Certified Babysitters looking for Work

Robeson County 4-H's Summer Fun program kicked off in May with our 4-H Etiquette Day Camp. Only followed by our soon to be annual Babysitting Recertification Day Camp. To be eligible for this day camp you had to be certified last year in our first ever mini babysitting day camp.

Six youth returned this year to recertify in CPR. Pat Smart, the director of the Robeson County Red Cross, came in to conduct this official certification. After a day of refresher in child and infant CPR our six experienced babysitters took their written and practical tests (the same ones the adults take). We are proud to say that they passed with flying colors.

When we were done we play an Etiquette board game, which refreshed them on the manners of working with others, proper business manners (such as you can not ditch a job just because you have a better offer, you must fulfill your commitment to the first commitment), and was just plain old fashioned fun.

At the end of the day each of the youth said they felt more comfortable as babysitters, and felt better prepared to help others in an emergency. The group voted to make this an annual event, and are looking forward to being able to babysit for you in the near future.