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a non-profit family resource center Volume 11, Issue 3
November/December 2015
Inside this issue:
Advocacy Corner 2
Council News 2
Free Literacy Program 3
Dads’ Talk 3
News You Can Use 4
Playgroup Calendar 5,6
Parenting workshops 7
Fuel Assistance 8
And much more!
When a parent has a concern
about his or her child’s
development it can sometimes feel
scary. Cape Cod Children’s Place
is here to support parents by
providing free developmental
screenings through the Ages and
Stages Questionnaire (ASQ).
Parents can fill out an ASQ
anytime. These assessments are
based on your child’s birth date
and can screen for fine motor,
gross motor, communication,
problem-solving, and social-
emotional development. Since you
know your child best, you fill out
the questionnaire, we score it and
then go over it with you. We also
give you recommendations for
activities you can do with your
child to help support your child in
reaching his or her next
developmental milestone, or will
recommend a further assessment
by a pediatrician or early
intervention. Contact Cape Cod
Children’s Place Parent Education
Coordinator, Monica Keefe-Hess
and asked to fill out an ASQ or
look for her at one of our weekly
early childhood playgroups: 508-
240-3310 x210 or email
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Happy Holidays!
cape cod children’s place
FAMILY NEWSLETTER
for families and caregivers of children living on the Lower and Outer Cape
S p e c i a l
T h a n k s ! Thank you! To the Local Scoop
in Orleans for donating ice cream
to our 20th Anniversary
Celebration! Thank You! To
Orleans Stop & Shop and
Harwich Stop & Shop for their
donations to our barbecue at the
Eastham Windmill Weekend.
Thank You! To PJ’s Family
Restaurant for all their support
making our events successful!
Thank You! To Joanne
Maldacker for spearheading an
amazing Fall Clothing Swap and
having a vision that made the day
easier and more dignified for all!
Thank You! To her team of vol-
unteers for all your hard work.
And thank you to all who brought
clothes to the swap! Thank You!
To Eric Anderson for the work he
did at Sea Babies playground!
Thank you! to Cape Associates
for adding the lattice around the
bottom of our new playhouse!
Thank You! To Shepley for
delivering the playhouse!
Ages and Stages Questionnaire
The Perfect Healthy Side Dish for the Holidays: Quinoa Salad With Maple Dressing
∙ 1 c. dried cranberries, soaked in water
∙ 1/4 c plus 1 tbs. grapeseed oil, divided
∙ 1 tbs. garlic, minced ∙ 1/4 c fresh lemon juice ∙ 1 tbs. Dijon mustard ∙ 2 tsp. maple syrup ∙ 4 c. fresh kale, chopped ∙ 2 c. quinoa, cooked ∙ 1 mall fennel bulb, shaved ∙ 1/2 c. red onion, diced small ∙ 1/2 c beets, cooked and diced
1. To prepare the dressing: Heat a small pan over medium heat & add 1 tbs. grapeseed oil. Add the garlic & sauté gently until light golden brown. Remove from heat immediately & pour into a mixing bowl. Add lemon juice, mustard, maple syrup, and 1/4 c. of grapeseed oil. Whisk well.
2. In a large bowl, toss all remaining ingredients.
3. Add dressing to salad & serve.
Advocacy Corner
Bailey Boyd Associates Childcare
Subsidies Information Session
November 17, 2015
5-6 pm
At Cape Cod Children’s Place
For families living in
Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet,
Eastham, Harwich & Dennis.
Get application information from
www.baileybody.com
Free childcare available with pre-
registration. Advance sign-up
requested. Contact Karen Burns at
CCCP 508-240-3310 or
Come join the Council on
November 18th as we visit the
Cape Cod Family Resource
Center (29 Bassett Lane,
Hyannis) to learn more about
their services for families with
young children in our region.
The Cape Cod Family Resource
Center is hosting their open
house from 4-6 pm and the
Council will hold a brief
meeting at 6:00 pm. Come give
us ideas for programs and
services, share any needs you’ve
observed in the community, and
help us improve!
The Council will take a break
for the month of December and
resume again in January.
For more information contact
Meghan at 508-240-3310 or
mkemp@capecodchildrensplace.
com
The Lower Cape Early Childhood Council
FREE and Public Invited
Friday, November 6, 2015
9:00—12:00 noon
Held at the Church of the Holy Spirit Parish Hall
204 Monument Road, Orleans
∙ Early Childhood Education
∙ Family Support Successes: Wellfleet pre-K, Sea
Babies
∙ Personal story: Meghan Kemp
∙ Update on Affordable Housing
With speakers from Cape Cod Young Professionals,
Cape Cod Commission, Cape Cod Children’s Place,
State Representative’s Office
Presented by: The Network of Human Service &
Faith Based Communities of the Lower/Outer Cape.
