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The Family Place delivers comprehensive programs designed to strengthen positive relationships, teach essential skills and promote enduring healthy growth for families with young children in the Upper Valley and surrounding communities.
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Archives "November 2012"
Look what our kitchen crew created last week! Cupcakes in a Cup!
Here at The Family Place we are in full Gingerbread mode. These Cupcakes in a Cup, made by participants in our Families Learning Together program, will be sold at the Gingerbread Cafe and in the Gingerbread Store at our Gingerbread Festival, Saturday, December 8, 10-4 at Tracy Hall in Norwich. Each cupcake comes with a cloth bracelet...
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We've all heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year, nonprofit groups around the country are celebrating Giving Tuesday, which is a day devoted to the selfless element of the holiday season: charitable donations.
Charitable giving is a way of contributing to a cause that will outlast the decorated cookies, roasted turkeys, and lighted menorahs. It's a way of improving our community for all members,...
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Check out this new website http://rhiannahutchins2.blog.com/ from Rhianna Hutchins, a Families Learning Together graduate. As part of her coursework at the Community College of Vermont, she's volunteering at The Family Place JewelryOs™ studio in a mission to make the world a better place, "...one bead at a time."
JewelryOs™ is one of the worksites within the Families Learning Together...
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One of the mainstays of our annual Gingerbread Festival is the Silent Auction, where visitors can bid on items like a child's bike from Omer & Bob's shop, a signed baseball from the Boston Red Sox, a signed print from author Tomi dePaola, a puzzle from Stave Puzzles, and many, many more.
Also up for bid are gift baskets donated by The Family Place board members, staff, and local businesses....
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We are very excited to announce that The Family Place has been approved by the Vermont Board of Education as a Teen Parent Education program!
For several years, the young parents in our Families Learning Together program have received tutoring and extra academic support while they work to complete their school goals, whether those were finishing high school or starting college. Now, these parents...
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