Mommy & Me (future Small Fry Mondays) Presentation

Here is the powerpoint presentation that i will be giving for my mommy and me class tonight! I converted it to a movie, which moves a little fast. That said, you might need to pause to finish reading each slide!

Mommy & Me (valentine's day)

This month's Mommy & Me happened to fall on Valentine's Day! This week was intro to baby sign language. I thought that after having the article in the paper that more moms would attend and being intro to baby sign language, but only 1 came. This was disappointing but understand because it was valentine's day. I had plenty of valentine's day bags left so i gave another americorps member some for her moms and the others with the mom that came to give to other moms at the daycare she worked at! This was great! She recruited some moms! They are excited to come and can't wait to see who shows up! Also, the lady from Panera that recognized me as the person who gave her the Mommy & Me card while at A.B's said she was going to come as well! I am hoping the warm weather and lack of a special event will bring in the moms! This next month's theme is Reading! Here are some pictures from the event and my prep up to the event! We had the meeting in the kids area of the library in the pirate ship!

Familiar Faces!

Yesterday, myself and another successcorps member met for lunch to discuss a club meeting and about our programs. We bounced ideas off of each other and came up with some great ideas! Then, this lady looks at me and goes "do you work at a.b.'s?" I said, "Yes." She was like "You gave my friend and I the info about the mommy and me class!" I said, "Yes, that was me! How are you doing etc...." Later i told her that i was giving away a car seat at the next meeting and she should come and bring her friends as well!

Before moving here I was a little afraid of not knowing anyone and not knowing the community. But through everything that i am doing, people are recognizing me and I am getting to know others. I know people in the community and people know what i am doing! I have seen people I know in the grocery stores and around town! It felt so great for that one lady, that i met only once, remembered me and my Mommy & Me! I can't wait to see her at my next Mommy & Me meeting. Also, the one lady that did come to my mommy & me on Monday, spread the word to other moms and they are now planning on attending as well!

A spot on the front page of the newspaper!

Recently, I emailed the Richmond Register, the local newspaper, and they contacted me about writing a story on me! Well, here it is in today's paper! I can't believe this, an entire article about me and what i am doing and it's on the front page! I can't stop smiling! This just makes me so excited and really proud of what i am doing! 


http://richmondregister.com/localnews/x856151057/Giving-mom-a-helping-hand

Practice Mommy & Me in Berea!

I was asked by the AmeriCorps member in Berea to come and visit and do an activity with the Berea moms! I was so happy to hear that they wanted me to come back and talk with them again! They had met me at the teen conference and couldn't wait to go back. What I did was practice for my next mommy & me! I used the same powerpoint and craft! They loved it and it gave me a chance to make it better! One of the girls actually stayed longer because she was enjoying it so much! It was a great way to ease my nervousness for the actual mommy & me next week! Here is a picture of what we/they created!

Mommy & Me business cards/ small flyer

Here are the business cards that i am going to be passing out with people's checks at my other job! I am hoping that people will ask me more about the class and be interested in attending! We will see how this works out! I also hand them out to people if i find out they have kids or know of people who have kids/pregnant!

New Mommy & Me flyer and handout!

Due to the unsuccessful attempts in recruiting people I created a different type of flyer and brochure to hand out and hang throughout the community. One of the brochures has the tear strips on it so people can take my info and remember when the class is. The other is a handout on what it is about, who i am, and future meetings. I have passed them out at an early childhood council meeting, calling local doctors offices, the health department, and really any place that will let me hang them up!  I am hoping that through these efforts more people will be interested in the monthly meetings and then will meet with me individually once they get to know me. Tonight, I have another home visit, but at the library. I saw her last month and can't wait to see how the baby and the mom has grown since the last time i saw them! We will see how this all turns out, only time will tell!