What's next?

With the news of Family Village closing, one of the questions that we are being asked is what is next for each of us.

Heather, our founder, will be concentrating on MotherVenture (www.motherventure.com), a business support and networking group for women. More chapters will be opening as facilitators across the country are being trained. She can be reached at admin@motherventure.com

Mary will be continuing her crafting business, Dove's Doo-daahs, creating handmade gifts for women and girls. Her website is http://thinkred04.wordpress.com/ and she can be reached at dovesdoodaahs@yahoo.com

Dana will continue and expand her massage business Relaxation Advantage Massage Therapy (www.relaxationadvantage.com) and can be reached at info@relaxationadvantage.com

Caren is going back to school to hone her skills at graphic design. She is also designing and creating stationery at www.hooverink.com and can be contacted at caren@hooverink.com

Beth is continuing her work on bringing good nutrition to everyone through Symmetry Direct. Also she is organizing the Womens Getaway Retreat (www.womensgetawayretreat.com). Her contact info is poprivates@aol.com

Coming soon in late Spring 2008, Dana and Mary will be launching an online children's birthday planning service. Check back on their websites in the spring for more information.

One event where we will all be together again is Mama's Moxie- Saturday May 3, 2008 12:00 - 6:00pm. Top floor of the Zuhrah Shrine Event Center, 2540 Park Ave, Minneapolis. We hope you can come to this fun filled afternoon, and we can see you again. Look for details on www.motherventure.com

It has been an amazing ride and we appreciate everyone we have met through Family Village.

Play groups & fun drop in classes

Wow! What a busy Friday we had. There were 2 playgroups meeting in our Cafe' plus several other parents and children attending our Art Dabblers class. There was a good buzz of conversations and children's laughter. If you belong to a play group or have friends with children consider meeting in our cafe'. We have tables and chairs for adults to sit and converse and a play area for children to play and interact with other children. We have toys for mobile children as well as for those who aren't as mobile.

We have great classes to offer parents and child care providers. On Wednesdays starting in January we will have mid-morning storytime and snack 10-11am, on Thursdays we have Open Gym, and on Fridays we offer Art Dabblers. Art Dabblers is an open ended art time where children can try different types of art projects at their own pace. There is no right way and, best of all, no clean up. Come check us out!
http://familyvillage.net
You can register on-line or call to register 763-546-0885
See you soon!
Mary

ONLINE UP AND RUNNING

YIPPEE!!! We had two great things happen yesterday. Our Jan-May catalog started rolling off the presses and the revamp of the website went live. OK so I was nervous between 1-3pm when all you got was "Under Construction". The really neat thing is that we now have online registration for most of our events. So if you are surfing our site at 10pm, decide you want to come to an event, you can register then and there!

The newest catalog (aka the blue one) is out as well. We are excited to be offering Family Fun Adventures, two times each month. Our first one starts Jan 12 10:30-noon and is a Treasure Hunt for the whole family. We also have the great Musikgarten and KinderDance programs back for another season. Our new offerings include- Baby Ballroom, Family Ballroom and Mid Morning Story and Snack every Wednesday. Check out all our classes at http://www.familyvillage.net !

Have a great day!
Dana

Holiday Make and Take

Hi! My name is Mary, I am one of the partners at Family Village. I am excited about the upcoming Holiday Make and Take tomorrow. We are going to make homemade gifts to give to family or friends for the holiday. I am leading the event this year. We are making Brownies in a jar, wine charms, air plane ornaments, stationery and bath salts. This is right up my alley! I love creating gifts!

I will let you all know how it goes!
Mary

http://www.familyvillage.net/

Welcome to Family Village Blog!

Hello,

We at Family Village would like to welcome you to our Blog site. Here we plan on letting you know the new happenings at the Village as well as introducing ourselves more in depth.

This week we are focusing on the Holiday Make & Take as well as the Ethnic Bake Sale this Saturday from 10-1.

The new class catalog is at the printers and well be available shortly. Also the Online catalog, along with ONLINE REGISTRATION will be available next week (can you tell what I am excited about?)

We hope you come back to visit often and let us know what you are thinking.

Thanks,

Dana, Heather and Mary

http://www.familyvillage.net/