MEDIA COVERAGE
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July 21, 2010 - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
New survey says California's child care centers not notifying parents of pesticide useA new survey of California's child care centers found that more than half of them are ignoring state regulations to notify parents that they are using potentially dangerous pesticide.... "We have kids who put things in their mouth constantly. If anything were toxic near them, that would be awful," said Felicity Chapman, founder of Cubes&Crayons, an organic and pesticide-free day care in Mountain View. "I don't think toxins should be near children. We've definitely gone the wrong way thinking that we can use all these chemicals to fight off things. It's not good for children's health." |
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May 25, 2010 - REDBOOK MAGAZINE Clever Childcare Solutions Beyond DaycareM.F. Chapman's flexible work schedule was a little too flexible: She couldn't find childcare for her unpredictable hours. So she came up with a clever way to help other working moms like her. |
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January 7, 2010 - CNN Working in Wi-Fi Limbo "This center is a great example of how some groups are taking on a community center model that reaches beyond shared office space," says Durst, author of "Work at Home Now," about Cubes&Crayons. Read more...
July 16 - 29, 2008 - The Wave Magazine
Then there are places like Menlo Park-based Cubes & Crayons, which combines co-working space with child day care. Cubes & Crayons has become a unique business model that has many people pleading with founder M. F. Chapman to open one in their city.
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July 23, 2008 - The Almanac Online
The challenge is eating the cake and still having it. In this case, the cake is a red velvet career with a corner office and fulfilling work, all mixed up with angel food family life with children, a minivan, and violin recitals.
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June 26, 2008 - Article in New York Times' Fashion & Style section At Cubes and Crayons in Menlo Park, Calif., most of the clients are women, which is not typical. Child care is part of the package. The 60 members can drop off their children and work in a quiet lounge a few yards away.
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May 3, 2008 - Interview on KPIX, CBS5, San Francisco MENLO PARK (CBS) - Parents who work from home with their young children around know it's a challenge. Now, one Bay Area entrepreneur is offering a new solution to the challenge of juggling work and child care. A Menlo Park company is offering office space, with child care thrown in.
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May 2008 - Featured in Bay Area Parent Magazine Knowing that there are plenty of virtual, flexible workers out there – many of them mothers – Felicity Chapman hatched another novel business. Cubes & Crayons, which opened in January in Menlo Park, offers office space and child care, both available on a flexible basis.
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April 2008 - Featured in Silicon Valley Business Journal The Menlo Park company, which offers flexible office space combined with a child-care facility, has generated lots of buzz in the media and among parenting and co-working groups alike -- not bad, considering the business has only been open since January. read more...
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April 2008 - Featured in S.F. Gate |
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February 2008 - Featured in Gentry Magazine |
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January 2008 - Featured in Business Section of Palo Alto Weekly New parents caught in between the competing responsibilities of work and home have a new champion — and as of this week, a new place where the office and child care center merge into a single, supportive environment. Read more... |