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MOPS Summer Play Dates 2008

May 24, 2008 in Fun Stuff, Things To Do | Leave a comment

All are welcome to join our play dates this summer at the following parks. We will meet between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. each day. Hopefully it will be a great way to develop new friendships between us and our children of all ages. You don’t need to rsvp, just show up. If you have any questions, please call Becky Dykhuis at 531-1343.

Wednesday, June 11        Wedgwood Park, Grandville

Wednesday, June 18        Wedgwood Park, Grandville

Wednesday, June 25        Johnson Park, Grandville

Wednesday, July 2        Hager Park, Jenison

Thursday, July 10        Millennium Sprinkler Park, Grand Rapids (www.millennium-park.org)

Thursday, July 17        Wedgwood Park, Grandville

Thursday, July 24        Heritage Park, Grandville

Thursday, July 31        Wedgwood Park, Grandville

May 23 News & Announcements

May 24, 2008 in Announcements, Follow Up | Leave a comment

At our final MOPS meeting of the semester, we enjoyed a wonderful mentor moment on joy from Suzanne and had fun painting a pot and planting a flower to take home.

Thank you for donating items last meeting for First Church’s Mother’s Day baby pantry drive and for purchasing jewelry to support BeadforLife. The profits from the jewelry we sold at our last meeting was an incredible $1,189—all of which goes toward the effort to eradicate poverty in Uganda and support the beaders there.

If you did not get a chance to fill out an end of the year survey, please feel free to e-mail Becky Dykhuis (becky@dykhuis.com) with you comments or suggestions for next year. Your feedback will be helpful to us as we plan this summer for the 2008-2009 year.

Thank you to all our MOPS moms for your generous donations this semester. We appreciate your support as it helped us stay on budget and enabled us to provide quality speakers, delicious food, and crafts & snack for your children each meeting!

We plan on staying in touch over the summer and registration materials for the fall will be mailed out in August. MOPS meetings will run from September 2008-May 2009. Be sure to visit this blog for a schedule of playdates and information on our upcoming MOPS year.

When We Meet

MOPS stands for Mother of Preschoolers and is a program designed to nurture mothers with children from infancy to kindergarten.

MOPS meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at First Reformed Church, 3060 Wilson Avenue in Grandville from October-May and women of all ages and backgrounds are invited to join us.

MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy to kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs. Our MOPS group provides an open, caring and accepting atmosphere for today’s mothers to grow and share their experiences with other women.