Bob's Coupon

I have coupons for Bob's that can be used to jump start your holiday shopping!!

25% off.

Let me know and I can put on in the mail to you.
They are good October 28- November 3

Carla

FREE TIX- Wizard of Oz

Where: Veterans Middle School Performing Arts Center, 217 Pleasant Street, Marblehead

When: Saturday November 3 and 10 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Sunday November 4 and 11 1:00 p.m.

Bruce Whear, President and Owner of Wire 4 Hire, Inc. and the Marblehead Little Theatre would like to invite you to attend their exciting production of “The Wizard of Oz.” This is a family-friendly show complete with Munchkins, the red slippers, and Toto!

Many of you know that Bruce is both an avid theatre fan and an advocate of programs that seek to nurture and empower our children. This program hopes to open the doors of the theatre to those children who may not otherwise have access to the stage. Involvement in the theater can develop into a life-long love and appreciation for the many arts that cooperate together to make a successful show. Voice and music, costumes, make-up, acting, set design, script writing, directing, and so much more work together to create magic. This magic is something that we hope to instill in every member of every audience.

For more information on the Marblehead Little Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz”, please visit www.m-l-t.org

FREE TIX- the Crucible

When:
Thursday, November 15

8:00 p.m.

Where: First
Church of Salem
316 Essex
Street, Salem



Bruce Whear, President and
Owner of Wire 4 Hire, Inc. and the Salem Theatre Company would like to invite you to attend their exciting production of "The Crucible." Complimentary tickets to one show are being offered to us!

The Salem Theatre Company
and its members are thrilled to be able to offer tickets to those teens and adults who may not have access to the theater in other ways. Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is both entertaining and educational as it retells the history of the Salem Witch Trials. This is a wonderful opportunity to combine history, literature, and a great evening of fun.



For more information on the Salem
Theatre Company's production of "The Crucible", please visit www.salemtheatre.com

Evening of Giving

We now are selling tickets for the Evening of Giving!

When: Sunday November 18th

See Carla for tickets!

Proceeds to benefit children's holiday activities

Children's Drop and Shop

2007 FALL/WINTER Children's Drop & Shop
Location:
Iron Rail Cape Ann Gymnastics Center8 Kondelin Rd.Magnolia, MA 01930

October 20, 21, 22
See complete schedule for open hours.

Consigners: Save time and prepare your items beforehand at home, and take advantage of our curbside drop-off service. Learn how...
Shoppers: Cash and local checks only.
Questions?
E-mail: info@childrensdropandshop.com

Halloween Costumes!!!

I have a supply of Halloween costumes in the office! If you need one (or more) let me know!
Carla

National Adoption Day!!

National Adoption Day is November 16th!
Essex County Juvenile Court will be participating again!

Openings at Treehouse

If you want a copy of the flyer, let me know and I will send to you, Carla

The Treehouse community in Easthampton currently has a three bedroom home
available for a qualified family who would be interested in being part of this
intergenerational, supportive community. The Treehouse community is dedicated to

promoting permanency for children who have been in foster care, and promoting

opportunities for vital aging and community living. Qualified families include those

who have adopted or are in the process of adopting children from foster care;

guardianship and kinship families; and grandparents raising grandchildren.

The current available home is a market rate home with a monthly rent of $1,036.

For interested seniors, Treehouse maintains a wait list and welcomes adults aged 55

and older, who would like to consider being part of the community, as well as families.

For more information, please contact Kerry Homstead, Community Facilitator,

at (413)527-7966 or Deserie Shaver, Property Manager at (413)527-0836.

LBGT support group

LGBT Adoptive & Foster Parenting Group

The Home for Little Wanderers is excited to announce that in November we will be starting a free monthly parenting group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) foster and adoptive parents and a concurrent group for the children of participating parents.

Are you are interested in having a group of peers with whom you could talk about issues that affect you and your family including:

* finding LGBT-friendly medical, mental health & educational providers,

* integrating your children's birth family (or lack thereof) into your family,

* ensuring your children's schools are inclusive of foster/adoptive family structures and LGBT family constellations,

* helping your kids respond to homophobia?

Facilitators Rosemary Broadbent and Colby Berger encourage you to bring ideas for any topics or questions that the group wants to address so as to tailor the structure of our sessions to the needs of the participants. We will ask that participants make a commitment to regularly attend meetings in order to create a cohesive group.

What's even better, we'll also be offering a concurrent group for your children to talk about many of the issues that they might encounter in school, with peers, extended family, etc. (read: your participation in the parenting group is not contingent on finding a babysitter - bring your kids and they'll have fun and learn with peers who also have LGBT parents)! The youth group will be lead by a social worker who has experience working in the LGBT community. We will also provide childcare for the youngest kids who aren't yet able to participate in the youth group.

Details of the meetings:

Who: LGBT foster and adoptive parents and your kids

What: Monthly parenting group with concurrent youth group & child care + dinner

When: The 2nd Thursday of every month from 6-7:30pm. First meeting is November 8th

Where: The Home for Little Wanderers site in Jamaica Plain - 161 South Huntington Avenue

*******(free parking!)*******

Why: LGBT Foster and Adoptive parents often wish they had a place to connect with other folks in the community in order to share resources, get support, socialize (and have the benefit of dinner plus free childcare!)

NOTE: The first meeting on November 8th will be PARENTS ONLY. We will give you a chance to meet the professional facilitators who will be running each group and providing childcare, but we will have an adults only session the first month in order to talk about the structure of the groups and elicit your input. Childcare and the youth group will begin at the following monthly meeting on December 13th.

Please confirm your interest in participating by October 22nd to Rosemary Broadbent: rbroadbent@thehome.org <mailto:rbroadbent@thehome.org> or call 617.264.5370 and let us know how many parents to expect from your family on 11/8 and the names & ages of your child(ren) so that we may begin planning for our youth group's first meeting on 12/13.