The Suffolk County Au Pair in America Cluster blog. If you find your way to this blog and are looking for flexible childcare and a cultural experience, you are in the right place! Visit our Au Pair in America website www.aupairinamerica.com for more information or email CGarruba @ aupairinamerica.com
Au Pair in America is the nation's first legal au pair program. Since 1986, we have provided the best child care opportunities to host families across the U.S. and au pairs from around the world.
Sunday October 21 the New York and Connecticut Au Pair in America Community Counselors hosted a NYC Scavenger Hunt for 250 au pairs! Everyone met on the steps of the main NYC Library for the send off. They spent about 3 hours searching for the items on the list, snapping pictures of themselves Read More
On Saturday, October 13th Wading River’s Fall Festival went on despite a rainy start. Au Pair in America Suffolk County had a table that was well attended by local families. The day began with the Zombie Parade! Viviana from Colombia helped Community Counselor, Cindy Garruba explain what an Au Pair is Read More
Visit Stony Brook Village this October to see all the scarecrows made by creative community groups. Au Pair in America entered the contest with Au Pair Annie and friends. Our Scarecrow is #107 just to the left of the Post Office! Au Pair Annie is holding 8 au pairs from countries in our Suffolk Read More
Suffolk County Au Pair in America Au Pairs Cluster Meeting September 2018 at Community Counselor, Cindy Garruba’s HomeCluster meetings are so important for au pairs to meet each other, form friendships and connect with their counselor. We start the meeting with a craft. It gives the au pairs time to socialize and to be creative. They paint ornaments we will use to decorate our International APIA Peace tree at the Read More
On a sunny Saturday afternoon 21 Long Island Au Pairs and 3 Community Counselors headed out on our annual canoe trip on the Nissequoque River. Postponed one week due to storms we were all excited to have a fun afternoon on the river. 8 Canoes headed out with 2 to 3 au Read More
Au Pairs from APIA Suffolk County enjoyed the “Alive on 25” Riverhead Street Fair. Community Counselor Cindy Garruba invited her cluster to spend the evening enjoying the music, street vendors, and food trucks along Main Street in Riverhead. There were antique cars and the au pairs enjoyed posing with them! We all Read More
Remember to bring along drinks, especially water. Try to get children to drink water every 20 minutes, when they are outside in hot weather. Pay attention to surfaces that can be hot against children’s skin, such as metal slides and other playground equipment in the sun. Safety around water is particularly important. A child can Read More
Every au pair must return home to her country when she completes her Au Pair in America program. APIA wants to support au pairs as they take the step ahead into the “real world”! Some au pairs are heading to University to complete a degree or earn a masters, some are heading into the career Read More
On Sunday, June 10th the Suffolk County APIA au pairs met at their Community Counselor’s home for their annual Water & Summer Safety Cluster Meeting. When the au pairs first arrived they painted beach rocks to symbolize their country flags. June 14th is Flag Day and Cindy Garruba, the Community Read More
Pizza & Sunset was the theme for our May Cluster meeting on Thursday evening. We gathered at West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook. Community Counselor, Cindy Garruba, brought lots of pizza and bottles of water. Everyone enjoyed visiting with each other and sharing time together. The sunset was spectacular over the Long Island Sound.Read More
