Penny

Gerking

family-child-care-provider
Nebraska
Penny Gerking is a licensed family child care provider in Auburn, Nebraska.

Family child care is not just about the children. It's about the family. We're helping all of them, not just the kids that come in our door. We're helping their siblings. Parents ask me for advice all the time, and I teach them. So we're helping their parents too."

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