them. What if they fell?”
Family Care Connection covers all of Simcoe County, offering nannies,
childcare, mother’s helpers, babysitters and home daycare. They also
offer eldercare companions that can work half days.
The company hires local staff with some care-giving education and
experience, Racca-Brewin said.
“If you are a personal support worker and you don’t want to work in a
group home, what do you do? This is something different,” she said.
“It’s a friend. It’s someone who is there everyday that you can build
trust with. Obviously if they had children that were around, their
children would be in there helping out with these things.”
Family Care Connection charges the client a registration fee. The fee
covers the screening process and the interviews. Once the company has
found some suitable candidates, they are sent to meet the family.
“We can tell you that they are qualified, but the family needs to
connect with the personality,” Racco-Brewin said.
Snap Barrie
Family Care
Connection has a lot to celebrate this year. The Barrie-based Nanny and
Childcare Agency is celebrating 5 years in business. To say thank you to
the community they decided to give back to one of their favourite
charities - Rainbows Canada. Their business deals directly with parents
and children and often times they refer families to Rainbows which is a
non-profit organization providing counseling and support to grieving
children who have lost a parent to death, divorce, incarceration, or
foster care. To help celebrate their anniversary and the grand opening
of their downtown location, they are accepting donations toward the
charity - come by and meet the staff at 23 Worsley Street, and sign a
rainbow for a toonie. In addition, Family Care Connection will be
donating a percentage of their April and May profits to Rainbows. Click
here for the article.
The Sudbury Star, Friday, December 20,
2006
Company can get you a nanny
A Barrie-based national nanny agency has expanded
its reach to Greater Sudbury.
Family Care Connection Nanny Agency, which is owned and operated by
Susan Racco-Brewin (a mother and entrepreneur), can be called upon
locally by way of Barbara Polowich, the company's new Sudbury
representative.
Family Care Connection Nanny Agency is a referral service that sends
pre-screened, police check-verified individuals to a home, either on
full-time, part-time or occasional basis.
Established in 2004, it
operates in 33 Canadian cities and towns and offers child-care
providers, live-out and live-in nannies, mother's helpers, babysitters
and elderly care.
A parent can request any schedule and an early childhood educator or
equivalent will look after children, feed them and bring crafts and
activities. The child or children get to stick to their routines and
continue a schedule in a familiar environment.
Polowich and Racco-Brewin were both unavailable for comment Tuesday. In
a news release, Racco-Brewin said being able to line-up a child-care
provider in a pinch is priceless.
"You cannot put a price tag on this kind of peace of mind," she said.
Polowich can be reached at 521-6782.
Family Care Connection Nanny Agency's website is located at
www.familycareconnectionnanny.com.
Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Wednesday,
August 30, 2006
Bad Experience Leads to New Company
By Jim Kelly
Former Thunder Bay resident Susan Racco-Brewin has founded an
organization because of personal experience.
When
she and her husband moved to Barrie in 1999, she found herself in a new
city with a six-week old colicky baby. She was frustrated there
were no agencies that could send a helping hand to her home.
That
led to an idea in 2004 to create Family Care Connection Inc. of which
she is owner and president.
It is
now established in 33 Canadian cities and townships, and will soon be
operating in Thunder Bay. Billed as “ Canada’s Premier Nanny Service
and Child care Agency,” it specializes in child care providers, live-out
or live-in nannies, mother’s helpers, babysitters, and elderly care.
Barrie Advance, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Local companies redo transitional
city group home
Family Care Connection Inc. and Newcastle Interiors organized a
make-over of the interior and exterior of a transitional home in Barrie,
used by women and children who are leaving abusive relationships.
After a busy year, the
house has been home for more than four families and 10 children, and as
such it is in need of a little T.L.C., said Claire Nagy, owner of
Newcastle Interiors.
The interior redesign
was designed to create a feeling of harmony and flow for its newest
incoming residents. The home received a make-over including new paint,
mural design, art, accessories and updated furniture to freshen-up the
overlook look of the home's interior.
The
renovation involved volunteer students from across North America through
a youth program called SERVE, which offers young people the opportunity
to volunteer in projects that allow them to provide services such as
home repair or food and clothing distribution.
"As women with children
we understand the intrinsic need for a safe living environment for our
families," said Nagy, adding, "The house provides exceptional service
for women and children in need of housing and support, and if we can
help by lifting their spirit and giving them a home that not only meets
their needs for shelter, but meets their psychological appreciation of
comfort and beauty, our work is done."