Pre-registration: [email protected]
Refreshments of Coffee & Donuts
The Forum: Keeping Young Families on Cape
Lower Cape Dads’ Talk
Wednesday, November 4 Wednesday, December 2
6:00—7:30 PM Harwich Community Center
100 Oak St., Harwich
with Eric Hauck. This is a great place to
connect with other local fathers and chat
about being a dad (or whatever else is on
your mind). All men are welcome to this
non-therapeutic gathering, regardless of
their child(ren)’s age, their parenting
situation, and where they live. Free pizza
and child care. Please RSVP. Information
or registration:
[email protected] or 508-771-
4336
Sponsored by the Cape Cod Neighborhood Support
Coalition, Cape Cod Children’s Place and Harwich
Early Childhood Council.
Free Literacy and Movement
Program
Monday, December 7, 2015
11:30 am—12:15 pm
Cape Cod Ballet Theatre for Children
49 Bank St., Harwichport
Join us for a free literacy and movement
program with Miss Jackie from the Cape
Cod Ballet Theatre for Children. Children
will experience the magic of the Nutcracker
through reading, music, and dance.
Pre-registration is required, call the Cape
Cod Children’s Place at 508-240-3310.
Funded by a Coordinated Family and
Community Engagement (CFCE) grant
through the Department of Early Education
and Care, administered by Cape Cod
Children’s Place.
Cape Cod Children’s Place is selling tickets
for a chance to win a Patriots football
signed by Tom Brady!
Visit us at the Orleans Elementary School
craft fair & luncheon on November 21
from 9 am—3 pm. Tickets will also be
available at Cape Cod Museum of Art’s
Family Holiday Event on November 28th from
1:30-3:30 pm
Contact CCCP at 508-240-3310 or
details.
News You Can Use... Infant Feeding Group:
Wednesday, November 18
10-11 am
Gabrielle Hathaway at Outer
Cape WIC, 79 Finlay Rd., Orleans
Happiest Baby on the Block:
Wednesday, December 9
10-11 am
Gabrielle Hathaway at Outer
Cape WIC, 79 Finlay Rd., Orleans
Get Movin’ Monday!
Open Gym for Toddlers &
Preschoolers at the Chatham
Community Center
Mondays
10-11:30 am
Free drop-in, parent/caregiver
supervised open gym for little
ones. Bring your own ride-on toy
if willing to share. Age
appropriate activities include
tumbling mats, scooters, hoops,
soft balls, parachute and more!
With Gabrielle Hathaway.
Kennedy Donovan Center:
Family Support Networking
Group:
Connect with others for support,
information, advocacy, discussion,
encouragement, and new
possibilities! Open to everyone:
parents, teachers, caregivers,
siblings, and special needs
individuals of all abilities.
Tuesday, Nov. 24 , 2015 &
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
10:30 am—12:00 pm
At Eastham Senior Center, 1045
Nauset Rd. Contact Dan Small at
508-385-6019 or [email protected]
Cape Cod Type 1’s Support
Group
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015
Spaulding Rehabilitation
Hospital
311 Service Rd., E. Sandwich
This group is open to people of all
ages who are impacted by Type 1
diabetes! For more info., email
Jess at: [email protected]
Gosnold’s Reaching Out
Program
Mondays, 6-7:30
Harwich Police Dept.
183 Sisson Rd.
Harwich
Designed for anyone with a loved
one in any stage of addiction and/
or recovery. Groups are facilitated
by a certified professional and are
open to all communities. There is
no cost to attend. For more
information, contact: Mary
Fisher, Program Director at 844-
558-HELP or
Eastham Turnip Festival
Saturday, November 21
1—4 pm
Nauset Regional High School
Cafeteria & Gym
100 Cable Rd., Eastham
Turnip Cook-Off & Food Sam-
pling * Shuck-Off Competition *
Turnip-Themed Contests * Live
Music * Amusements for the Kids
* Turnip Games & Activities *
Local Produce * Local Handcrafts
* Lunch Concession * Fun!
Admission is free! Sponsored by
Seamen’s Bank, Friends of the
Eastham Library & Cape Cod
Five. Visit
www.easthamlibrary.org for more
information.
