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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #135
March 14, 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.
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 NACRON 2008 - a national conference for
model rocket fans (thinking of building a model rocket with
the kids -- check out their Make-It and Take-It workshop).
You’ll also find information on photos with the Easter
Bunny @ Apache Mall, Ascension Lutheran Church’s Easter egg
hunt, the Citywide Spelling Bee, and the American Indian
Center’s Powwow.
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… say goodbye to winter @ the Y’s Cabin
Fever Pool Party, take the kids to Color Me Mine’s Kid’s &
Cocoa, register for the Creative Memories GREAT GIVEAWAY,
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 14
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Folwell Elementary PTSA Carnival
• Cabin Fever Pool Party
• 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
• 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
Monday, March 17
• Kids & Cocoa @ Color Me Mine
• 8-Week Preschool Spanish Class - Registration ends today!
• Open Gym @ Soccer World
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller @ Dos Amigos
Tuesday, March 18
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Parenting During Military Deployment @ PAIIR
• Bob Miller @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Circle of Parents Support Group
• Grandparents Parenting Again
• School Board Mtg.
• La Leche Mtg. - Rochester
Wednesday, March 19
• Baby & Me Stroller Fitness Class
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Mothers of Multiples Mtg.
Thursday, March 20
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR
Friday, March 21
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Kids Club @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
Saturday, March 22
• Children's Zoo Time @ Oxbow
• Door To Imagination - Rochester Dance Company
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Shark Tale
• Easter Egg Hunt @ Gloria Dei
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Just for Kids Concert - SEMYO
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Easter Egg Hunt @ Grace Lutheran
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
Sunday, March 23
• Nature 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 .... and the winner is
Amy R. is the winner of the Door to Imagination Great
Giveaway. The Rochester Dance Company production featuring
storyteller Odds Bodkin will be held Saturday, March 22 at
10 a.m. 1:30 p.m. at Mayo Civic Center’s Presentation Hall.
Tickets are $10: adults, $8: ages 5-18, $5: ages 1-4.
Congratulations to Amy! And thanks to Rochester Dance
Company, www.rochesterdancecompany.com, for providing this
Great Giveaway.
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, the Y, 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 @ Park & Rec’s Adaptive
Division (both youth and adult options). If your
organization is hosting a summer camp, email the details to
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
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Bob Miller (www.BobMillerMagic.com), the Rochester Area
Family Y (www.rochfamy.org), Olive Juice Studios
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Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) and Color Me
Mine (www.rochester.colormemine.com) - for advertising on
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www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.
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