| Homeschool HUB News Update--February 25 Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy 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 by the Homeschool HUB. 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 March 4--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp March 10--HUB Board of Directors Meeting, 7 pm at the Niles Police Complex March 18--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental. HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) New at the website! 2) No Games Night for March 3) Student Art Show 4) Homeschool Day at the Capitol 5) Spring Formal "A Night In Paradise" 6) Special Homeschool Roller Skate 7) Good News Update 8) April Day camps north of Battle Creek 9) Six Flags Reading Program - free tickets 1) New at hshub.org This week on the web site we've added links to 5 really good sites with homeschool info here: http://www.hshub.org/New_to_Homeschooling.html Random fun stuff has some samples of "live looping" for all the musicians. Check it out here: http://www.hshub.org/Random_Fun_Stuff.html 2) No Games night for March The HUB Games Night for March is canceled due to the weather and concerns over driving. There will be no Hub Game Night in March. 3) Student Art Show Gloria Seitz is holding an Art Festival in 3D at Community Evangelical Free Church, 120 E Bertrand Rd. Niles, MI 49120 on Friday, March 4. It is free and open to the public. Art can be viewed from 1-5 pm and awards will be handed out at 6:45 p.m. 4) Homeschool Day at the Capitol Homeschool Family Day at the Michigan state Capitol is March 22, 2011. Michigan's BEST Homeschool Field Trip!! Registration Now Open www.HomeEdMi.NET 5) Spring Formal "A Night In Paradise" The homeschool spring formal will be held May 14th Saturday at the "RES" in Mishawaka. Cost is $25 and will include dinner and music. The evening will begin with open trails and pictures from 5:00-5:45. Dinner will be at 6:15 with the night ending at 10:45. The theme this year will be Hawaiin. Dress is formal with dress shirts and ties for guys and modest dresses for girls. Pictures will be available for anyone wanting them for $10. This is a meant to be a fun night for homeschoolers. Feel free to come alone or with a group of your friends. We will also be honoring graduating seniors. Registration forms and checks need to be mailed to Dana DoBrodt, 58896 Elm Rd., Mishawaka, IN 46544 by April 23rd. Seating is limited so it is first come, first served. This event is open to 9-12th grade homeschoolers throughout the extended area. Send questions to hiddeneagles@att.net. Name_____________________________________________GR_____________ Phone____________________________________________ email_____________________________________________ guest_____________________________________________GR______________ 6) Special Homeschool Roller Skate Lakeshore Lifelong Learners invites all area homeschoolers to Homeschool Roller-Skate, please spread the word! Fri. Mar. 11, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. All area homeschoolers are welcome to attend this skate at Lakeshore Roller World, 5567 Red Arrow HWY, Stevensville. $5.50 to Skate and regular rental included, roller-blades $2 extra. (or you may bring your own). Please RSVP early! We must have a minimum number of participants committed to attending. Therefore please RSVP early to Noel at 429-3235 or bash5849@sbcglobal.net 7) Good News Update Carrie Steere's husband, Simeon, was in a logging accident recently. Many of you have been praying for him. Here is an update from Joan: Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 11:45 PM Hi All, Simeon returned to the hospital for x-rays to check on his progress today. The doctors were very pleased- his pelvis is healing well as is the bladder. The plan now is to remove the catheter on March 5. Then on March 30 ( 2 wks. ahead of schedule!) to remove the external brace and pins. Yes! They think that he will be able to do a little more weight bearing then, shortly after he might be able to begin to use a walker with restrictions! He is still on pain meds and is starting to take a muscle relaxer to help reduce the leg muscle pain. Carrie says his legs hurt so much, especially at night. The Dr. says the muscles begin to shrink from not being used which causes the pain. So hopefully that will help. He is getting around well in the wheelchair but, of course, a walker would be a big improvement in a small house. She says Lenah enjoys sitting with her Daddy on his hospital bed or in his chair - still just glad to have him home. 8) April Day camps north of Battle Creek This look interesting for those of you in the Battle Creek or Lansing areas -- especially the underwater robotics! The Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center -Clear Lake Camp wants to share with you an exciting new opportunity for students aged 10-14 to participate in over spring break. The theme is water so we are calling it Camp H20! There will be water sampling activities, water quality testing, pond dipping, canoeing and we are teaming up with Mark Gleason from the Great Lakes Naval Maritime Museum to do underwater robotics! We will be hosting 3 day camp opportunities. Two one day sessions that take place April 4 and 5. The same activiites run each day. We will do mini sessions of the above mentioned activities. The three day camp which takes place on April 6,7,8 is more intense and we will be able to get more in depth on each activity. Again, these are all day camp experiences and parents will