The latest news from the children’s day-care centre

Every day is full of things to discover and do. It’s certainly never boring! Take a peek at some of the adventures our ALPLA KIDS get up to.

Das neue Vorstandsteam von ALPLA KIDS: Carmen Lehner, Linda Trupp-Lehner, Uwe Breuder und Cornelia Reibnegger stehen lächelnd vor dem Kinderhaus; nicht im Bild ist Christoph Hackspiel

11. July 2025

New Board at ALPLA KIDS

Where farewells are celebrated, something new always begins – and the same is true at ALPLA KIDS.

Linda Trupp-Lehner is now bringing fresh energy and valuable perspectives to our board team. As a Kinderhaus mom, she already knows our house from daily life and understands exactly what it takes to create a loving and supportive environment for our kids and their families.

Our current board (from left to right):
Carmen Lehner, Linda Trupp-Lehner (Treasurer), Uwe Breuder (Chairman), Cornelia Reibnegger.
Not pictured: Christoph Hackspiel (Secretary).

We’re excited for the journey ahead – together in the spirit of ALPLA KIDS!

Two kids from ALPLA KIDS showing their thumbs with a smiley painting on them for the project "Kleiner Daumen, große Wirkung"

26. June 2025

Year-long Project “Kleiner Daumen, große Wirkung”

In the 2024/2025 kindergarten year, we enthusiastically participated in the year-long project “Kleiner Daumen, große Wirkung” (“Small Thumb, Big Impact”), organized by the Energy Institute Vorarlberg. The project aimed to introduce children to the topics of climate change and climate protection in a playful and age-appropriate manner through discovery, hands-on experiences, and active participation.

Throughout the year, we explored questions around sustainable living, energy use, waste reduction, and eco-friendly mobility together with the children. Through experiments, stories, excursions, and creative activities, the children discovered how their small gestures and everyday decisions can make a meaningful contribution to protecting our environment.

Uwe Breuder, Manuela Lehner-Künz und Thomas Findeis bei der Verleihung der ALPLA KIDS-Ehrenmitgliedschaften mit Urkunden als Anerkennung für langjähriges Engagement im Kinderhaus

23. June 2025

Honorary Membership for Manuela & Thomas

At our 19th general assembly, it was time to say goodbye – to two people who have shaped ALPLA KIDS for many years. Manuela Lehner-Künz is retiring after nearly two decades filled with passion, dedication, and heartfelt commitment. Thomas Findeis is also stepping away after gradually withdrawing to embark on new adventures. With your energy, expertise, and joy, you both laid a strong foundation that will continue to have a lasting impact. As a sign of our deep appreciation, you were awarded the ALPLA KIDS Honorary Membership – and will forever remain part of our family. From the bottom of our hearts: Thank you for everything.

Faschingsumzug mit ALPLA KIDS, Februar 2025

22. February 2025

Carnival parade with the ALPLA KIDS

For the third year in a row, our big ALPLA KIDS family followed the Hardar Mufängar's invitation and joined the colorful party crowd.

The excitement among young and old was genuinely palpable! Being placed right behind the giant Toniebox of the Harder Binnabecka Biesler really put the Tonie—uh, we mean—the cherry on top of the whole experience.

Laternenfest bei ALPLA KIDS, November 2024

11. November 2024

Lantern festivals at ALPLA KIDS

The handmade lanterns created by our Minis & Maxis once again lit up the darkness, providing a beautiful backdrop for the theatre play, communal music-making, and lantern parades.

In addition, our Kinderhaus families truly embraced the spirit of sharing on St. Martin’s Day by contributing to delicious buffet spreads.

13. June 2024

Summer party 2024!

In June, we celebrated our beloved summer party with the entire ALPLA KIDS family in our garden again. Last year's highlights were not to be missed this year either. Linda's ice cream van and the photo box from fotobox4you were once again in great demand. We also strengthened our make-up team for the children's face painting to cope with the large crowds of kids. The event was rounded off with a wonderful show by our ALPLA KIDS Mixis and a tasty buffet provided by the children's house families.

Eine Gruppe von acht Personen steht lächelnd vor einem Präsentationsstand mit der Aufschrift 'ALPLA KIDS.' Eine Frau hält eine Urkunde in der Hand, die für ein Kinderprojekt überreicht wurde.

10. June 2024

Exciting energy projects for our Maxis

In cooperation with the Vorarlberg Energy Institute, our Maxis carried out the ‘ Ein Königreich für die Zukunft’ (A Kingdom for the Future) project this year. Water, sun, wind, movement, heat, light and electricity - we discovered and explored a lot in every season and experienced energy holistically. On behalf of our kids, some of our team received the certificate from Provincial Councillor Daniel Zadra.

We are currently very excited about the annual project ‘Kleine Daumen, große Wirkung' (Small thumbs, big impact). We are introducing the children to the topics of climate change and climate protection in a playful way.

6. June 2024

Our little photo stars with Angela Lamprecht

An annual highlight in our children's centre year is the photo session with Angela Lamprecht. The group and individual photos are a wonderful, valuable memory for the children's home families and our team. Some of our ALPLA KIDS act like absolute professionals and make us smile every now and then with their heart-warming humour.

Landehauptmann Wallner mit ALPLA KIDS PädagogInnen

7. March 2024

Visit from the provincial governor

On his community tour through Hard, a detour to our ALPLA KIDS was of course a must. Governor Markus Wallner was not only impressed by our wonderful children's houses, but above all by our great kids.

27. February 2024

ALPLA KIDS has had a makeover!

Our new website is now live, complete with lots of photos and even more information. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved: the team at Zeughaus Design for designing the website; Mathias at weltweit for programming; the ALPLA marketing team and especially Project Manager Yusuf Dünmez for coordinating everything. A big thanks, too, to our chairperson Uwe Breuder for his valuable input.

29. July 2023

ALPLA KIDS summer party

After being put on hold for several years, it was finally time for our summer party again at the end of June! Our new garden was the perfect location for a proper celebration with the whole ALPLA KIDS family. Face-painting, Linda’s ice-cream van and the fotobox4you photo booth guaranteed a good time was had by all.

2. December 2022

Our children’s day-care centre is growing

Not only our children, but also the children's centre is getting bigger and bigger. Around 500 square metres more space is now offered by a new wooden building at the back, supplemented by a huge outdoor play area. Philipp Lehner (CEO) with the entire board and Provincial Governor Dr Barbara Schöbi-Fink were present at the opening.