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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #158
September 4, 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 the Rochester Education Summit (stop by the
ROCHESTERfamilies.com booth and say “hi”). You’ll also find
information on the 5th Annual Kids Day America, the Music
Together family sing along @ B&N, Hooray for Saturday! @
the Rochester Public Library, and Sesame Street Live.
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 - Northwoods Orchard
Just in time for fall fun, win a Family Admission (corn
maze, wagon ride, pumpkin) to Northwoods Orchard in
Oronoco. Four families will win, and will be announced in
each of the next four newsletters (9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26).
Email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com by Thursday, Sept. 25 to
register. Make sure you put Northwoods in the subject box.
Thanks to Northwoods Orchard, www.northwoodsorchard.com,
for providing this Great Giveaway!
And the winner of the Northwoods Orchard Week #1 Great
Giveaway is Charlie B. Congrats Charlie! If you registered
last week, you do not need to register again to be in the
running for the Week #2, #3 and #4 drawings.
GREAT GIVEAWAY - Tweite’s Pumpkin Patch
Another fun fall destination... Tweite’s Pumpkin Patch in
Byron. Two lucky winners will win two free Adventure
Passes. Passes include the u-pick pumpkin patch, corn maze,
wagon ride, storybook land, the enchanted forest, and lots
more. A winner will be announced in each of the next two
newsletters (9/12 and 9/19). Email
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com by Thursday, Sept. 18 to
register. Make sure you put Tweite’s in the subject box.
Thanks to Tweite’s, www.tweitepumpkins.com, for providing
this Great Giveaway!
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, Sept. 5
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Down Syndrome Network Group Mtg.
Saturday, Sept. 6
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market
• Rochester Education Summit
• YMCA Fall Sports - Start Today!
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• 5th Annual Kids Day
• Family Film Program @ Library
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Family Sing Along @ B&N (Apache)
• Free Family Day @ Rochester Art Center
• Tree Identification @ Oxbow Park
Sunday, Sept. 7
• Bird Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Hawk, Kettles & Migrating
Birds
Monday, Sept. 8
• YMCA Fall Swim Lessons - Start Today!
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Parenting a Child w/ Special Needs @ PAIIR
Tuesday, Sept. 9
• Kindermusik Free Demo Class
• Storytime @ Great Harvest
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sports Bar & Grill
• Circle of Parents Support Group Mtg.
• Sesame Street Live @ Mayo Civic Center
Wednesday, Sept. 10
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• Sesame Street Live @ Mayo Civic Center
• NAMI Family to Family Support Group Mtg.
Thursday, Sept. 11
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
Friday, Sept. 12
• First Steps, "Success in School" Seminar - Registration
Due Today
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Park & Rec Adaptive Div. Fall Classes - Reg. Due Today!
• Women's Ministry Fall Kick Off
Saturday, Sept. 13
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market
• Allegro School of Dance & Music Open House
• DNA LifePrint Child Safety Event
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• Family Film @ Library - Mike Mulligan
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Quarry Hill's 19th Annual Fall Festival
• Bison Feeding @ Oxbow Park
• Night Hike @ Chester Woods
Sunday, Sept. 14
• Quarry Hill's 19th Annual Fall Festival
• Love & Logic Class - Begins Today!
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!
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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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