Easter MOPS Brunch

Please come and join us for an Easter Party on Wednesday, March 31 at 11:30. We'll have brunch, an egg hunt with the kids, and we'll take some time to discuss and celebrate the beautiful victory of Easter. Bring a breakfast/lunch/brunch dish to share and egg-collecting baskets for your MOPPETS. If you have one, bring a Bible, too.  Feel free to bring a friend!

Also mark your calendars for our next MOPS meeting which is on April 7, 2010 at 9:30. We will be having a garden day and planting some seeds. Virginia Claus will be sharing with us about gardening, farmer's markets, and organic stuff. Virginia is on our steering team and she also have an amazing blog with tons of information on it. Here is the link for her blog; http://livinglocalnh.blogspot.com/.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Update on Goodwin Family

The Goodwin family has lost their home to a chimney fire.  WMUR is carrying the story right now:
http://www.wmur.com/news/22023104/detail.html
As is Foster's:
http://fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091221/GJNEWS_01/912219983

The immediate needs are money, clothes, and gift cards so they can begin to rebuild their lives and provide the basic necessities to their family.  Here's an updated clothing size list:

Adam- 34/32 pant, M shirt, 10 shoe.
Kelly- 5-7 pant, S shirt, 7-7 1/2 shoe.
Kendell- 0-1 pant, xs J shirt, 8 womens shoe- 13 year old girl
Taylor- 12 pant, 12/14 shirt, 3 1/2 shoe-11 year old girl
Logan- 8/10 pant, 3 1/2 shoe- 8 year old boy
Tucker- 7/8 pant, 7/8 shirt, 1 1/2 shoe- 6 year old boy
Griffin- 5/6 pant, 5/6 shirt, 13 1/2 shoe- 5 year old boy
Sawyer- 2T pant, 3T shirt, 8 shoe- 3 years on Monday boy

Donations can be dropped off at Bambi's house at 223 Clement Rd. in Rollinsford and she can be reached by phone at 742-8182.

There are accounts opened for the Goodwin family at Holy Rosary Credit Union and Northeast Credit Union ("Adam and Kelly Goodwin account"). You can also donate via Paypal by using the secure ChipIn widget in the right hand column of this blog.  Every cent will be passed on to the Goodwin family.

The family thanks you for your prayers and your overwhelming generosity.

MOPS Mom In Need

I was just alerted that one of our fellow MOPS moms, Kelly Goodwin, was involved in a house fire at her home.  As far as I know, the house is a total lost.  There is now a family of 8, 6 children, displaced right before the Christmas season. 

The family will be in need of practically every item you'd typically have in your home, clothes, food, pots/pans, furniture, mattresses etc.

The immediate needs will be clothing (don't forget winter apparel) for the family as well as shoes and food.  The kids are girls 11+13 and boys 3,5,6 and 8.  Amy is probably a size medium shirt and Adam, the husband, is a size medium top, pants are 36/32 and shoe size is 10.  Kendall (13 yr old girl) is a size 1 or 2, Taylor (11 yr old girl) is a 10/12, Logan (8 yr old boy) is a 10/12, Tucker (6yr old boy) is a 7/8, Griffin (5 yr old boy) is a 6/7, Sawyer (3 yr old boy) is a 3T.

Donations can be dropped off at Bambi's house at 223 Clement Rd. in Rollinsford and she can be reached by phone at 742-8182.

I am also putting up a ChipIn widget so you can donate monetarily to the Goodwin family.  Every single cent will go directly to them.  I am collecting funds through my Paypal account and will regularly withdraw the donations and give them directly to the family.

May God bless you and keep you safe this Christmas season.  Let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas and give with a cheerful heart.

Coppal House TODAY!!

Our MOPS group will be heading over to the Coppal House Corn Maze in Lee, NH, WEDNESDAY September 30th at 10 am. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch for afterward. All are welcome, the fee is $4 for adults and free for kids over age 6. We need 15+ participants in order to secure the group rate, so be sure to meet us there! :)

Every year the Coppal House has a professional company come in a cut out a design in their corn field. This year the design will be a skunk and flower. Througout the maze are mailboxes that have questions regarding skunks and flowers and if you choose the correct answers, you'll get the correct directions through the maze. There is usually a "hay bale maze" too for the little tykes to explore.

The maze is jogger stroller friendly. Afterward we can pick a pumpkin or other fall decorations at the farm store.

Hope to see you there!

MOPS Meeting #1

Today was the first MOPS meeting of the year, can we say, YAHOO!! :)

We had four new moms attend today! We all enjoyed a yummy breakfast spread of food and all the kids had a blast in their MOPPETS program. All of the moms made space themed name tags for themselves as well as name tags for the kids to wear in their classrooms.

Our next meeting will be September 16th at 9:30 am. We hope to see you there. If you've been considering coming, don't hesitate! You can jump in any time during the year, you are always welcomed. We hope to see you there! As a reminder, if you planning on becoming a MOPS member, member dues are due on the 16th.

Also, be sure to mark September 30 on your calender. We'll be meeting at the Coppal House in Lee, NH at 10 am for a stroll through their corn maze. Admission is $4 for adults and children 6 years and older.

RSVP for the First Meeting!

First off, this is definitely not required! If you decide last minute to join us, we'd LOVE to have you!!

If you do want to let us know you'll be swinging by for our first meeting of the year on September, be sure to let us know on our Evite.

We hope to see you at 9:30 am at Dover Baptist Church in Dover, NH on September 2nd!

Sneak Peak!

The Steering Team had an awesome retreat planning the upcoming MOPS year. We have some awesome meetings in store.

Another exciting part of MOPS is "5th Wednesdays." You think we could come up with a cooler name than that, but well, it's what it is, the 5th Wednesday activities! This year we have three 5th Wednesdays with the first one coming right up on September 30th.

I'm excited to announce our MOPS group will be heading over to the Coppal House Corn Maze in Lee, NH. Every year the Coppal House has a professional company come in a cut out a design in their corn field. This year the design will be a skunk and flower. Througout the maze are mailboxes that have questions regarding skunks and flowers and if you choose the correct answers, you'll get the correct directions through the maze. There is usually a "hay bale maze" too for the little tykes to explore.

The maze is jogger stroller friendly. Afterwards we can pick a pumpkin or other fall decorations.

Hope to see you there! And don't forget, the first MOPS meeting of the year is September 2nd at 9:30 am. Be there!