be responsible for transportation, registration and payment to us. Lunch is included in the cost. Registrations materials are available on our website: clearlakecamp.org 9) Six Flags Tickets for Elementary Students who read six hours We are late getting this info out to you because our coordinator moved, and the Read to Succeed program didn't send us materials as they have in previous years, which would have served as a reminder. They did not send us the info on this program because, in their words on the web site, "We are streamlining the process this year and all program materials will be available online, so you will not receive a registration packet or any other Read to Succeed materials in the mail." It's a bit late to start, so you will have to hustle, but you can still participate. All six hours of reading must be logged in by March 4. Instead of The HUB coordinating it and mailing in all of the reading logs each homeschool teacher can sign up his/her own student(s), log the hours online, and receive a ticket for each student and one for the teacher. Go to these links: To sign up: http://readtosucceed.discoveryeducation.com/register.cfm Student reading log: http://readtosucceed.discoveryeducation.com/pdf/reading_log_en.pdf Teacher guide (homeschool info on page 2): http://readtosucceed.discoveryeducation.com/pdf/reading_club_guide.pdf To log in your 6 hours, which must be done by March 4th, go to the home page and log in using the username and password you set up when you registered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO SHARE: Geography Activities and Info http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS Looking for a group? Join the HUB! There are several benefits of membership including a travel club and a resource library that includes things like books, games, laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB. The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Diane Day: joharding_20@yahoo.com or 269-445-1900. 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 many products. 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, February 25, 2011
Homeschool HUB News Update--February 25
Friday, February 18, 2011
Homeschool HUB News Update--February 18
| Homeschool HUB News Update--February 18 Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy 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 by the Homeschool HUB. 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 February 25--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp March 18--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental. HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Spring Architecture Classes offered by New Creations Art 2) Kalamazoo Home School Expo 1) Spring Architecture Classes offered by New Creations Art Dear Art Students, Parents, and advertisers, The spring class offering in architecture will be an adventure in learning about the history and features of architecture. Students will be focused on learning to draw buildings in one and two point perspective, including patterns, textures and details. We will be using penciI, watercolor, pastels, and pen. We will be planning a field trip to downtown South Bend to tour the Copsaholm and several other Victorian homes in the area. Students should be able to identify different architectural features and styles as they drive through their communities. New Creations Offers 2011 Spring Art Classes in the Michiana Area for Students in Grades 1-12. Adults and home schoolers welcome! Gloria Seitz, a certified k-12 art teacher, will be teaching classes on the topic of Adventures in Architecture. This seven week class is designed to give students knowledge of architecture including its history and features, drawing in one and two point perspective, rendering textures, windows, doors, and landscaping. Pencil, pen, watercolor, and pastels will be used. A field trip will be offered near the end of the class. CLASSES WILL BEGIN ON THE MARCH 15. 16, and 17 AND END MAY 3,4,5. We will take off the week of April 4-8. The art festival will be on Friday, May 6. Tuesday classes at Community Free Church in Niles are as follows: Ages 6-9 will meet at 10:30-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13meet from 11:45 -12:45 p.m. and 7th -adult meet from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday classes meet at Trinity Free Church in South Bend. Ages 6-9 will meet at 10:30-11:30 a.m. Ages 9-13 meet from 11:45 -12:45 p.m. and 7th -adult meet from 1-2 p.m. Thursday classes meet at Hobby Lobby in Mishawaka at the following times: Ages 6-9 will meet at 11:30-12:30 AND at 12:45-1:45 p.m.. Ages 9-13 will meet at 2-3. 7th through adult will meet from 3:20 -4:30. 