Waitlisted

Once a month, CYS offers a Super Saturday respite care. It's only offered one Saturday a month, from 9am-5pm. Because it's only for one Saturday, you need to call two weeks ahead of time in order to reserve your spots because they fill up very quickly (within a matter of hours). But just because you call that doesn't mean you'll get a spot. First they take kids that were on a wait list from the previous month. If there's still room, then they take reservations on a first come, first serve basis.

As soon as I got my respite schedule for September, I called exactly two weeks before Super Saturday. Sure enough, it had already been booked up but I was offered to be put on the waiting list. I signed them up thinking, "Well, they won't get in this month but they'll be guaranteed for next month." I end up getting a surprise phone call this morning letting me know that surprise! there were some cancellations and I was offered two spots for Super Saturday. Naturally I snatched them up and the kids will be gone for 8 HOURS tomorrow!

Good things come to those who are waitlisted!