"We can't imagine a
more rewarding experience then giving back to the community. We are very
excited to have this opportunity to help the shelter clients in such a
way," said Susan Racco-Brewin, owner of Family Care Connection. "Helping
women and children have the simple comforts in life is our mission
through this project. Through working with this organization, we will
meet our goal."
The North Bay Nugget, Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Caregivers
come right into clients' homes
Barrie-based
Family Care
Connection Inc. has expanded to North
Bay.
The company, founded two years ago by
Susan Racco-Brewin, sends qualified day-care providers to clients'
homes.
A parent can request any schedule and
there are no minimum hour requirements. Each caregiver is screened and
must have a current criminal record check, as well as an up-to-date CPR
and first aid certificate. "If a new mom just needs a break during the
day, or would like someone to feed baby during the night, we have
mother's helpers available," said Racco-Brewin. "Shift workers and
full-time care is available without waiting lists, and the fees are
quite reasonable."
An average costs is about $64 a day.
The caregiver drives to and from the
home, tidies up and make meals.
For information on how to obtain a free
assessment, call 497-3336 or visit the website
www.familycareconnectionnanny.com.
The Barrie
Advance, August 5, 2004
New firm helps set up child care in your home
By Lee Ballentyne
Family Care Connection Inc. has opened its doors to connect families
with child-care providers in the Simcoe County area.
Family Care Connection’s focus is on finding “in-home” child-care
providers. That means nannies, sitters and mother’s helpers will
come to your
home to provide full-time, part-time and even occasional care.
According to Susan Racco-Brewin, owner of Family Care Connection,
this concept allows for flexibility and convenience - a new mom can
get support from a mother’s helper once a week or
working mom can find a full-time local live-out nanny.
All Caregivers are screened for experience, CPR, first aid and
criminal record - helping to take the stress and fuss out of finding
good childcare in the community.
“And the great part is that finding excellent in-home care is much
more affordable than what people may think,” said Racco-Brewin.
“Family Care Connection believes that everyone deserves good care in
the comfort of their own home – gone are the days when only the very
wealthy can afford this kind of care. With competitive
fees a family can often hire a nanny or sitter for the same price as
regular out- side the home daycare,” she said. “When I moved to
Barrie in 1999 with my husband and six-week-old baby, I didn’t know
a soul,” said Racco-Brewin. “I remember wishing there were more
services available to new moms in Barrie and wondered
who to turn to when I needed a break.”
Family Care Connection also
provides opportunities for individuals who are looking for a career
in child-care. They recruit professionals with Early Childhood Education,
teaching, nursing, tutoring, and eldercare experience. Interviews
are ongoing and interested individuals can apply online.
The Barrie Examiner, August 27, 2005
Day care search: Unable to find the help she needed, this woman
filled the niche herself
By Cheryl Browne
You’re new in town looking for daycare. Where do you even begin? That
was the million-dollar
question when Susan Racco-Brewin, 35, moved to town five years ago.
“If you want someone to come to your home, there’s nothing,” said the
35-year-old mother of now six year old daughter, and three-and-half-year
old son.
When Racco-Brewin moved to Barrie from Alberta, her daughter was a very
demanding baby with colic.
“I just needed someone to come to the home for even a couple of hours so
I could get some sleep,”
she groaned at the memory.
Five years later, she’s sitting in her office, hooked up to her database
of dozens of full and part-time nannies and mothers helpers.
All her nannies are CPR and first aid trained, they all have had police
checks done and the majority of them are certified in early childcare or
personal support workers.
One woman in particular needed exactly the services Racco-Brewin was
offering.
“She needed someone to come in because her (newborn) baby was waking up
to 12 times a night to be fed. I found her someone who’d come and stay
overnight and do the night feedings. Other women just want a few hours
to themselves to garden or do some shopping. We have people who will do
all those
things.”
Part of her success is her extensive database. With names of already
Connection-certified nannies on call, some families find help within a
matter of hours.
Another avenue she’s recently opened up across Canada is a listing of
18-25 year old babysitters.
They too have their CPR and police checks and many of them are college
aged, just looking to help boost their pocket books.
A new extension to her business is now focusing on elder-care. The same
services are available for a child who is looking after their parents,
or worried about their parents being left alone while they’re at work.
While we were setting up her photo, a man called Racco-Brewin looking
for someone to live with his mother, a live-in if possible.
Racco-Brewin took his name and number and added if she didn’t have
someone in her database, she’d personally run an advertisement looking
for help.
“I really don’t say no to anyone. If I don’t’ have someone right away,
I’ll find them. That’s my business.”
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