8 through 13 year olds will meet from 4:20-5:30 p.m. The cost for the seven week classes is $65 for the first child and $5 LESS for each additional child. You will save $5 on the total cost if you pay by March 7. Cost includes supplies (except sketch book, erasers, pencil and folder, rulers, and triange), room rental, and Art Festival. The cost for this session has gone up to accommodate extra supply costs. The Art Festival will be held on Friday, May 6. You may print out a registration form on line at www.newcreationsart.com. Classes do fill up, so be sure to get your registration in early. You may reserve your spot by calling her at 574-271-8069 even before sending in your reservation. Please feel free to send this email on to others who might be interested in the classes. Mrs. Gloria Seitz If you are interested in checking out our classes feel free to come to our Art Festival in 3D at Community Evangelical Free Church, 120 E Bertrand Rd. Niles, MI 49120 on Friday, March 4 at 6:45 p.m. 2)Kalamazoo Home School Expo Scheduled Mar 12, 2011 You won't want to miss our second annual Kalamazoo Home School Expo on March 12! Enjoy a day filled with encouragement, inspiration and motivation! Michael P. Farris, Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association and Chancellor of Patrick Henry College and Carol Barnier, a homeschooling mom of many years who speaks coast to coast and is a frequent radio show guest, will be our keynote speakers. The added bonus of a vendor hall with over forty vendors makes this an event you don't want to miss! Join Us For This Amazing Opportunity At: Calvary Bible Church 855 S. Drake Road, Kalamazoo 8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Kalamazoo Area Home School Association Further Details to Follow www.kahsaconnection.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO SHARE: A. Pintura, Art detective http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS SCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR SALE For Sale - "God's Design For Heaven & Earth" science curriculum, 1-year set, full-color, suitable for grades 1-8. This set includes 3 student books (Our Planet Earth, Our Universe, Our Weather and Water) and Teacher Supplement book & CD-Rom. I purchased this curriculum brand new last year at the INCH Conference in Lansing, Michigan,and later decided not to use it. It is still brand new. I bought it for $79.99 + tax. If you are interested please give me a call to set up a time to look at it and/or make an offer. I have 2 complete sets so this science program would be great if you want to do science with multi-ages/levels/students/grades. Please call Lisa Livermore at 269-635-0528 for further information. Looking for a group? Join the HUB! There are several benefits of membership including a travel club and a resource library that includes things like books, games, laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB. The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Diane Day: joharding_20@yahoo.com or 269-445-1900. 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 many products. 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Homeschool HUB News Update--February 11
| Homeschool HUB News Update--February 11 Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy 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 by the Homeschool HUB. 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 February 18--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp February 18--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental. HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Rube Goldberg type machines on youtube 2) New HUB website additions 3) free cooking demonstration 4) Unschooling Conference at waterpark 5) MidWest Homeschool Convention in CINCINNATI, OH 6) Homeschool Hangout 7) Bird Count 8) Volunteer this Sunday 1) Rube Goldberg type machines on youtube Pythagoras Switch is a Japanese children's show where they use a Rube Goldberg machine to show their title. This is a 14 minute compilation http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5020961729146478632#docid=-9133671200734505806 Then here are a couple of short homemade ones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F9AtdBsz2Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K568lhOOJLc&NR=1&feature=fvwp Then here's a massive Rube Goldberg machine done for a music video for the group OK Go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w 2) Check out this week's additions to our web site!! One scholarship, AFSA, for seniors here: http://www.hshub.org/College_Scholarships.html One art contest, Doodle for Google, for K – 12 here: http://www.hshub.org/Contests.html Random fun stuff this week is reminiscent of Rube Goldberg, here: http://www.hshub.org/Random_Fun_Stuff.html 3) Tasty and Healthy - Mexican Style This looks interesting for students who like to cook. Niles Dentist, Dr. Beckermeyer, is hosting a FREE natural foods cooking class. The demonstrations will be led by Evelyn Kissinger, MS,RD, who will be teaching how to make tasty vegetarian dishes. Several cooks will assist her in demonstrating their favorite Mexican recipe. Participants will receive samples of the food, as well as recipes to take home. Recipe demonstrator Sandy Smith says, "I make the Mexican Lasagna for people who aren't vegetarian, and they can't believe there's no meat in it." Demonstrator Lety Goodson says, "Growing up in Mexico, our family ate Ricos Mexican Tacos because we could afford the ingredients. Now I make them for fun and serve to guests!" Evelyn Kissinger is a registered dietitian who has presented wellness programs, done consulting for health care centers, and given group nutrition therapy since 1982. She is passionate about helping people reach and maintain their lifestyle goals for vibrant health. The class is a one-time evening event, happening March 10, at 7:00pm, in Dr. Beckermeyer's office at 123 Marmot, Niles MI 49120. Space is limited, and attendees must pre-register by calling (269) 683-6461 For more information contact Cindy Beckermeyer at (269) 683-6461 4) UWG EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15!!!! This is a fun and inexpensive conference for unschoolers, and those considering unschooling, or wanting to learn more about it. It's at the Kalahari Waterpark Resort in Ohio . All those who register by Feb.15, will receive $45 in Kalahari Gift Cards, PLUS free Mini Golf Passes! *- (they have an awesome new Black Light Mini Golf Course, where the balls and course glow with a rainbow of colors!)