Community Conversation

As a stay-at-home mom, I felt the gaps—lack of services, lack of community—but it wasn’t until I started freelancing again and needed steady hours that I truly saw the struggle. The need for care wasn't just about convenience—it would set the foundation of my career. And the hardest part wasn’t even the juggle once it all began, it was getting in anywhere at all.

Then I saw it again—families moving here on military orders, scrambling for childcare, only to be placed on waitlists that stretch for months if not years. In fact, more than 47% of military families report difficulty securing childcare after a PCS move.

Many of our local families depend on dual incomes—but for single mothers, there isn’t even a second income to fall back on. For some of them, this isn’t a waiting game—it’s a life-altering disruption. A missed opportunity. A forced step back. A system that says “figure it out” when there’s nothing left to figure.

Childcare is infrastructure. It’s not a personal problem—it’s a collective one.

And we need your voice in the room.

Join for a Community Conversation on Childcare, the Workforce & the Economy

This half-day event brings together parents, providers, business leaders, and community partners to address one of the most urgent issues facing Moore County.

🏢 Hosted by Moore County Chamber of Commerce & Sandhills Community College
📍 Foundation Hall at Sandhills Community College | 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst, NC
🗓 Wednesday, August 6 | Registration at 8:00 AM | Program 9:00 AM–12:00 PM

What to expect:
✔️ Local + statewide childcare data
✔️ Insights from providers
✔️ Voices of local parents
✔️ Business panel discussion
✔️ Open community dialogue

It’s free to attend, but RSVP is recommended (for food purposes!): [email protected].

Is there childcare provided? No. But if you show up with your little ones, you’re making the need visible—and no one will question why you’re all there.

✊ Want to Keep Advocating?

Follow MomsRising.org and @momsrising for ongoing campaigns, policy pushes, and resources for families, universally, and specific to NC. They’re working every day to make mothers visible, valued, and fully supported.

Let’s show up, speak out, and keep pushing for the support families actually need.

With care,
Kiley @ MoCo Mom