Care.com (www.care.com), the premier source of trustworthy family care options, today announced a new program with MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) to offer the organization'ss members discounted access to Care.com and its community of caregivers.
The new relationship will provide the more than 100,000 women registered in MOPS groups with the opportunity to join Care.com at a discounted rate and find quality local caregivers. With
more than 4,000 MOPS groups in the United States, Care.com'ss national network of caregivers will help MOPS members to find child care, special needs care, tutoring, senior care, pet
care, housekeeping, and more.
We are excited to work with MOPS International and support their community in its efforts to find trusted caregivers for their families, said Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder and CEO of
Care.com. We know that mothers are largely responsible for finding and maintaining quality care solutions for their families. We hope that with a resource like Care.com moms will feel
better equipped to find great local caregivers that meet their family'ss unique needs.
We are grateful for relationships with organizations like Care.com who allow MOPS International to focus our efforts on our core missions to moms, and at the same time extend our resource
offerings in tangible ways, said Naomi Cramer Overton, President of MOPS International, Inc. MOPS International is always looking for ways to extend additional membership value to moms
who are part of local MOPS groups.
Care.com helps families to find babysitters (http://www.care.com/child-care-p1004.html), nannies, pet sitters (http://www.care.com/pet-care-p1005.html), caregivers (http://www.care.com/senior-care-p1006.html), housekeepers and tutors through a national network of trusted caregivers. All caregiver
profiles are pre-screened by experienced moms, and members can run background checks, listen to recorded references and view caregiver ratings. These aspects of the service provide users
an added layer of confidence and security when making important decisions regarding family care needs.
MOPS International is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging, equipping and developing every mother of preschoolers to realize her potential as a woman, mother and leader.
MOPS International'ss primary tools for encouragement are local meetings where every mother of preschooler is invited to come and experience authentic community, personal growth and
practical parenting tips to encourage moms to be the best mom possible.
For more information on Care.com visit http://www.care.com. For more information on MOPS International, visit http://www.MOPS.org.
About Care.com
Founded in 2006, Care.com provides a trusted place for families and caregivers to easily connect, share care experiences, and get advice. The company addresses the unique lifecycle of
care needs that each family may go through - including child care, special needs care, tutoring, senior care, pet care, housekeeping, and more. The service enables families to find and
select the best care possible based on detailed profiles, background checks, and references for hundreds of thousands of pre-screened providers who are seeking to share their services.
For more information, visit www.care.com.
About MOPS
MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers. MOPS International exists to meet the needs of every mom -- urban, suburban and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, teen, single and
married moms -- moms with different lifestyles who all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be. MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through kindergarten are
foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs.
MOPS helps moms become better moms through relationships established in the context of local groups that provide authentic community for today'ss mother of young children. MOPS also
encourages and supports moms through resources such as books, web resources and the MOPS International Membership.