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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #89
April 6, 2007
Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter.
Each week the newsletter includes a list of family-friendly
events, items that are new to the website, and Great
Giveaways!
Can’t get enough of ROCHESTERfamilies.com. Check out our
Family Time and Family Calendar columns in today’s
Post-Bulletin where you can find out more about the Arc
(what a great organization - part of the Rochester
community for more than 50 years!) and the Arc’s upcoming
series of classes for parents of children recently
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. And tune into the
Tracy McCray show (1340 KROC-AM) today at 9:45 a.m. for a
short and sweet ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of what’s
going on this week.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This week you could… go on an Easter egg hunt, make a wind
chime, plant some seeds… and much more! For more
information on the events listed below - or the more than
100 events listed this month - visit our Calendar of
Events, www.rochesterfamilies.com/page/page/1049874.htm.
With all events, please remember, dates change, weather
happens, and events are sometimes moved, postponed,
or canceled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead and
confirm details.
Friday, April 6
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Family Film @ RPL - Velveteen Rabbit
• Easter Bunny/Egg Hunt @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Saturday, April 7
• Rochester Downtown Farmer's Winter Market
• Macy’s And Bachman’s Flower Show, Minneapolis - Ends
Today!
• Free Kids Movie, Prince of Egypt @ Chateau Theatres
• Chateau's Easter Egg Hunt/Pictures with Easter Bunny
• Michaels Kids Club - spring eggs
• Jaycee's Easter Egg Hunt
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hooray for Saturday @ RPL - rain stories
• Photos w/ Easter Bunny @ Apache Mall - Ends Today!
• Hy-Vee North Easter Egg Hunt
• Easter Egg Hunt - Chateau Theatres
• Free Family Day @ Rochester Art Center - Korean Wind
Chimes
• Feed the Bear @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Sunday, April 8
• Critter Sundays @ QHNC - A Log's Life
Monday, April 9
• Mommy Mondays @ CineMagic Theatres
• Harmony for Mayo - John Paulson Quartet
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Parenting a Child w/ Special Needs - PAIIR
• Sit...Stay...Read @ RPL
Tuesday, April 10
• Baby & Me @ PAIIR - class begins
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Bedtime Stories @ RPL
• Rochester School Board Mtg.
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Meyers Briggs
Wednesday, April 11
• Wee Wednesdays @ Sargent's Gardens - Fee Fie Foe Fum
• Toddlers Only @ PAIIR - class begins
• Daytime Dads @ PAIIR - class begins
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Adaptive Choir - Begins Tonight!
Thursday, April 12
• MOPS at Rochester Assembly of God
• Free Thursdays @ Rochester Art Center
• Stories for Toddlers and Twos @ RPL
• Meth: The Impact on Children in our Community
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Parent Training Class Series - children newly diagnosed
with ASD
• Prom Hair and Makeup @ RPL
• Cerebral Palsy/Dev. Delay Support Group Mtg.
Friday, April 13
• Story Time @ ABC & Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Saturday, April 14
• Healthy Kids Day @ the Y
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Chicken Run
• Super Saturdays @ Sargent's Gardens - Stepping Out In
Style
• Kids Club @ Michaels - spring chick
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hooray for Saturday @ RPL - Schiffelly Puppets
• Scooby Doo @ Apache Mall
• Feed the Otters @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• The Door to Imagination - Rochester Dance Company
• Honk, Squeak, Scratch, Boom @ RPL
Sunday, April 15
• The Door to Imagination - Rochester Dance Company
• Cave Sunday @ QHNC - Mortuary Cave
• Love and Logic Workshop
DID YOU KNOW?
The RT (Reece Trahan) Autism Awareness Foundation is an
organization devoted to making people aware of Autism and
the effects it has on children and their families. The
diagnosis of Autism is an emotional one for families, and
the RT Autism Awareness Foundation wants people to know
that they are not alone. It is the organization's desire
and dedication to promote events for Autism Awareness so
that present and future children along with their families
who face this battle will have strong support.
The Foundation, along with the Olmsted County Sheriff's
Office have recently developed Project Lifesaver. Project
Lifesaver, using the most reliable technology available
along with specially trained search and rescue teams, is
able to quickly locate and return wandering adults and
children to their families and caregivers. Project
Lifesaver applications are now available. For more
information visit ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s Special Needs
page, www.rochesterfamilies.com/special_needs.html.
Nominate Your Mom
Apache Mall is currently accepting nominations for Mom of
the Year. Children of any age can make a nomination.
Categories are Pre-K; Kindergarten-5th Grade; 6th-8th
Grades; 9th-12th Grades; and 18+ years and are based on the
nominator’s age. Your nomination can be a letter, short
story, poem, or any creative way of sharing why you think
your mom is the best. Entries will be reviewed and winners
chosen by mall management staff. Awards will be presented
Saturday, May 12. The MOM of the YEAR will receive a $500
GGP Mall gift card and a Day of Pampering at City Looks
Salon & Spa. Five category winners will each receive a $50
GGP Mall gift card and a Spray Tan at City Looks Salon &
Spa. Visit the ROCHESTERfamilies.com Summer Camps page to
find out more,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html.
SUMMER CAMPS webpage -
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html
Lots of new entries to the Summer Camps webpage this week.
Check out all the details regarding: Camp AuSm (accepts
kids as young as six), Adaptive Rec’s Choir (for kids 13
and older with developmental disabilities - part of the
Rochester community for 20 years!) and Stanley Jones’
Preschool Motor Skills Playgroup.
If your organization is hosting a Summer Camp for area
youth email the details (text version only, no attachments
please) to lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Details should
include the basic facts (date, time, location, registration
criteria). Because of the high volume of submissions we are
sure to receive, write-ups that are brief and are easy to
cut and paste onto the website are much appreciated.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
And a big thank you to all of our advertisers - Dentistry
for Children and Adolescents, Ltd.
(www.dentistryforchildrenrochester.com), Magician Bob
Miller (www.BobMillerMagic.com), the Rochester Area Family
Y (www.rochfamy.org), Olive Juice Studios
(www.olivejuicestudios.com), and Tim & Sandy Williams,
Coldwell Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) - for
advertising on ROCHESTERfamilies.com!
When you do business with these advertisers, make sure to
thank them for their support of ROCHESTERfamilies.com! To
find out more about any of our advertisers visit
ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s Our Advertisers page,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.
ADVERTISE HERE
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to Rochester parents? Consider advertising on
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is a great way to:
• Target your advertising message to Rochester families.
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families.
• Foster a lasting relationship with Rochester families.
If your family-friendly business would like to join
ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s family of advertisers, email
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com or visit our Advertise With Us
page,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/advertise_on_rochesterfamilies.html.
SPREAD THE NEWS!
Does your group, organization, or business have a kid- or
family-friendly activity, class, or special event coming
up? Would you like it to appear on ROCHESTERfamilies.com?
If so, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. There is never a
fee to have an event listed.
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or newsletter? If so, please consider adding a link to or
article on ROCHESTERfamilies.com - to help us get the word
out about this informative, family-friendly local resource!
If you have any questions about adding a link, or would
like a ROCHESTERfamilies.com press release, please email
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
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