(FYI- regular rates for mini golf are $6/person) Don't hesitate and miss-out on these great earlybird deadline bonuses. Register now by going to our UWG website and completing your registration. Then follow the instructions provided in your confirmation e-mail. Here's the link: http://ugoevent.com/index.php 5) MidWest Homeschool Convention in CINCINNATI, OH March 31 - April 2, Duke Energy Convention Center We are looking forward to an incredible convention - with thousands of homeschoolers attending from about 30-states plus Canada! REGISTRATION DISCOUNT Extended to Monday, February 14 Convention pricing is currently only $35 for an Individual registration and $50 for a Family Registration - - while, according to the Pricing information on the website, it should currently be $45 for an Individual Registration and $60 for a Family registration. Long story short...programming error. (smile) Bottom line...if you or someone you know has been waiting to register...now is the time to do so! The programming glitch has been fixed, but we've elected to maintain this discounted pricing until Monday, February 14. So...anyone that registers by Monday, February 14 will save $10 over the published pricing! 6) Homeschool Hangout The Homeschool Hangout is still going strong on the north side of South Bend. It meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 1-3 p.m. We've had a steady group with lots of boys and a small, but consistent set of girls. They are playing football in the gym, we have Duplos for the little ones and board games available. People bring what they want to play. The website with current updates is www.homeschoolhangout.blogspot.com. 7) Great Backyard Bird Count Asks for Your Help The 14th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up February 18–21, 2011. People of all ages and skill levels are needed to count birds in their yards, neighborhoods, or other locations across the United States and Canada. Simply tally birds for at least 15 minutes on any day of the count, then go to www.birdcount.org and enter the highest number of each species seen at any one time. 8) Volunteer this Sunday Looking for something to do this weekend with friends or as a family? Don't have plans for Valentine's? Here is an option to get you out of the house and doing a good thing! Therapeutic Equestrian Center has a mission to enhance the lives of people with special needs through horse related activities. WHAT: Barn Clean Up/Horse Spa Day WHERE: Therapeutic Equestrian Center : Stockbridge Equestrian Center - 615 N. M 140 Watervliet, MI WHEN: Sunday, February 13th from 1-3 pm WHO: Volunteers to get the barn and horses ready for the winter session of classes which starts next week. This would be a great opportunity for high school or college kids that need to fulfill volunteer service hours. Kids younger than 14 years old must come with a parent or another adult. WEAR: Dress warm, so you can work outside. BRING: An extra broom or shovel to be able to do a variety of tasks from sweeping, brushing horses, picking pastures, cleaning saddles etc. Some jobs involve some strength but many projects won't. No experience with horses necessary! VOLUNTEER: If you would like to continue as a volunteer and assist with the riding lessons and you are over 14 years old. Check out details on the website: www.tecfarm.org Classes are held Wednesdays. at 2:30, 4:00 and 5:30 p.m and Saturday mornings at 9:30 and 10:15 a.m. Debra Panozzo Adult and family volunteer coordinator Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan 269-983-0912 ext 303 St. Joseph 269-683-5464 ext 322 Niles www.volunteerswmi.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO SHARE: K-5 curriculum http://www.theheadoftheclass.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS SCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR SALE For Sale - "God's Design For Heaven & Earth" science curriculum, 1-year set, full-color, suitable for grades 1-8. This set includes 3 student books (Our Planet Earth, Our Universe, Our Weather and Water) and Teacher Supplement book & CD-Rom. I purchased this curriculum brand new last year at the INCH Conference in Lansing, Michigan,and later decided not to use it. It is still brand new. I bought it for $79.99 + tax. If you are interested please give me a call to set up a time to look at it and/or make an offer. I have 2 complete sets so this science program would be great if you want to do science with multi-ages/levels/students/grades. Please call Lisa Livermore at 269-635-0528 for further information. Looking for a group? Join the HUB! There are several benefits of membership including a travel club and a resource library that includes things like books, games, laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB. The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Diane Day: joharding_20@yahoo.com or 269-445-1900. 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 many products. 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Bad Accident
