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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #138
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 the summer camp offerings through Park &
Rec’s Adaptive Division (tons of fun activities -- T-ball,
soccer, choir, Girl Scouts -- for kids with physical or
cognitive disabilities). You’ll also find information on
Free Family Day @ Rochester Art Center, The Knack @
Michaels Arts & Crafts, Growing Up W/ Asperger’s @ Bluestem
Center for Child & Family Development, and Let’s Be Friends
autism awareness storytime @ B&N Apache Mall.
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… party at the Rochester Astronomy Club
Star Party, register for The Masque Theatre Great Giveaway
(see more 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, April 4
• Spring Break Art Adventures @ Color Me Mine
• Family Films @ Rochester Public Library
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Teen MOPS Spaghetti Supper & Silent Auction
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
Saturday, April 5
• Children's Grief Journeys - Seasons Hospice
• Home Depot Kid's Workshops
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Bee Movie
• Family Film (The Cat in the Hat, animated) @ Rochester
Public Library
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• The Knack Arbor Day event @ Michaels Arts & Crafts
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Free Family Days! @ Rochester Art Center
• Rochester Astronomy Club Star Party
Sunday, April 6
• Family Fun Day @ Color Me Mine
• Bird Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Gentle Juncos
Monday, April 7
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine
• Storytime @ B&N (Apache)
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Sit. Stay. Read. @ Rochester Public Library
• Bedtime Stories @ Rochester Public Library
Tuesday, April 8
• La Leche Mtg. - Austin
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Author Sara Button @ B&N Apache
• Growing Up W/ Asperger's
• Circle of Parents Support Group Mtg.
• Mothers & More Mtg. - “What is Feng Shui”?
• Let's Be Friends - Autism Awareness storytime (B&N,
Apache)
Wednesday, April 9
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Storytime @ B&N (Apache)
Thursday, April 10
• MOPS @ Rochester Assembly of God
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
Friday, April 11
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y
Saturday, April 12
• Relay for Life Breakfast/Kick Off @ Apache Mall
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market
• Healthy Kids Day @ The Y
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Garfield
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• Family Films @ Rochester Public Library
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
Sunday, April 13
• Family Fun Day @ Color Me Mine
• Critter Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Frogs & Toads
GREAT GIVEAWAY
You could be the lucky winner of two free tickets
to The Masque’s production of Much Ado About
Nothing. The Great Giveaway lucky winner can choose
between six performance dates: April 18, 19, 20, 25, 26,
27. To enter, send an email (no later than Thursday, April
10) to lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. Please put Masque
Theatre in the Subject Box. The winner will be selected by
a random drawing. A gift certificate for the free
tickets will be mailed to the lucky winner. Thanks to the
Masque Youth Theatre for providing this Great Giveaway! To
find out more about this production visit www.masque.org.
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 like volleyball camps @ the
National Volleyball Center (Century High School),
Kindermusik w/ Linda, and the Jaycee’s Sandbox Fill
fundraiser (a great fundraiser -- order your sand today!).
If your organization is hosting a summer camp, email the
details to lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.
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
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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