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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #90
April 13, 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 Healthy
Kids Day at the Y (family obstacle course, family yoga,
gymnastics demos - find out how your family can make
exercising fun!). 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 through a family obstacle course
(at the Y’s Healthy Kids Day), open the Door to
Imagination, get your picture taken with Scooby Doo … 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 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
Monday, April 16
• Mommy Mondays @ CineMagic Theatres
• Harmony for Mayo - Honors Choirs Chorale
• GOAT Meeting @ RPL
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• More Than Just Mom @ PAIIR - class begins
• Sit...Stay...Read @ RPL
Tuesday, April 17
• Reel Babies @ Chateau Theatres
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Evening MOPS @ Christ Community Church
• Bedtime Stories @ RPL
• The Reading Center - Parenting Partnership meeting
Wednesday, April 18
• Preschool Motor Skills Playgroup @ Stanley Jones - Begins
today!
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• "An Inconvenient Truth" @ RPL
Thursday, April 19
• Free Thursdays @ Rochester Art Center
• Stories for Toddlers and Twos @ RPL
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Evening MOPS @ Autumn Ridge Church
• Parenting During Military Deployment - PAIIR Support
Group
• Parent Training Class Series - children newly diagnosed
with ASD
• Woodcock Hike @ Chester Woods
Friday, April 20
• Story Time @ ABC & Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Rochester Word Festival
Saturday, April 21
• Relay for Life - Kick-off/Breakfast
• Rochester Downtown Farmer's Winter Market
• Earth Day @ QHNC - backyard conservation workshop
• Earth Day @ QHNC - plant sale
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Muppets Take Manhattan
• Kids Club @ Michaels - keepsake hand print
• Rochester Word Festival
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hooray for Saturday @ RPL - wild about books
• Deer/Elk Feeding @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Earth Day @ QHNC - Celebration and Auction!
Sunday, April 22
• Nature Sunday @ QHNC - Signs of Spring
• Love and Logic Workshop
New Gallery/New Offerings
Olive Juice Studio (a member of ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s
Family of Advertisers) is opening a fabulous new art
gallery in the lower level of City Market. In addition they
have added two new photo packages. Shirley Temples are for
kids 2-6 years and are a follow-up to their Hey Baby
package. What a fun way to document your kids’ wild
birthday parties and first day of Kindergarten. Their other
new offering is Senior Photos in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
These MTV-style senior portraits will allow your favorite
student to be photographed in his/her favorite Twin Cities
locations. For more information visit
www.OliveJuiceStudios.com.
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
This week’s new entry: Adaptive T-Ball/RYBA.
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
ROCHESTERfamilies.com. Advertising on ROCHESTERfamilies.com
is a great way to:
• Target your advertising message to Rochester families.
• Communicate your business’s commitment to Rochester
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.
Does your group, organization, or business have a website
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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