November/December 2015

A Place to Grow, for Families with Infants and Young Children

Living in Palmer, Monson and Surrounding Communities.

4 Springfield Street, PO Box 5, Three Rivers, MA 01080

413-283-6246

Find us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/palmermonsonfamilynetwork

www.facebook.com/collaborative.earlychildhood

PMFN is a Collaborative for Educational Services program funded by the MA Dept of Early

Education & Care. We are open to ALL families living in Palmer, Monson and surrounding

communities with children birth through age 8. ALL of our playgroups and programs are

free - there are no income or developmental requirements.

Don’t forget our clothing exchange!

Winter is knocking at our door, and that means ‘tis

the season for warmer clothes! If your child has

grown out of EVERYTHING since last year, (as chil-

dren often do…) feel free to check out our clothing

exchange for some new (gently used) duds! Looking

to recycle last year’s clothes? We can accept those,

too! Be sure to look through our EXTENSIVE collec-

tion of hats, mittens, and scarves!

We’re having a Dough-Raiser!

Help raise funds for PMFN while treating your family to lunch or dinner!

On Tuesday, November 10, Uno’s Pizzeria and Grill on Boston Road in Springfield (across from the

Eastfield Mall) will donate up to 20% of your check to the Palmer-Monson Family Network! Meals, appetizers, drinks , and takeout are all included,

and the deal will run ALL DAY LONG! *Make sure you have one of our special coupons with you to present to your server so that the restaurant will

know to apply your check to our fundraising efforts. Coupons are available at the center, via email to print yourself, and on Facebook! Share them with friends and family to help make the

most of our efforts! Thank you for your continued support!

Spaghetti Supper UPDATE: Many of our friends

look forward to PMFN’s annual Spaghetti Supper each No-

vember—our biggest and most popular fundraiser of the

year! We decided to have it a little later this year, giving us

more time for YOUR input! Please join us at our monthly PAC

meetings (first Wed. of every month; 6-7:30 pm; pizza & childcare provided) to help us plan an amazing evening to re-

member, and be sure to check our January/February news-

letter for

more details!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 10-11:30

Drop-In

4 9-10:30

Infant/Toddler

Time

6-7:30 PAC mtg.

5 10-11:30

Drop-In

6 10-11:30

Drop-In

7

8 9 10 10-11:30

Drop-In

**ALL DAY-

Fundraiser at

Uno’s!!!**

11

Veterans’

Day—No

playgroup

12 10-11:30

Drop-In

13 10-11:30

Drop-In

14

15 16 17 10-11:30

Drop-In

18 9-10:30

Infant/Toddler

Time

5:30-7 Teddy

Bear Sleepover

(*PRR)

19 Therese here

10-11:30 Drop-

In

6-7:30 Brain

Building Work-

shop (*PRR)

20 10-11:30

Drop-In

21 10:00 Music

with Carolyn

(*PRR)

22 23 24 25 26 Happy

Thanksgiving!

27 28

29 30

November 2015

PMFN Closed all week

Teddy Bear Sleepover

and Potluck

at the Palmer Library!

Wednesday, November 18—5:30-7pm

Bring your whole family, a stuffed animal, and

something yummy to share! Miss Stephanie from

the Children’s Room will be there to read us some

bedtime stories, and furry friends are welcome to

stay for a sleepover! (They tend to have lots of

fun, and make lots of MISCHIEF while their human

friends aren't around!)

***Pre-Registration Required!***

Brain Building in Progress! FREE Parent Workshop at PMFN

November 19—6-7:30 pm

YOU are your child's first brain architect! Brain building happens every time and every place your child is nur-tured and engaged! Join us as we look at ideas for brain building that are EASY to do and will help lay the foun-dation for your child's lifetime of success. Childcare available upon registration. See more at: http://www.collaborative.org/events-and-courses/brain-building#sthash.P2erwrji.dpuf

***Pre-Registration Required!***

To register for any of our events or special programming, please call the center at 413-283-6246 or email npendleton@collaborative.org.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10-11:30

Drop-In

2 9-10:30

Infant/Toddler

Time(Childcare

Provided)

3 10-11:30

Drop-In

4 10-11:30

Drop-In

5

6 7 8 Therese here

10-11:30 Drop-

In

9 9-10:30

Infant/Toddler

Time

6-7:30 PAC mtg.

10 10-11:30

Drop-In

11 10-11:30

Drop-In

12

10:00 Music

with Carolyn

(*PRR)

13 14 15 10-11:30

Drop-In

16 9-10:30

Infant/Toddler

Time

17 10-11:30

Drop-In

18 10-11:30

Drop-In

19 10-11:30

Saturday Play-

group!!!

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

December 2015

PMFN CLOSED FOR VACATION

See you next year! (Reopen date: January 5, 2016)

Family Music Time! November 21 and December 12

10-10:45 am

Back by popular demand, Carolyn Mazel will be re-turning to the Palmer/Monson Family Network with her family-friendly blend of music and movement that has children and adults alike singing and dancing their way through the morning! Can’t make it to our No-vember or December sessions? Not to worry! Carolyn will be back once a month in the New Year!

***Pre-Registration Required***

Saturday Playgroup!

December 19 10-11:30 am

Do you have friends or family members who

NEVER get to see how much fun playgroup is be-

cause they’re always working on our regular drop

-in days? Need to do some last-minute shopping

while your significant other is on kid duty? Lit-

tle ones just plain restless and need some play-

time? Come hang out here for awhile at a special

Saturday morning playgroup...same as our regular

drop-in, but on a Saturday!

Call 413-813-5181 or email

npendleton@collaborative.org

to register for any of our pro-

grams or special events!