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Family Holiday Event
November 28, 2015
1:30—3:30pm
60 Hope Lane, off Rte. 6A
Dennis
Bring the family to the Cape Cod
Museum of Art! Children can
visit Santa, enjoy making holiday
gifts, see Marcus the Magician
and have Ben and Jerry’s Ice
Cream. Cape Cod Children’s
Place will be selling raffle tickets
for a chance to win a Patriots
Organization football signed by
Tom Brady!
Cost: $5 per child/Adults $8
Limited spaces: Pre-registration
required 508-385-4477 x20 or
register online at www.ccmoa.org
Brewster Ladies’ Library:
Move & Groove at the Library
Friday, November 6
10:30 am
All ages are welcome to get
moving with DJ Acqua.
Participants will be guided by
music and gentle instruction to
explore a range of rhythm and
movement from stillness to free-
form dancing. Parents must be
present with their children. Call
508-896-3913
LEGO Club at the Library
Saturday, November 7
11 am
Calling all LEGO fans! The
library wants you to come and
play with our own big collection of
LEGO pieces. Great creative and
have a blast! Ages 4 and up. Call
508-896-3913
Sea Turtle Open House
Saturday, November 28
10 am—3 pm
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
291 State Hwy, Rte 6
S. Wellfleet
Learn about the live of
endangered sea turtles that can
become trapped in Cape Cod Bay
in the fall and strand on bayside
beaches. *Dress-up as sea turtle
for a one of a kind family portrait
* See and touch live pond turtles
Visit www.massaudubon.org/
wellfleetbay for more information
Thursday
November 19, 2015
5:30-7:30 pm
Truro Public Library
7 Standish Way, Truro
With Cindy Horgan, Executive
Director & Family Support
Coordinator for Cape Cod
Children’s Place. Come join us for
a workshop that covers signs of
readiness, individual child
temperaments, and how to
support your child through the
potty training process.
Free. Dinner and childcare will be
provided. Pre-registration is
required. Call CCCP to register:
508-240-3310. Please indicate if
you are in need of transportation.
Funding support provided by a
Family Centers grant through the
Children’s Trust, administered by
Cape Cod Children’s Place.
Toilet Training 101: Everything you wanted to know about potty training and more!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
5:30—7:30 pm
Cape Cod Children’s Place
10 Ballwic Rd.
(off Nauset Rd.), Eastham
Keeping your family healthy on
a budget can be challenging. But
that doesn’t mean it’s impossible!
Join Judy Welch for a cooking
demonstration and discussion on
how to shop locally for your
family’s food. Topics will include:
planning for affordable family
meals, what foods (including
organic) to look for in your local
grocery store, how to make meals
that last, and more!
Free. Dinner and childcare
included. Pre-registration is
required; call 508-240-3310.
Funding support provided by a
Family Centers grant through
the Children’s Trust,
administered by Cape Cod
Children’s Place.
Waste Not, Want Not; Nutrition That Makes “Cents”
Lower Cape Outreach Council
Do you need help?
Do you need food, clothing or
short term economic assistance
to tide you over a crisis?
If you live in the town of Harwich, Brewster,
Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro or
Provincetown…
HOPE is just a phone call away!
By phone: 508-240-0694
By email: [email protected]
By mail: P.O. Box 665, Orleans, MA 02653
In person: 19 Brewster Cross Road, Orleans,
MA 02653
The Food Source Hotline:
1-800-645-8333
Hotline Hours: M-F 8 am—7 pm & Sat. 10 am—
2 pm
Project Bread’s toll-free Food Source Hotline
screens callers for eligibility for SNAP and help
them with the application. Their goal is to help
the caller find as many resources as possible to
put good food on the table. When relevant, they
also connect callers with utility, fuel assistance,
and Mass Health. And all information is kept
strictly confidential.
The Fuel Assistance Program provides households with help paying home heating bills. Eligibility for fuel assistance may give you a discount on your gas and electric bills. The discounts range from 20-35% on your utility bill’s distribution charges. Please note that, some utilities require that the name on the bill is the same as the head of household on the fuel assistance application. You may also apply for a Life-Line discount on your Verizon land line phone bill.
SSCAC, Inc.
Cape & Islands
66-B Willow Ave.
