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Come and learn how to make Book Bags for your family or community group
You will learn:
- About the importance of Family literacy
- How to make a Book Bag
You will take home a Book Bag and make an additional one for our Family Literacy celebrations.
The Book Bags workshop is $10 for those who live in or serve members of the downtown area. For participants outside the downtown area there will be a fee of $60.
Please join us for our regular monthly meeting!
Wiggle, Giggle & Munch facilitator training will be held on Wednesday, February 22. The deadline for registration is February 15.
Please join us for our regular monthly meeting!
Please join us for our regular monthly meeting! (note change in date)
Please join us for our regular monthly meeting!
Our AGM celebrating our work and introducing:
- our new Book 4 Babies – Time to Play!
- and our latest study – Dreams & Realities: A Community Survey
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
In this workshop participants will have an opportunity to explore the importance of “managed risk” in children’s play to keep them engaged and learning. Content is geared towards those working with children from birth to 6 years of age.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Join us to learn what Thrive Community Support Circle is doing to address the questions they are hearing from their parents. Their small idea is meeting with some great success.
Bring your lunch and hear more at our first Lunch & Learn.
Tuesday, November 28
At Thrive Community Support Circle, Suite 5 – 505 Sargent Ave.
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Consider sending a couple of people from your agency – maybe a staff person and a volunteer or student. And please share the attached poster with others who might be interested in joining the discussion.
We try to meet annually to plan and talk about our initiatives. This year we have invited Bohdanna Kinasevych, Director of Evaluation, Health in Common to lead our discussion.
Please RSVP ingrid@communities4families.ca by Dec. 1.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Learn to develop a Book Bag to share with your family participants. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.
Learn to develop a Book Bag to share with your family participants. This is the second of a 2 part series.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Communities 4 Families is pleased to present another Family Play
opportunity.
- Outdoor play
- Parents and children together
- Special activities geared towards toddlers and pre-schoolers
- Snack
- No registration required
- Free
Please join us for our monthly meeting (that was moved from May 16th to the 23rd this month).
Communities 4 Families (C4F) invites groups or organizations to apply for grants to support programming for Downtown families with children aged 0-6. These are grants for activities including BOTH parents and their children (aged 0-6), or parenting programs for parents with children ages 0-6. C4F grants support participants who reside within C4F boundaries (see FAQ’s for our map).
Applications can be completed electronically with page 4 faxed (204.487.3630) with signatures, or in hard copy and mailed or faxed.
Note: the deadline for all grant applications is May 25, 2018 (they must be in our office by 5:00 p.m.)
Please join us for a fun, family friendly outdoor play day!
All families welcome. Programming is geared towards 1-5 year old children. But, siblings are always welcome to participate too.
- Parents & Children attend together
- Drop-in (no registration required)
- Activities for Toddlers + Preschoolers
- Snack provided
- Free!
Mud Kitchen | Painting | Loose Parts | Bubbles
Please join us of our Annual General Meeting, held at the West End Commons.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Please join us for a fun, family friendly outdoor play day!
All families welcome. Programming is geared towards 1-5 year old children. But, siblings are always welcome to participate too.
- Parents & Children attend together
- Drop-in (no registration required)
- Activities for Toddlers + Preschoolers
- Snack provided
- Free!
Play Kitchen | Painting | Loose Parts | Bubbles
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Please join us for a fun, family friendly outdoor play day!
All families welcome. Programming is geared towards 1-5 year old children. But, siblings are always welcome to participate too.
- Parents & Children attend together
- Drop-in (no registration required)
- Activities for Toddlers + Preschoolers
- Snack provided
- Free!
Play Kitchen | Painting | Loose Parts | Bubbles
Please join us for our monthly meeting!