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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #125

January 4, 2008

Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter. 
Each week the newsletter is brought to you by the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Family of Advertisers (Rochester Area 
Family Y, Bob Miller - Magician!, Olive Juice Studios, Tim 
& Sandy Williams Coldwell Banker Burnet). Find out more 
about our advertisers by visiting the ROCHESTERfamilies.com 
Our Advertisers webpage, 
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html. 
 
Can’t get enough of ROCHESTERfamilies.com? Check out our 
Family Time and Family Calendar columns in Friday’s 
Post-Bulletin’s Lifestyle section where you can read all 
about next Tuesday’s Mothers & More meeting. You’ll also 
find information on the Circle of Parents Support Group, 
Story Time at Great Harvest, Free Family Day at the 
Rochester Art Center, and Aldrich Memorial Nursery School’s 
upcoming Open Houses. 
 
Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM, Friday 
mornings at 9:43 a.m. for a quick ROCHESTERfamilies.com 
rundown of this weekend’s family-friendly events. 
 
 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS   
This week you could… audition @ Masque Theatre, attend 
Open Gym @ Soccer World, register for a Sesame Street Live 
Great Giveaway (see info below), and 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 cancelled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead (or 
visit the host organization’s website) and confirm all 
details. 
 
Friday, Jan. 4 
• Emperor's New Clothes auditions @ Masque 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Home Game 
 
Saturday, Jan. 5  
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Free Family Day @ Rochester Art Center 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Home Game 
 
Sunday, Jan. 6  
• Bird Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Our Little Chickadees 
 
Monday, Jan. 7  
• Open Gym @ Soccer World 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos 
• Parenting a Child w/ Special Needs @ PAIIR 
 
Tuesday, Jan. 8  
• Story Time @ Great Harvest 
• Understanding How Children Grieve @ Seasons Hospice 
• Teen MOPS mtg. 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Adult Grief Group @ Seasons Hospice - starts today! 
• Circle of Parents 
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Let's Talk Books 
 
Wednesday, Jan. 9  
• Open House @ Aldrich Nursery School 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Adult Grief Group @ Seasons Hospice - starts today! 
• PAIIR Readiness Preschool Open House 
• Family to Family Support Group Mtg. 
 
Thursday, Jan. 10  
• MOPS @ Rochester Assembly of God 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's Pizza 
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR 
 
Friday, Jan. 11  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
 
Saturday, Jan. 12  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
 
 
GREAT GIVEAWAY  
Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends 
are taking to the stage in Sesame Street Live’s “When Elmo 
Grows Up” at the Target Center Wednesday, Jan 16 through 
Sunday, Jan. 20. One lucky ROCHESTERfamilies.com reader 
will win a family four pack of tickets. Another lucky 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com reader will win a two pack of 
tickets. The tickets are vouchers that must be redeemed at 
the Target Center box office, in Minneapolis, for tickets 
to the performance of your choice - dates/times subject to 
ticket availability. For more information on the event 
visit www.sesamestreetlive.com. To register for this Great 
Giveaway, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Make sure you 
put ELMO in the subject box. Winners will be selected by a 
random drawing and will be announced in the Jan. 10 
newsletter. Thanks to VEE Corporation for providing this 
Great Giveaway. Good luck!  
  
 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com's "Family Of Advertisers" 
And a big thank you to all of our advertisers - 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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ROCHESTERfamilies.com. Advertising on ROCHESTERfamilies.com 
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families.   
• Foster a lasting relationship with Rochester families.   
 
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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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article on ROCHESTERfamilies.com - to help us get the word 
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