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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #154
August 7, 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),
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 Days of Yesteryear @ the History Center of
Olmsted County (lots of good old fashioned fun!). You’ll
also find information on Rock & Stroll for Epilepsy
(there’s still time to register for this family-friendly
fundraiser), PAIIR Registration First Draw (check out their
wide variety of parent/child classes), Audubon Society Hike
@ Chester Woods, and NAMI’s Family to Family Monthly
Support Group Mtg.
Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM
(www.KROC.com), Friday mornings at 9:40 a.m. for a quick
ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of this weekend’s
family-friendly events.
GREAT GIVEAWAY
And the winner is... Stephanie L. is the winner of the Week
#1 Sesame Street Live Great Giveaway. Stephanie and her
family win a family four pack of tickets to see “Elmo!
Ready for Action!” Congrats Stephanie! Enjoy the show. To
find out more about how your family could win next week’s
tickets, read below.
Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends
are taking to the stage to share their love of music in
Sesame Street Live “Elmo! Ready for Action” at Mayo Civic
Center on Tuesday, Sept. 9 (7 p.m.) and Wednesday Sept. 10
(10:30 and 7 p.m.). Three lucky ROCHESTERfamilies.com
readers will win a family four pack of tickets to see
"Elmo! Ready for Action!" provided by VEE Corporation. (The
tickets are vouchers that may be redeemed at the box office
for tickets to the performance of your choice - dates/times
subject to ticket availability.)
To register for this Great Giveaway,
email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com no later than Thursday,
Aug. 21. Make sure you put ELMO in the subject box. One
winner will be selected by a random drawing each of the two
next weeks. Winners will be announced in the Aug. 15 and 22
newsletters. You only need to enter once to be considered
for each of the weekly drawings (if you entered last week
you don’t have to enter again this week). Thanks to VEE
Corporation for providing this Great Giveaway. Good luck!
NEED TO KNOW
• The PAIIR/Community Education Preschool registration
booklet arrived in the mail this week. Check out the
variety of parent/child and child-only classes (both
one-time and ongoing). Register by Aug. 13 at noon to be
eligible for PAIIR's First Draw. Find out more by visiting
www.rochesterce.org.
• Also in the mail, the Y's fall registration booklet. Tons
of child and adult classes (swim lessons, basketball,
karate, and lots more). Find out more by visiting
www.RAFY.org.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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 canceled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead (or
visit the host organization’s website) and confirm all
details.
Friday, Aug. 8
• Movies on the Barn - E.T.
• RYSA - Spring 2009 Traveling Team Tryouts
• Running Start for School - registration ends today!
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Honkers Baseball
Saturday, Aug. 9
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Dietician Tips!
• RYSA - Spring 2009 Traveling Team Tryouts
• Audubon Society Hike @ Chester Woods
• Days of Yesteryear @ History Center
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Horton Hears a Who
• Summer Theatre Academy of Rochester - free performance
• Feed the Deer and Elk @ Oxbow Park
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls
• Honkers Baseball
Sunday, Aug. 10
• Days of Yesteryear @ History Center
• Dueling Pianos - fundraiser for Channel One Food Bank
• Honkers Baseball - Family Fun Pack
Monday, Aug. 11
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Horton Hears a Who
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Sit-Stay-Read @ Rochester Public Library
• Honkers Baseball
Tuesday, Aug. 12
• Playdates @ The Park
• Story Time @ Great Harvest
• Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspection Clinics
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls
• Circle of Parents Mtg.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
• Magical Fun w/ Norm the Happy Pirate @ Rochester Public
Library
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• PAIIR Registration - First Draw
• NAMI Family to Family Support Group Mtg.
Thursday, Aug. 14
• SNAP Bus @ Silver Lake
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Rock and Stroll for Epilepsy 2008!
Friday, Aug. 15
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
Saturday, Aug. 16
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Attracting Birds
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Ice Age 2
• Summer Theatre Academy of Rochester - free performance
• Naturalist Choice @ Oxbow Park
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls
• Moonlight Paddle @ Chester Woods
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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
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