“I never thought we’d be running a non-profit organization,” began Michelin Abrahamsen, “but that’s what non-profits do. They work for the greater good.” Ms. Abrahamsen, President of Desert Mountain Insurance Services (DMIS) in Scottsdale, was referring to the on-site daycare center she offers for employees.

It all started when her own children were small. “We didn’t want to place them in a facility or hire someone to care for them in our home. So, we organized a couple of rooms in our building away from the work area and hired a nanny to care for them here. Knowing my children were close by eased all of my worries and enabled me to focus on work. I was able to have lunch with my children every day, I didn’t miss any milestone moments, and because my colleagues supported having them there, the children gained an extended family.”
That family would grow.

The Abrahamsen children eventually went off to school and the DMIS daycare facility lay empty. When a staff member announced her pregnancy, Ms.Abrahamsen realized she had a new employee benefit to offer. “I thought ‘why not… we’ll just hire a nanny again.’ Little did I know that a year later, we would have five children and two nannies!”

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