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PACT for Families Collaborative
Newsletter
November 2019
November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a gen-eral awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both histori-cally and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to con-quer these challenges.
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that pur-pose. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclama-tions, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been is-sued each year since 1994. http://www.ncai.org/initiatives/native-american-heritage-month
Director’s Discussion
2 Join us for the next full collaborative meeting in Litchfield on Dec 11th at 11:45am
This month Rochelle highlights fun events for the holidays in each of our five counties……. Kandiyohi County
Holiday Mini Photo Shoot
Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10am-2pm
at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society: Come and have your holiday photos taken in front of our historic
sleigh taken by photographer, Gregory Harp of New London.
You will receive 10 digital images and all the proceeds go directly to the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.
Cost is $50.00 There are limited spots. Pre-booking is required. Please contact Jill at 320-235-1881 or
[email protected] to sign up.
NOVEMBER 23, 2019 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Downtown Willmar Let’s Light up the night and Shine as a community for the 2019 HOLIDAZE Parade! Saturday, November 23, 2019 Bring your whole family and join us for our annual Holidaze event in Down-town Willmar! All are welcome to attend. Please dress accordingly for outdoor activities.
2018 HOLIDAZE SCHEDULE (for reference)
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Visit Santa at The Barn Theatre
Tours of Willmar Fire Department Emergency Vehicles on 4th St
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Petting Zoo and Reindeer Sleigh Rides on Becker Ave, Penguins with Hemker Park &
Zoo and inflatables at the City Auditorium
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Kids’ Crafts at the Willmar Public Library
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Chili Feed at Bethel Lutheran Church (Free will donation)
5:00 pm: Community Drum Circles at the Willmar Public Library
5:00 pm: Turkey Bowling in front of the Foxhole Brewhouse
6:30 pm: PARADE, route starts at 5th St & Becker Avenue going north to Litchfield Ave, east one block, then
south on 4th St. Following the parade, there is a Free Holiday Movie at the Barn Theatre – The Santa Clause
McLeod County
December 7, 2019 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hutchinson Downtown Association's Main Street Christmas! Join us for free holiday fun on Hutchinson's downtown Main Street. Free hayride, hot chocolate, cookies, candy and cider. A Farmers Market in the Depot Meeting room. Bring your camera and have your picture taken with Santa.
Downtown Christmas & Holiday Parade of Lights Saturday Dec 14, 2019 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST Saturday, December 14, 2019 3-5:30pm Hutchinson Center for the Arts, 15 Franklin St SW AND St. John's Episcopal Church at the corner of Hassan St and 2nd Ave. 15 Franklin Ave SW Hutchinson MN 55350 free! Free!! FREE!!!
Director’s Discussion
2 Join us for the next full collaborative meeting in Litchfield on Dec 11th at 11:45am
This month Rochelle highlights fun events for the holidays in each of our five counties…….
Meeker County November 29, 2019 - December 20, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cut-your-own & pre-cut Christmas Trees, 8 varieties: Korean Fir, Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, Canaan Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine, Black Hills Spruce & Colorado Blue Spruce. Balsam wreaths, garland & Gift Shop. Cider, cookies and coloring books. Santa Claus visits the first two weekends 11:00 -3:00 Hayrides on weekends, Live reindeer. bring your camera! Open daily 9:00 -4:00 from Friday after Thanksgiving till mid December November 30, 2019 - December 15, 2019 Residential Lighting Contest around town. Celebration Event on December 19 to announce winners. Come for cider and hot chocolate in Central Park at 5:30 to celebrate Litchfield. Yellow Medicine County December 22, 2019 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Celebrate Christmas at the historic Volstead House which will be decorated in 1920 fashion! Snap photos with Santa and his reindeer! There will be treats and coloring for kids. There will also be small reindeer trinkets for sale. Nov. 23-24 Holiday Showcase – Shop Canby Dec. 7-8 Hometown Holiday – Shop Canby
Renville County November 22, 2019 Starting at 7:00 p.m. See the streets of Downtown Redwood Falls filled with lights during Christmas by Candlelight! November 22nd Steak Feed, Fire Department, Morton
November 23rd Beneath the Village Wreath, Morton
November 24th RCHS Pancake Fundraiser
December 4th Taste of Bechyn, American Legion, Olivia
December 5th Unforgettable Christmas, Hector
December 5th Holiday Happenings, Olivia
December 6th Old Fashioned Christmas, Bird Island
January 31, 2020 Winter Warm Up, Sons of the American Legion, Olivia
~Rochelle Peterson, Director
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*CONNECTING FAMILIES presents:
...and Resource Fair!
