Kids Express Daycare

05/12/2026

Will you tag us??

Comment on the original post

(This giveaway has ended! Congratulations on Shayla Bee for receiving the most tags!)

This week’s giveaway is a little different than our past giveaways! 🎉

To celebrate reaching 10K followers, ONE nonprofit in Northwest Iowa will receive a $500 donation from Midwest Companies! ❤️

Here’s how to enter:
1️⃣ Tag a nonprofit in the comments that’s located in Northwest Iowa!
2️⃣ The nonprofit with the most tags will receive the $500 donation.
3️⃣ Follow Midwest Companies AND share this post to help spread the word!

Thank you all for helping us reach this incredible milestone! We can’t wait to give back to the communities that support us!

05/12/2026

How would lack of child care affect your family?? We are the work force behind the work force. Child care is vital to all communities

TODAY is Day Without Child Care!

When child care stops, everything else does too. Families, businesses, and communities feel the impact.

We’re standing together to raise awareness and advocate for stronger support for early childhood education.

Is your program participating today? Tag us or comment below to share how you’re using the toolkit!

05/07/2026

Thankful for our teachers who show up every day to work with and love our kids.

05/06/2026

We are hiring. If you know of anyone please send them our way.
2 full time providers
1 or 2 part time provider
Part time cook
If you are good with kids please reach out to Melissa.

We are IQ4k accredited so we qualify for the teach and wages programs. Pay is dependent on experience and qualifications.

05/04/2026

So thankful for the teachers in our program that show up every day ready to make a difference. We couldn't do this without them.

04/10/2026

Once again just so excited to see the coverage we are getting and the excitement people have about our project.

SANBORN—A first-of-its-kind day care began construction Wednesday, intending to bring intergenerational connections to Sanborn.

04/09/2026

The Hartley Sentinel wrote a piece about our project. The continued support from our community is so amazing.

Kids Express Daycare celebrated a monumental occasion last week by marking the start of a renovation project that will eventually result in its relocation. Director Melissa Michels, along with Prairie View Campus Administrator Wendy Nelson, "broke ground" on a joint project that will bring both enti...

03/31/2026

Here is the story KTIV ran last night on our project. We cant thank our community enough for their support and patience as we navigate this process.

03/30/2026

2 years in the making....today was a very special day. Our groundbreaking event at Prairie View. Construction on the new center will begin in the next week. Tune into KTIV tonight at 6 pm for a story they aee doing on us and then tune into the local radio stations Melissa and Wendy have talked to several radio channels as well. Ill be sharing all of that and more as this project gets underway. You may have heard we are still fundraising and seeking donations. Our final bid came in slightly over what we originally planned for and that happens. Melissa will be talking more about that in the days to come. Lots of good things are happening for our town and community...but.most importantly things are moving forward!

03/16/2026

Update: we will be closed March 16 due to road conditions we will see you tomorrow