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[quote=Anonymous]So, years ago, we were in a similar situation.  We listed grandparents who were well out of town (Orlando) as the emergency contacts.  We were at a daycare based at my wife's work, so we asked the closest co-worker to her if they would be a short-term emergency contact to go, pick up the kids and bring them back to the office in an emergency.  It was someone who had older kids (high school age) who understood the stress of having no local emergency contacts.  She was gracious enough to accept.

We then entered school and immediately took some extra time to spend a little more time at drop-off and pick-up and we made a few friends of kids in our class that the kids socialized with.  The daycare also had a yard outside the building and we often let the kids run around in the yard with other kids after pick-up when the facility closed.  Usually like 10 minutes for the kids to run around and play together.  We had a couple of playdates where we invited the families to our home and we talked with the parents and we figured out a few families that were in similar situations.  We asked if we could trade off with them being emergency contacts.  The idea was that if one parent was late getting there before the school closed, the other parent(s) could pick up the kids and let the kids play out in the yard until the late parent arrived.  In a real emergency, we planned to find someplace close by (like a McDonald's or something) and they could go there to wait for the parent in an emergency.  We found 2 other families that were willing to exchange names and we all became emergency pickups for the other 2 kids.  It took about 3 months to get this worked out but none of us had emergencies in those few months, and it worked out.  I don't think any of us used it that year, but it was nice for all of us to feel like we had a plan if an emergency did happen.[/quote]

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