It was a HUGE success! There was a tractor for picture opportunities, cookie decorating,
sensory break room, popcorn and apples, meet Mayflower the ser-vice dog, bingo, pumpkin decorating, Knocker Balls and so much
more.
We had a total of 92 people
8 staff 6 volunteers, including 4
Ridgewater Students 9 Fidgety Fairy Tale Cast
Members 8 Resource Fair Booths
And an additional 4 organizations sent information to share.
Special Thanks to WCI for the space and cookies, Dassel Hillside Apple Orchard for the apples, Walt’s for the popcorn, and Thanks
to Dain and Angie Peterson for the tractor.
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The Spotlight is on you…SteppingStone Therapeutic, Inc
SteppingStone Therapeutic, Inc is dedicated to providing meaningful, positive thera-peutic experiences for children, adolescents and adults in a warm, professional envi-ronment. SteppingStone Therapeutic specializes in the care of children and families. SteppingStone Therapeutic was started in 2011 by Randy and Mary Anderson. Their goal was to bring an integrative type care for children to the rural area. Randy and Mary’s experience in Child care since 1989 led them to see a need for more people trained in helping our youngest children receive quality integrated care early in life. So at the age of 40 Mary returned to college and became a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist. During her Masters education she also was fortunate to get a SWIF grant to attend the University of MN to be trained in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Her years of experience with typical development as well as her formal training in Early childhood mental health brings an expertise to our area that otherwise would not be available for families.
Since opening in 2011, SteppingStone has expanded to include six other mental health providers and an Occupational therapist as well as three office staff that keep things running smoothly for all of us. Christy Broll, MA, LMFT joined the team of therapists at Stepping-Stone and SST invested in sending her to the University of MN for the same specialized training in Early Childhood Mental Health. So now we have two fully trained clinicians specializing in Early Child-hood. Our other clinicians Terry Lewis, MA, Emily Blom, MA. LAMFT, Andrea Haglin, MS, LPC, Kelly Peterson, MA and Jaime Bremseth MS, provide quality mental health services for children from 5 and up as well as teens and adults. Clare Koezly is our fulltime Occupational Therapist.
As well as counseling and Occupational therapy services Stepping-Stone Therapeutic also offers parenting classes, friendship groups and trauma groups. The parenting classes, offered at least 4 times per year, provide effective tools and teach a practical approach to parenting that helps parents create a strong relational bond while setting limits and structure within the home. Trauma groups, offered two times per year in conjunction with McLeod Alliance for Victims of Domestic Violence, teach students what trauma is, effec-tive tools to cope with trauma, and how to feel safe and diminish triggers. Friendship groups provide children the opportunity to learn social behaviors and practice them in a safe and therapeutic
environment with support of Mental Health Profession-als. In addition SteppingStone Therapeutic provides an avenue for both Mental Health and Occupational Therapy students to intern in a professional environ-ment and meet their school or post school requirements to become professionally qualified.
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The Spotlight is on you…DREAM Technical Academy
DREAM Technical Academy is a FREE Public Charter School located on the MinnWest Campus in Willmar. We offer Project Based Learning for 7th-12th grad-ers. Students are invited to explore what excites them and earn the credit needed to graduate from high school.
