Special Event!

*Columbus Day Trip to The Crayola Factory: Join us on Monday, October 13, for a day trip to Easton, Penn., where we will visit the Crayola Factory! Cost is $40 per child, which includes transportation, lunch, and free Crayola markers..

Call Jessi at NYFS today to reserve your spot!

Family Programs             And Events

*The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is finishing the second of three cycles but will begin a new cycle in late September. Call us for more information or registration.

*Parent Education Program (PEP): “Putting Children First” is a State of Connecticut program required as a prerequisite to granting a divorce. Sessions are designed to help families cope with the effects of divorce on children.

Call 270-4335 for more information.

*Gym Time At Edmond Town Hall: Come spend some quality time with your children while preserving a healthy lifestyle. Gym Time for families are Wednesdays from 9:30 until 11:30 am at the town hall beginning September 17.

Cost is $50 per family. Call Elaine at NYFS for more information.

*“Power Chicks” is a new six-week class for do-it-yourself women! Classes will meet Mondays at 7 pm, September 15 until October 27.

*“Family To Family” is a 12 week class for caregivers of those with serious mental illness. The class meets Tuesday nights from 7 until 9:30 pm.

Youth Programs And      Activities

*Job Bank is accepting applications from qualified 13- to 17-year olds who want employment babysitting, pet sitting, or performing other household chores. Call between 10 am and noon weekdays for an application.

*Middle School Homework Club will be running after school Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday beginning in late September.

*Reed School Homework Club will also begin later this month, meeting after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

*Rock ‘N Roll Middle School will begin a new series on September 24. This group will meet on Wednesdays from 2:30 until 5 pm.

Support Groups

*Mommy & Me,  a support group for first time mothers with children less than a year old, will resume in late September. The group will meet on Tuesdays from 10:30 am until noon.

Call Elaine for more information.

*A new Sibshop group is forming. Meetings are Wednesday nights from 5 to 6 p.m.

This program acknowledges that being the brother or sister of a person with special needs is for some a good thing, others a not-so-good thing, and for many, somewhere in between.

Meetings begin for ages 5-9 September 17, for a six week cycle. Call Jessi to sign up.

*A new Children of Divorce group is also forming. This is a special group to help your child heal from the pain caused by a separation or divorce. Meetings are Thursday nights from 5-6 pm, for six weeks.

Meetings for ages 5-9 will begin on September 18.

*Alateen meetings are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 pm.

The program is for youth affected by somebody else’s alcoholism. At meetings members share their personal experiences, and learn to find personal happiness, whether or not the alcoholic in their lives is still drinking.

*Autism Group, for parents of children with special needs, meets at 7 pm the first Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be October 2. Call Wendy Suckow, 364-1163, for more information.

*NAMI is America’s largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with serious mental illness. The next chapter meeting is Monday, September 15th, from 9:30 am until noon.

All programs take place at NYFS, 17 Church Hill Road, unless otherwise noted. For more information or to register call 270-4335.