October 2011

PEPS Newsletter

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Double Your Impact with a year end gift to PEPS!

 

The Apex Foundation, a longtime PEPS partner and supporter, has launched a  matching campaign to challenge the PEPS community to step forward and support strong, healthy families. 

The first $5,000 contributed to PEPS between now and December 15, 2011 will be matched dollar for dollar.

Please help us meet and exceed our goal by making a gift online today or send your gift to PEPS, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, #324, Seattle, WA 98103.

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 HALLOWEEN, PEPS Families!

VOTE for PEPS as Totally Awesome Local Resource!

Less than 3 weeks until the poll will be closed for Red Tricycle's Totally Awesome Awards. Show your love of PEPS and VOTE TODAY for PEPS!

• Click here if you think PEPS is a totally awesome local Parent Education Program (make sure to choose Seattle in the drop down menu) and/or
• Click here if you think PEPS is a totally awesome Moms Group.

Unplugged - New Look For PEPS On The Web

~ By Laura Kussick, PEPS Executive Director

Has it been a while since you’ve checked in on what PEPS is up to these days? While so many of us still connect with our PEPS Group, today I ask you to take a minute to reconnect with PEPS...

Guys In The Same Shoes!

~ By Aileen Sabbatani, Red Tricycle

Seven years ago when Todd and Pam Behan had their first child, they knew they needed to make connections with people who could support them as parents. A friend told Pam about PEPS, and she attended her first meeting in August 2003....

Going Back to Work? What Will You Do for Childcare?

~ By Kristen Hale, A Nanny For U

The dreaded time may be approaching when you have to return back to work after the birth of your new baby. Deciding what to do for childcare can be heartbreaking as there is no better person to care for your baby than you....

Parenting Two under Two!

~ By Shawna Gamache, co-founder of Moms Alive and PEPS mom

When I found out I was having another baby, my thoughts immediately turned to my first daughter: Would I be able to give her all of the love I had before?

Spend Wisely…yeah, right!

~ By Mary Ryan Karges, Moonjar

These days we are all very aware of spending wisely! Places like the Grocery outlet have become as popular as Target.  So how do we help our children to create smart spending habits? Sometimes we learn best from our mistakes....

Ideas for Giving Back this Season:

• 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!
  If you register as a table host before Thanksgiving, you will receive a free ticket for you and your family to our 4th Annual PEPSapalooza Family Music Fest on August 11, 2012!
  Click here for more information on what it takes to be a PEPS Luncheon Table Host!
• 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.

The next PEPS e-newsletter willbe published on January 15, 2012. If you have an article or picture you would like to submit, please send email to newsletter@peps.org. Thank you.

Thank you, PEPS ANNUAL SPONSORS!