Each student’s education is tailored to their interests and talents. If a student is interested in history and art, they may research artists throughout history, and de-cide to create a painting to share what they’ve learned.
As a school, we focus on the whole student; meeting them where they are, building relationships, and coming alongside them on their educational journey. We are different from a traditional school in different ways. We do not have traditional classrooms. Students are invited to create their own learning space and discover what helps them find success at school and learn life skills for transition beyond school. There are a lot of exciting things that can happen throughout a day at DREAM. Each student can be working on something differ-ent. If you’re interested in a tour of our school, please give us a call, and we will set something up. (320)-262-5640. You can also find us on Facebook; DREAM Technical Academy or visit our website at https://technicalacademies.org/dream/
November Updates: Check out our new website at: www.pactforfamilies.org
Committee Reports
Executive Board— Draft of 2020 Proposed Budget presented, grants and program updates given, LCTS/Reserve Grant funding for 2020 will be in process next month with priority given to new, innova-tive projects. 3 Board Positions open for 2020.
5 to 25/5—YLA is Nov. 7th, Tepfer & Reznechek will work on discretionary grant. AG will address Tech needs. New Member Invites & LCTS discussed. Also possibility of 5 to 25 being separated into 3 subgroups.
Early Childhood— Help Me Grow, Parent Aware, Western Mental Health, LCTS Talking/Teaching-need funding for 2020, Childcare Innovation Program at Ridgewater – 1 free credit for 15 students on Willmar campus.
Parent Advisory— All 5 counties represented! Connecting Families had 40 weighted blanket referrals thus far; CFP Subcommittee will meeting when more funding is available. Fall Festival Oct 26th. Fidg-ety Fairy Tales.
5-County Children’s LAC— County/Agency Reports given. Update on Fall Festival Oct 26th, weighted blankets (40+ so far) SOC grant update. Barriers/Concerns/Trends regarding complexity of mental health issues in younger children and other concerns on assessment, placement, staffing issues, etc. IEIC needs parent representation.
PACT Updates—Rochelle Peterson, Executive Director
Welcome to new members – Randy and Mary Anderson of Stepping Stones Therapeutic in Hutchinson
Summary of September 19th Executive Board Planning Retreat o Our Vision Statement was updated to include “Resiliency”
o Our Values were pared down to 5 concise statements o Our Priorities center around Cultural Responsiveness, Supporting Schools, Securing Family Liasons, Needs of Transition Age Youth, Partnering More with Business in the Community and Sharing what the Collaborative is doing
LCTS Grant Applications are on our website; due 10.31.19 by 4 pm
Full Collaborative: Megan Harms, the Marketing Outreach Associate at Project Turnabout wel-comed us to their facility and shared a video, information and some handouts regarding their services. Be-sides their Granite Falls location, they also have programming in Marshall, Redwood Falls and Willmar. SWWC “The READY Clinic” Presentation by Amy Sippl, BCBA and Jennifer Bozosi, BCBA The SWWC has opened The READY Clinic in Montevideo with a September grand opening. The READY Clinic serves children from 18 months to 6 years of age diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This interferes with a child’s interactions, preventing them from learning many cognitive skills. The READY Clinic uses Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to help children with autism overcome challenges they face using intensive teaching designed to provide a developmental, child-specific curriculum in a fo-cused setting.
Example of one Tool Used: Positive Reinforcement (which is discontinued in the event bad behavior presents)
Why ABA Therapy?: It is backed by research and found to be medically necessary for autistic children to reduce or eliminate behavior that interferes with learning. It also increases their quality of life at home, school and in the community and helps them successfully catch up to same-age peers.
Some Barriers Families Face: o Referrals, Steps to treatment (paperwork, funding, next steps, intake support) and Transportation
How Can We Help? o Referrals, Identifying Access to Funding sources, Flyers, Support and Visit!
