Activities 

(may vary between chapters).

Playgroups: meet weekly and are formed with children close in age on days and times that suit the members.

Walking Group: walk with kids in strollers at a park, 3x per week in the warmer months.

Storybook Cooks and Crafts: moms and kids (18 months +) read a book and then do a recipe and craft related to the story, monthly. Cost is less than $5 per child.

Cooking Group: moms and kids who meet monthly to share food/recipe based on a theme such as desserts, soups, pasta, breads, salads, fruit, etc. Recipes are published in the newsletter.

Lunch Bunch: moms and kids meet monthly for lunch at a kid-friendly restaurant  

Book Club: moms and kids meet monthly for an adult discussion and a children's read aloud. Books are selected from a variety of genres.

Helping Hands: Members help with babysitting, errands, meals, etc., for other members who are experiencing illness, new baby, new home, family emergency, etc.  

Park Play Days: monthly gatherings at a local park where moms can chat and kids can play.

Community tours: monthly tours to the bagel shop, fire station, flower shop, dentist, etc.

Discussion Group: quarterly group that meets to discuss various topics.

Coffee Talk: 2-3 times a month morning or afternoon meetings in various coffee houses in the area.

HOOT (Husband Out Of Town): dinner gatherings for moms (and their children) whose husbands are out of town on business or out working late.

Art for 2 and 3:  monthly group meets for painting, collages and more.

MOMS Night Out: monthly, have included going out to dinner, the movies, paint your own pottery, game night, spa night, a cookie swap, and a video night.

Monthly Meetings Speakers: this year's speakers included such topics as child abuse prevention, nutrition, wills and estate planning, overscheduled children, and Red Cross infant/toddler CPR.

Monthly Meetings Socials: : this years social activities have included Father's Day Craft, Valentine's Day holiday party, Penny Social, Halloween party and summer picnic as well as various idea and discussion roundtables.

Field Trips/Outings: this year's outings have included apple and berry picking at a farm, park play dates, holiday winter hayride, library story time, family day festivals, indoor amusement centers, nature centers, family baseball game, zoo trips, parades, visit to a pumpkin patch, Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, Chuck E. Cheese, childrens' museums, bumper bowling, IMAX theater, and nature hike.

Special Events: End-Of-The-Year Banquet, Bubblepalooza, Ride-on Day, New Member Brunch, New Year’s Luncheon, Egg Hunt, Mother’s Pancake Breakfast, Pool Party, Summer Picnic, Halloween and Valentine's Day Party and more!

Community Service Projects: Holiday Gift Wrapping/Toy Drive for HIV affected children, Penny Social-benefit a member whose son has cancer, child abuse prevention center volunteers, Valentine’s Day and Halloween visit with seniors, JA bowlathon, Light the Night Walk, Toys/Baby Items/Food/Clothing drives for local charities.

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