{"id":565,"date":"2019-03-05T02:24:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T02:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=565"},"modified":"2019-03-05T02:24:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T02:24:21","slug":"au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back &#8211; Gates Foundation &#8211; Feb 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs gathered from a few clusters to hear about some of the amazing things happening around the globe in the name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/\">Gates Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 From the innovative design of green toilets competing for attention in Europe, to the stoves made on Vashon Island, WA, inspiration abounds.\u00a0 Relying on data, the Gates family educates us about all the progress in the world with regard to disease and poverty.\u00a0 There really is so much to be excited about as a world citizen.\u00a0 We closed our time together talking about the APIA Explorer program and ways in which we might individually help our local community&#8230;enter the next cluster event stage right as we soon head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestharvest.org\/\">NW Harvest<\/a> in March&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-566\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-567\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7834-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7834-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7834.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7837-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7837-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7837-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7837.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs gathered from a few clusters to hear about some of the amazing things happening around the globe in the name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/\">Gates Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 From the innovative design of green toilets competing for attention in Europe, to the stoves made on Vashon Island, WA, inspiration abounds.\u00a0 Relying on data, the Gates family  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,10,76,16,17,21,104,78,29,31,35,40,42,52,55,62],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-baby","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-cross-cultural","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-gates-foundation","tag-host-family","tag-kids","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-nanny","tag-northwest-harvest","tag-seattle","tag-toddler","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Au pairs gathered from a few clusters to hear about some of the amazing things happening around the globe in the name of the Gates Foundation.\u00a0 From the innovative design of green toilets competing for attention in Europe, to the stoves made on Vashon Island, WA, inspiration abounds.\u00a0 Relying on data, the Gates family Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Van Cleave Michaels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Van Cleave Michaels\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/\",\"name\":\"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/6dad554249adae11261beef3dbe1ae8f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back &#8211; Gates Foundation &#8211; Feb 2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/\",\"name\":\"Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue\",\"description\":\"A blog where the world comes together\u2026\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/6dad554249adae11261beef3dbe1ae8f\",\"name\":\"Kim Van Cleave Michaels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91bcce5ed84e0b3efccf615a43f1003f2c09c3fcb7ea0f16c808c094095bfe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91bcce5ed84e0b3efccf615a43f1003f2c09c3fcb7ea0f16c808c094095bfe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Van Cleave Michaels\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/author\/sse00\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue","og_description":"Au pairs gathered from a few clusters to hear about some of the amazing things happening around the globe in the name of the Gates Foundation.\u00a0 From the innovative design of green toilets competing for attention in Europe, to the stoves made on Vashon Island, WA, inspiration abounds.\u00a0 Relying on data, the Gates family Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/","og_site_name":"Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue","article_published_time":"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg"}],"author":"Kim Van Cleave Michaels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kim Van Cleave Michaels","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/","name":"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back - Gates Foundation - Feb 2019 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-05T02:24:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/6dad554249adae11261beef3dbe1ae8f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/IMG_7832.jpg","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/03\/05\/au-pairs-learn-the-art-of-giving-back-gates-foundation-feb-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Au Pairs Learn the Art of Giving Back &#8211; Gates Foundation &#8211; Feb 2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/","name":"Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue","description":"A blog where the world comes together\u2026","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/6dad554249adae11261beef3dbe1ae8f","name":"Kim Van Cleave Michaels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91bcce5ed84e0b3efccf615a43f1003f2c09c3fcb7ea0f16c808c094095bfe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91bcce5ed84e0b3efccf615a43f1003f2c09c3fcb7ea0f16c808c094095bfe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kim Van Cleave Michaels"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/author\/sse00\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}