PEPS Newsletter January 2012
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14th Annual PEPS Benefit Luncheon
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion
There are many ways to join us!
- BE OUR GUEST!
Register to reserve your seat. - HOST A TABLE
Register to reserve your table and invite your PEPS community and other friends to join you in supporting PEPS. - SPONSOR THE EVENT
Email luncheon@peps.org for our sponsorship benefit package.
We invite you to enjoy the current and past PEPS newsletters. Find tips on parenting, articles related on development and information on past and upcoming events.
If you would like to submit an article to be published, contact Marion Mohrlok, Development Director at marionm@peps.org.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, PEPS Families!
~ By Laura Kussick, PEPS Executive Director
2011 was PEPS' 28th year of providing a crucial service to King and Snohomish County parents. We want to offer a heartfelt thank you to our fantastic community of supporters who help us make PEPS happen every year....
PEPS Programs - 2011 Year in Review
~ By Mary Power, PEPS Program Director
In 2011 PEPS expanded its program offerings into new areas of Snohomish and King County. We also added programs to give families with more than one child more options for joining PEPS. Read all about it.
Tools to Share Your Love for PEPS!
~ By Wendy Wray, PEPS participant, Group Leader and Ambassador
PEPS is delighted to announce the new Share section of our website. We've designed a slew of quick-and-easy tools to help folks who love PEPS spread the word which will enable us serve hundreds of new families in 2012. Please put PEPS on your to-do list this New Year by taking a few very simple actions to share information about PEPS within your community.
Where The Dads Are ~ New PEPS Group will connect Seattle-area stay-at-home dads....
~ By Shawna Gamache, co-founder of Moms Alive and PEPS mom
The life of a stay-at-home dad can be isolating, but PEPS and Seattle dad Chris Casazza are on a mission to change that...
Why Story-Time Rocks
~ By Janelle Durham, PEPS Program Designer
Learn about a fabulous activity that is free, offered many times a week at many locations throughout King County, fun for kids (and parents), builds early literacy skills, and lays a foundation for a life-long love of learning...
What are Cooperative Preschools?
~ By Nina McKay, North Seattle Community College
Learn more about Cooperative Preschools (coops) and find out about the open registration process of North Seattle Community College.
It’s never too early to think about college
~ By Jacquelyne Molique Ferrado, Outreach Manager, Guaranteed Education Tuition(GET) Program
This winter you may catch something on the news, or hear friends talking about GET, Washington’s prepaid college tuition plan. With babies or toddlers at home, you wonder, “Do we need to be saving for college already? Really?”
What’s the best way to raise a smart, happy baby through age 5?
Scientists know. Parent coach Nita Talwar will facilitate a series of three workshops (starts January 19) in Seattle based on the peer-reviewed research in Dr. John Medina’s bestselling book, Brain Rules for Baby. Get all the details here.
Ideas for Giving Back:
- Commit to leading a PEPS Group in 2012!
PEPS' volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. Most of our volunteers have participated in a PEPS Group and decide to give back because they valued their own PEPS experience. Find out more about what it takes to join our PEPS volunteer team.... - Commit to hosting or co-hosting a table at the 14th Annual PEPS Benefit Luncheon on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Join our team and make the PEPS Luncheon your annual PEPS Group reunion and/or invite your friends, colleagues, family members, and neighbors to enjoy an afternoon together supporting PEPS! - PEPS Guilds - A Way to Give Back to PEPS on your own Terms and Time!
Has your PEPS Group been meeting for a while? Are you passionate about PEPS and want to spread the love to other new parents? Looking to give back to PEPS as a Group? Then you might consider one of the following ways (or create your own) to support PEPS. Your PEPS Group could:
- organize the first annual Clothing Swap to benefit PEPS or
- choose PEPS as the beneficiary of your children's combined birthday party gifts or
- take over one of our monthly orientations to educate new mothers and fathers about our programs or
- come together and fund one (or more) PEPS scholarship(s) or
- host a holiday party and -instead of gifts, ask your guests for a donation to the PEPS Little and Baby Peppers Resource Fund.
Interested? Contact the PEPS Development Office at 206-547-8570 ext. 30 or donation@peps.org - Love to give back, but short on time?
- Help us spread the word and tell your friends about PEPS and invite them to attend one of our monthly Information Sessions.
Thank you, PEPS ANNUAL SPONSORS!
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The next PEPS e-newsletter willbe published on April 15, 2012. If you have an article or picture you would like to submit, please send email to newsletter@peps.org. Thank you.
