Homeschool HUB Weekly News--Sept. 18 Homeschool HUB phone: (269)362-0651 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Annette Ernsperger The information below is offered to you as a service. Please research and decide for yourself the value to your family. The Homeschool HUB does not endorse any programs or services other than those offered at the Homeschool HUB resource center. Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com ON THE CALENDAR: Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub Sept. 22--Homeschool Hangout, 1:00-3:00, Firehouse, free Sept. 25--Homeschool bowling, 1:00, Strikes and Spares, Mishawaka, $5 HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Beach clean-up 2) SW Michigan Community Harvest Fest 3) Creation Museum Homeschoolers special 4) Girl Scouts troop forming 5) Sauder Village homeschool appreciation days 6) Homeschool Hangout 7) How about those labels? And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news. 1) Alliance for the Great Lakes Annual Beach Clean Up--Sept 19 This is happening tomorrow!! If you enjoy using the fantastic beaches on Lake Michigan, how about helping to keep them clean? Everyone show up at the New Buffalo beach to work from 10am - 1pm. Join thousands of people in caring for our Great Lakes shorelines during the Alliance for the Great Lake 's annual beach clean up. This is the World's largest shoreline cleanup and is part of an international coastal clean up effort. In 2008, over 6,000 volunteers removed 24,698 pounds of trash from beaches and shorelines in Michigan , Indiana and Illinois . To register visit www.greatlakes.org/adoptabeach. Many local beaches are involved and you can even check out having your family lead a clean up at an unclaimed beach. This year the Volunteer Center is adopting the New Buffalo Beach and is inviting everyone to come out and help 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Visit this opportunity on-line or call Callie at 983-0912 for more information 2) Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest We just discovered that Tillers International, near Kalamazoo, is having a fun and educational event this Sunday. Here is the info from their web site at http://www.tillersinternational.org/ Their mission: To preserve, study, and exchange low-capital technologies that increase the sustainability and productivity of people in rural communities. Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest: Mark your calendar for Sunday, September 20, 2009 and get ready for another fantastic Harvest Fest. The fest runs from 11:30 AM to 6:30 PM and is hosted by Tillers International in Scotts, Michigan, a short ride east from Kalamazoo and Portage. Admission is just $10 per carload (or $1 per person for busloads of ten or more) — and admission for bicyclists is free. Check out fresh locally-grown produce and connect with ecologically sound resources in our community. Exhibitors include farmers, artisans, eco-villagers, and sustainability and natural wellness experts. Also look forward to hayrides, demonstrations of farming skills and helpful food tips, and more. Chef and popular lecturer Sherri Brooks Vinton, author of The Real Food Revival, will discuss how to reclaim the food chain and move from industrial agriculture to food raised with integrity — and a more delicious, sustainable future. Greensky Bluegrass tops the musical lineup. Plus we'll have more great presenters, growers & vendors, food, a family tent for youngsters, and fun activities for the whole family! Tillers International - "Encouraging an Attitude of Experimentation to Produce More Local Food with Less Global Fuel" 3) Fantastic Creation Museum Homeschooler's Deal The Creation Museum is running a fantastic deal for homeschooling families in the months of September and October for Tuesday or Wednesday visits. The rate is $7 for children and $10 for children and adults ages 13 and up with the planetarium included! If you have ever wanted to go to the museum as a home school family, this is a great deal and definitely worth the trip. Please pass this along to any homeschooling families you know. This is not a group rate! You need to contact Eddie Lutz (Area Representative) directly to get this great deal. Please call 888-582-4253 ext. 377 or email elutz@creationmuseum.org to make your reservation. 4) Hello, I wanted to let families know that we are starting a homeschool Brownie Girl Scout troop for girls 6 - 8 years old. I am an experienced leader with the local Singing Sands service unit and I will be co-leading with another homeschool mom, Sharon Gregor. Scouts is a great chance for girls to learn and experience new things with other girls their age. We will have regular meetings plus we can plan other fun troop activities like a living storybook walk and a garden tea party plus service projects, badge work, dances, camping etc. Details on meeting time and place depend on who signs up, but meetings will probably be twice a month for 90 minutes and will start around mid-October. Those who want to know more can email me directly abarber1@nd. edu. Please spread the word! Annice Barber 5) Sauder Village is hosting a new Home School Appreciation Days! Dates: Tuesday - Friday, September 8 -18, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Admission Cost: $5.00 per person (ages 3 and above) Parking: Free Reservations required - see below for details: 6) The Homeschool Hangout is back in action! Meet on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Firehouse Youth Center, 17646 Cleveland Rd., South Bend, 1:00-3:00. Open to all ages for gym time, games, chat, play and connect. If you have questions or need help finding the Firehouse, contact Anne Huffman: annebjj@comcast.net or 574-271-2733. 7) The Homeschool HUB is continuing to collect Campbell Soup labels, Campbell's Chunky Soup labels, Campbell's Healthy Request labels, Campbell's Select harvest, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm, Spaghettios, Swanson, V-8 Beverages, V-8 Fusion, Prego Italian Sauces and Campbell's Food Service. Give your labels to any board member or bring them to our homeschool functions. --AND-- We are still accepting Boxtops for education labels. You can find these on: Betty Crocker goods Gold Medal Flour Nestle products Cherrios Cascadian Farm products Chex Cocoa Puffs Cookie Crisp Country Cornflakes Fiber One products Golden Grahams Honey Nut Clusters Lucky Charms Oatmeal Crisps TotalTrix Wheaties Green Giant vegetables Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Totino Pizza olls Hamburger Helper meals Old El Paso Suddenly Salad Yoplait Fruit Flavored shapes Ziploc Kleenex Scott Kotex Poise Depend Hefty Nature Valley Cottonelle Huggies Goodnites Pull Ups Avery School supplies Go to Boxtops for Education.org for more info, and then SAVE SAVE SAVE those labels. Each one nets 10 cents and every 10 cents adds up. You can give them to any HUB board director or bring them to any of our functions that we will be having. Thank-you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOTAL RECALL (These items will run until their pertinent information expires) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS Of interest to homeschoolers: Westminster Presbyterian Church is holding a rummage sale next Friday and Saturday, Sept 25 & 26. It's located at 1501 W Cleveland Road, south Bend. Now that the boys are graduated and my daughter is a senior, I am donating 19 years of homeschool materials to the sale. Come and see what you can use! Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement): Interactive science experiments: http://tryscience.org/ Free homeschool record keeping: http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com Manhattan Island in 1609: http://themannahattaproject.org/ Do you have any favorite websites? Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMERS: While the Homeschool HUB believes that these events or opportunities may be of value to home educators, announcements do not constitute an endorsement by the Homeschool HUB, or its Board of Directors. It is the responsibility of individual parents to determine the appropriateness of any event or opportunity for their children. Participation in any event is voluntary and the participant assumes complete responsibility and liability for themselves, their family, anyone accompanying them, and their personal property. |
Friday, September 18, 2009
HUB weekly news-Sept. 18
