Our December au pair meeting at the Glen Manor House in Portsmouth was very festive! The French chateau was beautifully decorated, and each of our au pairs had photo opportunties with Santa himself! This was a wonderful environment for our holiday meeting and gift exchange. To view more photos of this event, click on the link listed under "photos" on the right side of this page.
Yearly Archives: 2009
November Au Pair Meeting – Cheesecake Factory, Providence, RI
Our November meeting was originally scheduled for Friday, the 20th – it was to be a special Thanksgiving Feast at the International House in Providence. However, since that particular date was inconveniet for many of our au pairs, we changed our plans. Instead, we met at the Cheesecake Factory at the Providence Place Mall. We skipped the Thanksgiving Feast and went directly to rich and creamy desserts! There was one au pair however, who opted for a healthy salad…. (Aylin, the next time I plan to follow your good example, since I felt very guilty after indulging in the Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake). We even had one of our host moms join us for this meeting. Jennifer, you were a great addition to our group – thank you so much for coming!
October Cluster Meeting
In October (to help us to celebrate Halloween) we will be going on a Ghost Tour! It will be a walking ghost tour, led by lantern light, through the darkened streets of the historic East Side of Providence. The tour guides will share a lot of Providence history and some stories that are sure to send a chill down everyone’s spine! The guides are very knowledgeable about various murders and deaths spanning many years, as well as very interesting non-ghost history about the the East Side of Providence. It should be very interesting, spooky, and fun evening….
Welcome to Au Pair in America's RI Blog
This blog has been created to bring you the most current information about Au Pair in America’s Rhode Island branch (referred to as the Rhode Island “cluster” in Au Pair in America terms). As the Rhode Island representative and counselor for Au Pair in America, my goal is to provide information and support to my current au pairs and host families, and to be a source of information to those families in the community who may be interested in hosting an au pair – an experience which should provide not just child care, but an enriching, memorable cultural exchange experience.
I work with a network of community counselors throughout the country (about 180 in all), each provides support to au pairs and host families in their community. In turn, all of us have the support of our U.S. Corporate headquarters in Stamford, CT.
I plan to post up-to-date information for au pairs and host families, and would also like this blog to serve as a forum for all of you to post questions and comments that may be of interest to others in the Au Pair in America community. My sense is that these collective questions, answers, and comments will become a valuable resource for all of us.
Barbara Fetta
Community Counselor
Au Pair in America – Rhode Island Office
401-949-2427
(U.S. Headquarters: 800-928-7247)