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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #91

April 19, 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! 
 
This week’s newsletter comes to you a few days early. Let 
me know what you think of this advance notice! Does it help 
when planning your family’s weekend activities? 
 
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 
Rochester International Association’s World Festival - lots 
of family-friendly games, activities and food.   
 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS   
This week you could… see High School Musical performed live 
at JM, have fun at Family Fun Night (if you go, stop by the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com booth and say Hi!), celebrate Earth 
Day’s birthday … 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. 
 
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 
• High School Musical - JM 
• Woodcock Hike @ Chester Woods 
 
Friday, April 20  
• Story Time @ ABC & Toy Zone 
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Rochester Word Festival 
• High School Musical - JM 
• Rochester Figure Skating Club Ice Show 
 
Saturday, April 21  
• Relay for Life - Kickoff/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 handprint 
• Rochester Word Festival 
• Earth Day @ QHNC - Kid Events 
• 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! 
• High School Musical - JM 
• Rochester Figure Skating Club Ice Show 
 
Sunday, April 22  
• Nature Sunday @ QHNC - Signs of Spring 
• High School Musical - JM 
• Rochester Figure Skating Club Ice Show 
• Love and Logic Workshop 
 
Monday, April 23  
• Mommy Mondays @ CineMagic Theatres 
• Harmony for Mayo - Claudia Schmidt 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos 
• Sit...Stay....Read @ RPL 
 
Tuesday, April 24  
• CCR&R Family Fun Night @ Graham Arena 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Bedtime Stories @ RPL 
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Gardening 
 
Wednesday, April 25  
• Story Time @ Great Harvest 
• Peer Abuse: Bullying Among Children 
 
Thursday, April 26  
• MOPS at Rochester Assembly of God 
• Free Thursdays @ Rochester Art Center 
• Stories for Toddlers and Twos @ RPL 
• Adaptive Girl Scouts Mtg. 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's 
• Parent Training Class Series - children newly diagnosed 
with ASD 
 
Friday, April 27  
• Story Time @ ABC & Toy Zone 
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• 25 For The Trees @ QHNC 
• An Evening of Wine & Roses - Fundraiser for PossAbilities 
 
Saturday, April 28  
• Cleanup Day @ Chester Woods 
• Children's Zoo Hour @ Oxbow 
• Kids Club @ Michaels - tiny turtle pencil holder 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Hooray for Saturday @ RPL - celebration of Day of the 
Child 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
 
Sunday, April 29  
• Love and Logic Workshop 
 
 
 
SUMMER CAMPS webpage -  
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html 
 
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 
Is your business looking for an effective way to reach out 
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. 
 
 
 
 
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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.