Early learning center urges teachers to find formula despite shortage

DENVER (KUSA) — An early learning center in Denver is preparing to enroll several new babies and teachers are worried about getting the formula they need.

Teachers like Meaghan Burns guide children through every step of the Fisher Early Learning Center.

“They learn to move, to walk, to talk, to run,” she said.

The center welcomes babies at six months and takes care of them for a year.

“June 27 is our first day of school,” Burns said.

Now the teachers are preparing two dozen new infants, who will need formula that the center does not have.

“We’re having trouble getting a supply of formula right now,” Burns said. “Every time I’m at the store, I check the shelves. They are empty.

The center still provides formula and goes through a container every four days.

“We’re going to need at least six cans at the start,” Burns said.

Every member of staff is asked to help stock up during the national shortage.

“If you’re at the store and you see a box of formula, please just buy it and bring it,” Burns said.

Burns is confident the center won’t have to ask parents to bring their own formula.

“We haven’t reached that option yet,” she said.

But she feels for families who face empty shelves.

“I just can’t imagine what it would be like if I were a single parent who relied on public transportation to take me to the grocery store to find formula for my child,” she said. .

The center still has a little time before there are two dozen new babies and mouths to feed.

“So hopefully this weekend can take away some of that worry that I have,” Burns said.

The preschool learning center usually buys the same brand of formula year after year. But with the shortage, he says he cannot promise parents what brand they will be able to find.

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