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	San Francisco Chronicle Exerpt from: What to give non-family members for Christmas? By Kathleen Pender December 13, 2007 If there are people who enrich your life or keep it on track - housekeepers, gardeners, child care providers, hairstylists, personal trainers, etc. - consider giving them something extra this holiday season. For the full article, click here.
	Association of Premier Nanny Agencies Excerpt from: Do Candidates Need an Online Makeover? By Elizabeth Dameron-Drew, Town & Country Resources March 2, 2007 Town & Country Resources recommends that "...Especially when searching for a job, candidates need to take the time to make sure their public image is something they’re proud of. You never know who will be checking into this information and it could cost them a job." For the full article, click here.
	7 x 7 Magazine The Very Best of San Francisco Winner: Best Nanny Referral Service “Town & Country can address all of your child-care needs from baby nurses to nannies for tots.”
	Bay Area Parent 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Winner of Bay Area Parents’ Favorites Award for Best Nanny Services. Town & Country has also been inducted to the Hall of Fame for winning 5 consecutive years.
	San Francisco Magazine Winner of the Best of the Bay Area Award Winner of Nanny Finder: Professional Service "Town & Country Resources' two offices screen and place thousands of household pros a year, making sure arrangements are legal and safe. Top-rung hotels like the Four Seasons and the Westin St. Francis use T&C sitters. And a new background-check service helps vet resumes and references."
	Financial Times Excerpt from: A house is a small, very good hotel By Sarah Richards June 18, 2004 "The modern-day butler has long dispensed with the coat-tails, the obsequiousness and the silver platter next to the chip on his shoulder. Today, many don't even have a set job description...Ellen Pack of Town and Country Resources in the San Francisco Bay area, says she has received more requests in the last couple of years for what is known as a family assistant. "People will say, 'Oh, I need an Alice,'" she says, referring to the beloved television domestic from The Brady Bunch, who was famous for her tart tongue and blue uniform. They take the dog to the groomer, drop off the dry cleaning, pick up the prescriptions, exchange sneakers at the mall, all while taking the kids to class."
	San Francisco Business Times Excerpt from: Private chefs still on the menu in Bay Area homes By Sarah Duxbury April 9, 2004 "Necessity forced Andy Schwab to hire a private chef. A month before Valentine's Day, every restaurant he called was booked. &Country Resources, a domestic staffing company, and found a chef to cook a gourmet meal for him and his wife." He was, "worried about finding the right personality. Food was almost secondary" "A gourmet chef is a gourmet chef" he said, "The questions is: Do you feel comfortable with this person in your house? Does he or she have the right view of the thing? That was the risk. For Schwab, the risk paid off. Their chef, Steve Ganner, did the shopping and prepped in his own kitchen, which many private chefs do. Ganner arrived an hour before dinner, cooked the meal, served it and cleaned up. He was in the Schwabs' house only 2 1/2 hours. The evening cost $250, plus the price of the best bottle of wine in Schwab's cellar..." For the full article click here.
	The Lila Guide 2005 & 2004 Parent Pick "High quality service that produces top notch candidates"...I went to several agencies and they were by far the best"...they made the entire Nanny search process hassle free."
	Gentry January 2004 "Town & Country Resources is the leading professional placement service offering a range of services from on-call personal assistants to childcare professionals to personal chefs. Too busy to cook? Let their experienced chefs provide a unique and delicious experience from a cocktail party to a holiday dinner."
	Nob Hill Gazette December 2003 Excerpt from: Having a Hectic Holiday? "Town & Country Resources, a professional placement service, can help you find a Santa’s Little Helper during the busy holiday season. They offer a range of services including on-call personal assistants, childcare professionals and personal chefs"
	2003 Childcare and Preschool Finder Excerpt from: What’s a Nanny and How to Find One by Corrie Pelc "While there is a fee for using a nanny placement agency, Ellen Pack, President of Town & Country Resources, believes the professional level of employees an agency can provide far outweighs the price. The amount of time a family would need to put in the kind of extensive checking that we do is dependent on how much time they have and can be prohibitive in a sense, Pack adds that since the majority of parents do not have the experience in screening and performing background checks that her staff has, parents may not be able to find the red flags that her staff can when interviewing candidates for nanny positions. The pros are really that there is time saving from the screening perspective and also the security of knowing that this person has been thoroughly checked, she says. This security was one of the reasons Erin Ruane returned to an agency after trying on her own to find her third nanny. "After the second time I thought oh, I can do this myself and I ran an ad the paper and it was a horrific experience," she recalls. "I probably got 30 phone call s and it just takes an enormous amount of time with the whole prescreening." Then after two weeks of disappointments and not getting anywhere close to finding a nanny, Ruane decided to go back to Town & Country which was able to find her a nanny within a few days."