We are Grateful for ~
Love that gratitude can actually rewire your brain! Research supports this. Char Erickson
“I am grateful for close family that enjoys spending time together, for friends who understand what life is like raising children with special needs, for co-workers who are great listeners and supportive, and the faith I grew up with that gets me through each day.” Sandy Hruby
For the most up-to-date list of events, check the Calendar tab at www.pactforfamilies.org
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5 Exec Board
Meeting 11:30-1:30 pm
@ KHHSB
Connecting Families at LuLu
Beans in Willmar 11:45-1pm
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11PACT Office Closed
Veteran’s Day
12Parent Advisory Mtg;
(RSVP requested) 5:30,
YMCA
1310:00 Early Childhood
and 5/25 Committee Mtg.
11:45Full Collaborative
1:30 LAC mtg.
Mtg. ~ Olivia
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18Connecting Families at
First Lutheran Church in
Litchfield 6:30-8pm
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25 26 27 PACT Office closed
Office Staff Mtg
28 PACT Office
closed
29 PACT Office
closed
PLEASE NOTE: A combined meeting between the Chief Elected Officials Board and Executive Board will be held on
Tuesday, December 3, 2019, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Kandiyohi Health and Human Services Building. The
CEO’s regularly scheduled November 13, 2019, meeting is cancelled and rescheduled to December 3rd; the Executive
Board will be meeting on the same regularly scheduled day with the time moved from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thank
you.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
2 3 CEO/Exec Board
Meeting 1:30-4:00 pm
@ KHHSB Connecting Families at LuLu
Beans in Willmar 11:45-1pm
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9Parent Advisory Mtg;
(RSVP requested) 5:30,
YMCA
10 1110:00 Early Childhood
and 5/25 Committee Mtg.
11:45Full Collaborative
1:30 LAC mtg..
Mtg. ~ Litchfield
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16Connecting Families at
First Lutheran Church in
Litchfield 6:30-8pm 17 18 19 20
23 24 PACT office closes
at 12noon.
25 PACT Office closed
Merry Christmas! 26 27
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December
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2019 Executive Board
PACT for Families Collaborative
2200 23rd Street NE Suite 2030
Willmar, MN 56201
Tel: 320.231.7030; Fax: 320.231.7033
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Corinne Torkelson, Kandiyohi Co. Family Svcs Serves through 2021; (320) 231-7800 x2459 [email protected]
Dawna Woodman, Parent-Renville Co. (Filling remaining term for Sandy Hruby - 2019) (320) 221-5632; [email protected]
Diane Winter, Meeker Co. Public Health Serves through 2020 (320) 693-5373 / [email protected]
Kathleen “Kat” Preuss, Upper Sioux Community Serves through 2021; (320) 564-6321 [email protected]
Willie Deterling, Parent—Renville Co. 320-212-2490
Michelle Mortenson, Renville County West School Serves through 2020 (320) 329-8368; [email protected]
Rae Ann Keeler-Aus, Yellow Medicine Co. Family Svcs.; Serves through 2019 (320) 564-2211; [email protected]
Tami Jo Lieberg, Kandiyohi Co. Comm. Corrections Serves through 2020 (320) 231-7800 x2217; [email protected]
Tara Nelson, Hutch Health (Chair) Serves through 2019 (320) 484-4610 / [email protected]
Rochelle Peterson, Director (non-voting) (320) 231-7030 ext. 2965 / [email protected]
Gladys Kirsh, Fiscal Agent (non-voting) [email protected]
Corky Berg, Kandiyohi County; (320) 212-9887 [email protected]
Bob Fox, Renville County; (507) 557-8265 [email protected]
Steve Schmitt, Meeker County; (320) 333-0555 [email protected]
Greg Renneke, Yellow Medicine County; (507) 925-3117; [email protected]
Rich Pohlmeier, McLeod County; (320) 587-6084 [email protected]
2019 Chief Elected Officials
