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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #130
February 8, 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 and Color Me Mine).
Find out more about our advertisers by visiting the
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Our Advertisers webpage,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.
A special thank you goes out to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com
Advertiser of the Month - Color Me Mine. Find out more
about Color Me Mine below or visit 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
(www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columnists) where you can
read all about Family Day at the Rochester Area Builders
Home Show. You’ll also find information on Quarry Hill’s
Nature Detectives (monthly class for 6-7 year olds and
their parents), The Emperor’s New Clothes @ The Masque,
Cans For Kids (drop off your aluminum cans this Saturday)
and Storyteller Gwyn Calvetti @ Quarry Hill.
Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM
(www.KROC.com), 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… join the Parenthood Club, volunteer
at Operation Snowstorm (a great volunteer opportunity for
the whole family), redeem your $5 off Color Me Mine coupon,
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, Feb. 8
• WinterFest
• WinterFest VII logo contest - entries due today!
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
• Parent/Child Sweetheart Dance @ The Y
• Cabin Fever - Girls Night Out
• Family Fun Week - Sweetheart Dance @ The Y
Saturday, Feb. 9
• Hope for Recovery Workshop
• Sno-ball Softball Tournament - WinterFest
• WinterFest
• Spring Youth Bowling @ Rec Lanes - Registration Ends
Today!
• Valentine Party - Community Ed.
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Barnyard
• Great Teachers @ History Center
• Nature Kids @ Quarry Hill - Awesome Owls
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hooray for Saturday! @ Library
• Wheelers Winter Weekend @ Ironwood Springs Christian
Ranch
• Bluebird Workshop @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Sunday, Feb. 10
• Winterfest Birds & Breakfast @ Quarry Hill
• Sno-ball Softball Tournament - WinterFest
• WinterFest
• Critter Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Falco & Friends
• Family Fun Week - Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch
• Storyteller Gwyn Calvetti @ Quarry Hill
Monday, Feb. 11
• Open Gym @ Soccer World
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Story Time @ B&N(Apache)
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Support Group for Grieving Children @ Seasons Hospice
• Sit, Stay, Read @ Library
• Rochester Reads Author Visit - Greg Mortenson
Tuesday, Feb. 12
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• La Leche Mtg. - Austin
• Teen MOPS Mtg.
• Operation Snowstorm @ Community Ed (family vol.
opportunity)
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• The Parenthood Club @ PAIIR - starts today!
• Circle of Parents Support Group
• Bedtime Stories @ Library
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Build Your Self-Esteem
Wednesday, Feb. 13
• Baby and Me Postnatal Fitness Class
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Story Time @ B&N(Apache)
• Family to Family Support Group Mtg.
Thursday, Feb. 14
• MOPS @ Rochester Assembly of God
• Stories for Toddlers & Twos @ Library
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR
Friday, Feb. 15
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque
Saturday, Feb. 16
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Flushed Away
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Nature Detectives @ Quarry Hill - Life Beneath the Ice
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hooray for Saturday! @ Library
• GATEway Science Fair
• Feed the Otters @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Home Game
Sunday, Feb. 17
• Cave Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Harry Buck Pond
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque
• Minnesota Ice Hawks Home Game
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Advertiser of the Month (see coupon
below)
Welcome to Color Me Mine -- the newest member of the
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Family of Advertisers and the
February Advertiser of the Month! Color Me Mine is a
paint-your-own ceramic studio where you choose an
unfinished piece of ceramic and paint it, leave it for
glazing and firing, and return about 4 days later to pick
up your masterpiece.
Not an artist? Not a problem! Our friendly and creative
staff, along with many fun painting techniques, are here to
help make sure you bring a masterpiece home that is sure to
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environment and completely safe for kids and adults.
Visit Color Me Mine's website,
www.rochester.colormemine.com for more information on
birthday parties, ladies night out events, Mom & Me classes
and more!
SUMMER CAMPS WEBPAGE
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Summer Camps 2008 webpage is now
online. Each week we’ll add new summer camps. If your
organization is hosting a summer camp, email the details to
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
COLOR ME MINE COUPON
$5 off at Color Me Mine when you mention this ad. Limits
may apply. Not to be combined with any other offer or
party. One coupon per customer, per day, please.
GREAT GIVEAWAY WINNER!
Congrats to Tracie L. the winner of the Masque Theatre’s
Great Giveaway. Tracie wins tickets to the Masque’s
production of The Emperor's New Clothes (Feb. 15, 16, 17,
22, 23, 24). Thanks to the Masque Theatre for providing
this Great Giveaway! To find out more about this production
visit www.masque.org.
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), Tim & Sandy Williams, Coldwell
Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) and Color Me
Mine (www.rochester.colormemine.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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family-friendly activity, class, or special event coming
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