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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #134
March 7, 2008
Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter.
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& Sandy Williams Coldwell Banker Burnet and Color Me Mine).
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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 SOS - Summer Of Service (a 2-week volunteer
opportunity for kids grades 4-12). You’ll also find
information on the Mayo Clinic’s Baby and Me Fitness Class,
Spring Break options @ Community Ed., Grandparents are
Special @ PAIIR, and the American Girl Event @ B&N.
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… sign the kids up for the Citywide
Spelling Bee (Friday’s - 3/7 - the last day to do so!), go
maple syruping @ Oxbow, register for the GREAT GIVEAWAY --
Door to Imagination with storyteller Odds Bodkin @
Rochester Dance Company, 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, March 7
• Citywide Spelling Bee - registration due today!
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre
Saturday, March 8
• SOS applications available today!
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Open Season
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kid's Fest @ Herberger's
• Maple Syruping @ Oxbow
• Charlotte's Web @ Rochester Civic Theatre
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Sunday, March 9
• Critter Sunday @ Quarry Hill - 2008 Exhibit
• Charlotte's Web @ Rochester Civic Theatre
Monday,March 10
• Kids & Cocoa @ Color Me Mine
• Open Gym @ Soccer World
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller @ Dos Amigos
Tuesday, March 11
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• La Leche Mtg. - Austin
• Is it Adolescence or is it Grief? @ Seasons Hospice
• Bob Miller @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Circle of Parents Support Group
• Mothers & More - Winter Membership Drive
Wednesday, March 12
• Baby & Me Stroller Fitness Class
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
Thursday, March 13
• MOPS @ Rochester Assembly of God
• American Girl Event @ B&N (Apache)
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR
Friday, March 14
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Cabin Fever Pool Party @ The Y
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
Saturday, March 15
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market
• 101 Dalmatians Dog Bowl Contest @ Color Me Mine
• Kids Club @ Michaels
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Stuart Little
• Grandparents Are Special @ PAIIR
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Maple Syruping @ Oxbow
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Sunday, March 16
• 101 Dalmatians Dog Bowl Contest @ Color Me Mine
• Cave Sunday @ Quarry Hill - 2008 Exhibit
GREAT GIVEAWAY
Angie Hanson is offering free Creative Memories mini photo
albums. Creative Memories offers a variety of products to
help you celebrate your memories. The Creative Memories
Motto is: Your Life/Your Story /Your Way. From
traditional scrapbooking albums and decorative
supplies to digital software and StoryBook photo books
that help you showcase your digital images, we want your
life to be beautifully shared and celebrated! To find
out more about Creative Memories and everything they have
to offer, visit Angie's website
at www.mycmsite.com/angiehanson. To register, email
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com by Thursday, March 27. Make
sure you put Creative Memories in the Subject Box.
GREAT GIVEAWAY
Rochester Dance Company is offering a Great Giveaway to the
Door to Imagination with storyteller Odds Bodkin at Mayo
Civic Center’s Presentation Hall. Performance dates
are: Saturday, March 22 at 10 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Tickets are
$10: adults, $8: ages 5-18, $5: ages 1-4. The Great
Giveaway is for two tickets to the Saturday, March 22, 10
a.m. production. To register,
email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com by Thursday, March 13.
Make sure you put Imagination in the subject box.
SPRING BREAK - LOCAL OPTIONS
There’s lots of fun to be had if you’re sticking around
town over Spring Break. Visit our Summer Camps webpage,
www.rochesterfamiliescom/summercamps.html for information
on Spring Break activities offered through Community
Education and Color Me Mine. If your organization is
offering special classes, activities, programs over Spring
Break, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
SUMMER CAMPS WEBPAGE
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Summer Camps 2008 webpage is now
online. Each week we’ll be adding new summer camps. This
week we added summer camps @ Honors Choirs of Southeast
Minnesota, Kindermusik, and Rochester Civic Theatre. If
your organization is hosting a summer camp, email the
details to lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
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