Families Forward School Supply Drive

Who? MOMS® Club of Irvine-Central & Families Forward

When? July 14^th – August 11^th

Collection dates? At all MOMS® Club-Irvine events through Aug. 11th. Give supplies to any board member.

Back to school season is here!

Every year our club enjoys giving back to our community and helping those less fortunate. We all want to raise a child that cares & helps others. It's never too early or too late to start. We will be collecting back-to-school items @ all park days and MOMS Club activities through August 11th. Don't forget to take pictures of your child and yourself doing the shopping for the supplies! We will be making the beginnings of a “Family Volunteer Album” for each child to take home at our August business meeting.

Families Forward Supply List, see below

Especially Needed Items: · Scientific Calculators · Pencil Boxes · Zippered Pencil Case · Washable Markers · Red Pens · Scissors · Backpacks · Binders · Wide Ruled Paper · Index Cards · Folders · Spiral Notebooks

Other Important Items: · #2 Pencils · Colored Pencils · Highlighters · Rulers · Crayons · Erasers · Glue Sticks · Pens · College Ruled Paper

You can also help by donating cash or gift certificates for school uniforms, outdoor athletic gear, shoes, and clothing to stores like:Target, Payless Shoes, and Old Navy.

Founders Day Fundraiser~ Tanaka Farm Produce Boxes

What is Founder’s Day? It’s an annual reunion of all the MOMS chapters of the region, hosted by MOMS Club International. It’s a time for bonding and getting to know other chapters from around the world. The highlight of the event is the raffle baskets with varied prices ranging from toys, trips, to cash. That’s right they’ve been known to give away as much has $1000 cash! Money raised from Founders day goes towards operation costs and the Mother-to-Mother Fund. Overall Founders Day makes for a nice Mom’s Day Out.





Can you say TANAKA FARMS?!
That’s right we are back in business. Maybe you’ve had their veggie boxes in the past or have always wondered about it. We will be selling Tanaka Veggie boxes this summer. Look for details in our FB page, newsgroup, blog and webpage. A sign-up list will be making rounds as well.

Proceeds from our veggie box will go towards subsidizing the price of Founder’s Day tickets.

When? Every Wednesday from July 21st to August 25th.
Location & Time: Boxes will be delivered @ Park Day, 9:30 A.M.

About the box…

Box price is $30.00.

Tanaka Farms will donate $5.00 for each & every box sold on every delivery to the club!!!

Each box contains a selection of seasonal organic fruit and vegetable produce, enough to feed a family of 3 or 4 for a week.

Some suggestions for coping, if the amount of produce or price proves too much for you is splitting the box with another member!

Contact a board member TODAY, if you'd like to sign up or get more information. First delivery is set to occur July 21st. Get the word out maybe your neighbor wants a box too! :)

Tanaka Farms Produce Box

Summer time.

Summer is in full swing.
Sprinklers, slip-and-slide, ice cream parties and bubble shows.
Aww, the sounds of summer.
The children shout's of joy and sometimes not.
Jump, skip, shout, cry until the wee hours of the night.
I see the orange hews of fire as it dances to and fro
soon followed by the rumbling stampede of children running to the ring-side to toast (sometimes burn) their marshmallows for the making of smores.

I do love Southern California. In-spite the fact that lately our July has been more like June, gloom that is.

Our community celebrated our country's Independence with great pride and success this past 4th. A group of our MOMS members gathered to participate in a community wide parade, the children slapped on their patriotic gear and tricked out their rides; trike's, bikes and strollers that is, training wheels and all.

Speaking of happy things...the first fundraiser of the 2010-2011 board was a great success, raising close to 200 dollars for our charities.

Next up, in the works, is a community garage sale where our members can expect to be rid of all those old toys, out-grown strollers and jammies, etc. etc. For more information about this upcoming fundraiser or if you'd like to donate one of your items contact one of the board members.

Being summer and all, back to school is ever-always just around the corner...MOMS Club Irvine-Central will once again be doing a back to school drive as its become almost a tradition, an annual service project.

Lastly I will leave you with a crafty project idea for the summer months.

SHADOW PUPPETS.
That's right! Shadow Puppets!
Easy to make and comes with hours of fun.
You can find printable's online, or simply take a coloring book copy any favorite image onto hard construction paper & cut out the image. Glue a Popsicle stick to your cut-out. Grab a flashlight and Walla! you are ready to create your own production with your little ones.
Enjoy!


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For more information about our club go to http://www.irvinemomsclub.com/
or our parent site at http://www.momsclub.org/

Happy 4th of July!