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Chapter
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Grand Rapids,
Michigan
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MEETINGS
Where:
****NEW MEETING LOCATION ******
Local chapter meetings are
held at St. Thomas Catholic Church in the Ministry Center's Community Room. This
is located at: 1449 Wilcox Park Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49506.
Click here for a map from Google. Use the parking lot entrance off of
Carlton.
PLEASE NOTE:
Mothers & More is
not affiliated with any religion and women of all cultures, faiths and beliefs
are welcome.
For more information
on our meeting place, contact us at 616-389-5376 or
info@grmothersandmore.org
When:
Meetings are held on the first Monday and
third Thursday of each month from 7-9pm.
Who:
All local moms are invited to attend our meetings with a free trial membership.
Learn more on our membership page.
What:
Meeting topics can include women's, parenting, and work/sequencing issues, open
discussions, and fun activities like Mother's and More Jeopardy and ice cream
socials! There are also opportunities within each meeting to discuss current
events or to just chat with other members and release some of that stress. Check out the schedule of
upcoming meetings below.
May 2008 Meetings:
Monday, May 5: Personal Safety and Disaster
Prevention
As women, an unfortunate issue that we constantly have to worry
about is personal safety. Therefore, in honor of Personal Safety
awareness month, we’ll be discussing various ways to keep ourselves
safe. A member of the Grand Rapids Police Department will show us
several self-defense techniques and we’ll discuss how to get out of
worse-case scenarios. This is a vitally important meeting for every
woman – come away feeling empowered and confident in your ability to
keep yourself out of danger.
Thursday, May 15: No
Chapter Meeting
In honor of Mother's Day, our members
will be spending this evening being pampered at a local spa.
For insurance purposes, we had to limit this event to members only.
However, we encourage all of you moms out there to take some time
out and be pampered this Mother's Day - You Deserve It!
June 2008 Meetings:
Monday, June 2: Fitness for Time-Challenged
Moms
How many of us WANT to exercise more, but just can’t seem to find
the time? Join us to learn easy ways to incorporate physical
activity into our daily routines. A fitness expert from the Grand
Rapids YMCA will be on hand to give us tips and answer questions.
We’ll talk about all kinds of fitness activities, from running and
weight-lifting to yoga and Pilates…the bottom line is that with a
little information we can all make small changes in our routine that
allow us the greatest gift we can give our family – a healthy mom!
Thursday, June 19: Daddy Round-Table
Discussion
In honor of
Father’s Day and all the wonderful Dads, we invite you and your
husband to come hear from a panel of daddies and discuss issues and
challenges faced by today’s father. This is an informal and fun
meeting designed to facilitate discussion between moms and dads, and
gain a better understanding of the pressures faced by the men in our
lives.
July 2008 Meetings:
Monday, July 7: Green Cleaning
Michelle
Davis-Poeder from the
Kent County Health Department will be joining us to give a
presentation on green cleaning using everyday household products.
She will provide a toolkit for all participants with the necessary
ingredients and recipes to make safe cleaners at home. Attendees
will also be making a cleaning product to take home. This is a
great opportunity to learn how simple changes can make a big impact
for our health and our planet.
Thursday, July 17: Raising a Money Smart Kid
How many of you entered
adulthood without much knowledge of money matters? And how many of you want to
make sure your kids don’t suffer through the same money mistakes you’ve made?
We will be discussing ways to teach our kids how to be smart with money, from
saving for that first car to credit cards and the stock market. Come learn how
to teach your kids the stuff we didn’t learn about until we were adults.
Examples of Previous Meeting Topics:
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Personality Test: How it affects your job and parenting.
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Career Revitalization: How to keep your resume alive.
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Chat in the Hat
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Out and About in Grand Rapids
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A Night of Pampering: Beating the Winter Blues
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Yoga Night
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Moments When Scent Matters - Sponsored by Proctor & Gamble
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Culture Night - Members
brought in cuisine that represents their cultural background. Yum!
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"Antibiotics and You" award
winning presentation by the Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction
Coalition
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Q&A Session with a Child Development Expert
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Special guest speaker Lorilee Craker on
Getting Your Kids to Eat
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"Seven Principles for Making a Marriage
Work"
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30 Things You Should Know
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Mommy Family Feud
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Go Green: Simple and Effective Ways to
Protect the Environment