Hyannis, MA 02601
508-778-0870
Household Size Max. Gross Annual Income
Family of 1 $33,126
Family of 2 $43, 319
Family of 3 $53, 511
Family of 4 $63, 704
Family of 5 $73, 897
Family of 6 $84, 089 Family of 7 $86, 000
Family of 8 $87,912
Cape Cod Children’s Place has been chosen as
the beneficiary for Brewster For The Holidays
2015! We hope you will join us at free events
throughout the weekend of December 4—
December 6 in Brewster. We will be serving
hot cocoa at the Illumination Ceremony at
Drummer Boy Park at 4:00 pm on Friday,
December 4th and assisting at the dessert
buffet at the Family Gala on Sunday,
December 6 at the Cape Cod Museum of
Natural History from 2:00—4:00 p.m. Funding
from Brewster For The Holidays will allow us
to provide much needed programs in our
community—we are so grateful!
For more information visit
www.brewsterfortheholidays.org
Brewster for the Holidays!
The Masonic Military Assistance Project
(MMAP) is generously donating trees to Cape
Cod Children’s Place families. If you are in
need, please call CCCP at 508-240-3310 to
receive a voucher for your Christmas tree
(vouchers are limited). Vouchers will be
redeemed on Thursday, December 3rd at the
Harwich Town Dock on Saquatucket Harbor,
at 5:00 pm with the arrival of Santa Claus
aboard the Harwich Christmas Tree Ship.
Christmas trees onboard will be unloaded and
given to voucher recipients. Following the
arrival of the Christmas Tree Ship, there will
be a celebration cookout. Additionally, MMAP
is donating free trees to veterans and
veteran’s families on Sunday, December 6th
from 3:00-4:00 pm at Pilgrim Lodge’s
Christmas Tree Lot on Main Street in
Harwich Center. Christmas trees will be on
sale to support MMAP’s generous efforts on
Friday, December 4th from 4:00-9:00 pm at
the Harwichport Post Office on Route 28 and
from 10:00 am—4:00 pm on Saturday,
December 5th and Sunday December 6th at
the former Getty Fuel Station on Main Street
in Harwich Center. Please support this
wonderful organization! MMAP is still looking
for community sponsors for this effort. If you
or your business is interested, please contact
Scot Whalen at 508-470-3364 or
cape cod children’s place
P.O. Box 1935
10 Ballwic Road, off Nauset Road
N. Eastham, MA 02651
508.240.3310 telephone
800.871.9535 toll free
508.240.2352 fax
www.capecodchildrensplace.com
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This edition of the Cape Cod Children’s Place Family Newsletter was made possible through the generosity of the Cahn Funds for Social Change and the
Children’s Trust.
A Baby Center 508.771.8157 Basic items for infants and toddlers up to age three living on Cape Cod and Islands
Al-anon 508.394.4555 Offering support for friends and families of problem drinkers
Cape & Island Breast Feeding Warm Line 888.890.2229 Lactation services and classes are available to local Cape and Islands mothers
Child Support Enforcement-Mass DOR 508.771.2414 x 3 Assistance in enforcing the financial responsibilities of parenthood
Consumer Credit Counseling 800.208.2227 Budgeting and debt consolidation assistance
Family Support Program and Maternal
Depression/Cindy Horgan
508.240.3310 Free referrals to parenting resources, child and family therapists, etc.
Fuel Assistance Program 508.746.6707 Emergency fuel/heating help
Healthy Connections 508.255-1903 Referrals for free/low cost health insurance
Homeless Prevention Council
Independence House
508.255.9667
508.771.6507
Counseling, advocacy, resources and referral services
Cape Cod’s Resource Center for Victims & Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault.
La Leche League/Gabrielle 508.237.8786 Providing education, information, and support to women who want to breastfeed
Lower Cape Outreach Council 508.240.0694 Providing short-term emergency assistance to Lower Cape families and individuals
Mass APEAL 508.349.1173 Free clothing as well as information on Serve New England Program
MSPCC 508.775.0275 Protecting and promoting the rights and well-being of children & families
Outer Cape Health Services 508.349.3131 Providing high quality primary healthcare to those living in or visiting the 8 Lower/Outer Cape
towns, regardless of their financial situation
Outer Cape Women, Infants and Children’s
(WIC) Nutrition Program
800.675.1188 Supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education
Parental Stress Line 800.632.8188 A free, confidential, and anonymous 24-hour parent helpline for parental support
Provincetown Family Resource Center 800.871.9535 or
508.237.2688
Providing support, referrals, and financial aid through the John A. Henry Trust administered by
Cape Cod Children's Place
WE CAN 866.430.8111 Assisting Cape Cod women through the transition of divorce, career change or growth, job loss,
HELPFUL FAMILY CONTACTS & RESOURCES
For a more comprehensive list of resources and services check out The Lower Cape Family Resource Guide on-line at www.capecodchildrensplace.com or request a copy at 508.240.3310.
