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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #95
May 18, 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 PAIIR and
this Saturday’s Transportation Fair. Also tune into the
Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM, Friday mornings at 9:45
a.m. for a quick ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of this
weekend’s family-friendly events.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This week you could… get great deals at the Mother & More
garage sale, see some really cool vehicles at PAIIR’s
Transportation Fair, get wild at Oxbow’s Spring Fun Fest …
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, May 18
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Saturday, May 19
• Mothers & More Rummage Sale, Bake Sale and M&M
Marketplace
• Michaels Kids Club - placemats
• Transportation Fair
• Family Film: Curious George Films
• Spring Fun Fest @ Oxbow
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym Parent/Child Class
Sunday, May 20
• Cave Sunday @ QHNC - Reservoir
Monday, May 21
• Mommy Monday's @ CineMagic Theatres
• All Aboard the Big Yellow School Bus @ PAIIR
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Harmony for Mayo - Voices of Sepharad
• Goat Meeting - Group of Advising Teens @ RPL
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
Tuesday, May 22
• Playdate @ the Park - McQuillan Field
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym Parent/Child Class
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Birth Order
Wednesday, May 23
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
Thursday, May 24
• MOPS at Rochester Assembly of God
• Free Thursdays @ Rochester Art Center
• Adaptive Girl Scouts Mtg.
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• CCR&R - Nurtured Heart
Friday, May 25
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• American Girl Party @ B&N
• Pink Panther @ the History Center
Saturday, May 26
• Michaels Kids Club - finger puppets
• Family Film Program: Springtime Fun @ RPL
• Feed the Snakes @ Oxbow
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym Parent/Child Class
Sunday, May 27
• Dam Hike @ Chester Woods
• Nature Sunday @ QHNC - Animal Survival
Great Giveaway
The Rochester Honkers baseball team’s season opener is
Thursday, May 31 at 7:05 p.m. VS. the Mankato MoonDogs and
will include the opening night Fireworks Extravaganza.
Honkers games are fun, family-friendly events. The Honkers
play in the Northwoods League - a summer baseball league
comprised of teams of top college players from the Midwest
and across the nation. All home games are played at Mayo
Field. Haven't been to a game? You've got to go. There's
Slider (the baseball-headed mascot), free giveaways
(provided by sponsors at many games), fun between-inning
activities, and of course baseball. Grandstand tickets are
$5/adults, $4/children 12 and under and seniors 60 and
older.
The Honkers’ are the sponsors of this week’s
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Great Giveaway - a Honkers Bonus Book
of 10 adult game tickets. (Yeah! Free tickets to Honkers
games!) To register for the Great Giveaway send an email to
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Put Honkers in the Subject
Box. Thanks to the Rochester Honkers,
www.rochesterhonkers.com. And good luck!
SUMMER CAMPS webpage -
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html
Lots of new additions to the Summer Camps webpage this
week. To find out more about any of these events visit our
Summer Camps webpage,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html...
A Million Thanks card drive - you’ve seen the commercials
encouraging kids to make cards for our service men and
women. Drop your cards off at Viking Buick Pontiac GMC
Nissan now through the end of the month. Visit the Summer
Camps webpage to find sample letters as well as the rules
to follow when creating your card (such as don’t use
glitter and don’t attach candy).
Movies Under the Stars @ History Center of Olmsted County -
the history center will show eight classic movies
(including the Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and
Star Wars Episode IV) outside on the big screen. Bring
your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks and enjoy!
ORCAS - is holding registration for summer swim lessons.
Lessons are available for kids ages 3 and up. Register this
weekend, in-person, for these very popular classes.
National Night Out - register your annual block party and
be part of the fun nationwide anti-crime party.
Avalache Ranch VBS - Salem Road Covenant Church is hosting
VBS for kids ages 3 through 5th grade.
Middle School Prep programs - Friedell if offering a middle
school prep program June 11 - 15 and Willow Creek is
offering theirs June 11 - 22. The prep program offers
enrichment courses and review classes for improving
learning skills and also offers an orientation for incoming
sixth graders.
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.
K-12 Resources webpage -
www.rochesterfamilies.com/schoolage_kids.html
The Rochester Public School District’s Home School
Coordinator maintains a website that features the state's
enrollment form, frequently-asked questions about home
schooling in Minnesota, and links to used book websites,
field trip possibilities, community events for home
schoolers, and curriculum suggestions recommended by other
home-school families. To find out more visit our K-12
Resources webpage,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/schoolage_kids.html.
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.
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lindy@rochesterfamilies.com or visit our Advertise With Us
page,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/advertise_on_rochesterfamilies.html.
SPREAD THE NEWS!
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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.
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