| Dear homeschool friends, Many of you know local Niles homeschoolers Phil and Joan Steere and their family. Their oldest daughter, Carrie, is married to Simeon. They are expecting their third child in August. Simeon was in a logging accident on Monday. Basically a stack of logs got loose in the logging yard and he narrowly missed having his head smashed in. Instead his body was pinned between the logs. He was airlifted to the ICU in Charleston, WV, with a broken pelvis, lumbar fractures, holes in his bladder and urethra, and a bruised kidney. Because of the broken pelvis he cannot move his legs,but he can wiggle his toes and feet. He had a 6 hour surgery on Wednesday to repair the holes and they've put pins through the pelvic bones and attached them to an external pelvic brace, which is like a cage around the hips. For 6 months he will be either flat on his back or in a wheelchair (for which they will have to teach him a method to pivot into it). Joan sent several notes. Here is a portion of the last one describing the accident and telling where to send funds if you would like to help them out financially: "All of a sudden one of the logs that was pinning him was hit by another log at the opposite end forcing the end he was at off of him. I'm sure there were logs being moved all over since the stack came loose. He saw a gap between some logs but having been crushed he couldn't move now. He doesn't know how he got into the gap so quickly but just as he did 3 more logs rolled over the gap. It happened so fast, all he can say is God must've pushed him in. Two coworkers came and pulled him out (ouch!), put him in their truck and drove him to the local hospital. On the way there his mouth was so dry ( adrenaline can give you cotton mouth) he could hardly stand it but sensed God directing him not to take a drink (good move). They got him into the ER (I don't know if they carried him or how they did that). Several hrs. later a nurse put a catheter in, unaware that his urethra had a hole in it. After 5-6 hrs. in critical condition they finally realized the extent of his injuries and airlifted him to Charleston where the staff were amazed that the catheter did not go through the hole and into the abdomen which would obviously would have been, I don't know, extremely bad. Simeon's boss says that unfortunately this kind of accident is not uncommon, but the men usually die from it. "the God in Whose hand is your breath of life, and all your destiny..." (Dan. 5:23) "Save me according to Thy loving kindness and let them know that this is Thy hand; Thou, Lord , has done it." Amen!! (Psalms 109:26) Some of you have asked how you can practically help. Carrie is hoping to talk to a social worker today to find out how she can get the ball rolling for workman's comp. As you may know those kind of balls don't roll very fast but the bills will arrive and regular expenses will happen anyway. Next to prayer, finances would be the next obvious need. One of Carrie's cousins has set up a PayPal account for anyone who would like to express their concern and help in a practical way on line or via Facebook. http://bit.ly/g3BZOH Or if you would prefer, checks can be made out to Carrie Borsman and sent to 7744 Gatewood Rd., Fayetteville, WV 25840 Words can't express how much we appreciate all of you. Deeply grateful, Joan and Phil " |
Homeschool HUB News Update--February 4
| Homeschool HUB News Update--February 4 Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy 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 by the Homeschool HUB. 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 February 10--HUB Board of Directors Meeting 7 pm, Niles Police Complex February 11--HUB Games Night, 7pm-12am, Niles Police Complex February 11--Bowling at Strikes and Spares, 1:00-3:00, $5/pp February 18--Homeschool Skate at USA Skate 1:00-3:00, $3/pp including skate rental. HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Generosity of the Homeschool community appreciated 2) Lego Robotics Team Needs Your Votes 3) Watch the HUB website!! 1) Generosity of the Homeschool community appreciated On Friday, January 14th, The Berrien Springs United Methodist Church held a medical benefit for Stuart. We would like to thank the members of The Homeschool HUB and the homeschooling community in general for their support and donations. It was great to see some of you there. We were deeply touched by the outpouring of concern and support from the community. The church raised over $5,500 during this event and we have already paid off several medical bills. We are grateful and would like to thank everyone for their generosity. The Kerr Family 2) Lego Robotics Team Needs Your Votes Hi everyone! Preston's Lego Robotics team applied for a patent on a device they created to help mobility in Parkinson's patients. There is now a competition between Lego teams (that applied for a patent) to win $20,000 to develop that product. But to win, they must have the most votes. Would you please help Preston's team by voting for their project, the LaserBlazer, and by voting daily! Below is the note sent from their coach. Thanks! Susan Huffman The Bremen Botz! Lego robotics team developed a device this year that can help Parkinson's and other patients that experience mobility issues. We are currently involved in an online competition that could net the team $20,000 to further patent and develop our product. All that is needed from you is to visit the following website and press the vote button. You may only vote once per day, but you can vote everyday through the first week of March! (multiple machines connected to a single router will only get one vote). Vote from your desktop, cell phone, or even from open wireless connections at your favorite coffee shop. For us to win, we need your help. Consider changing the home page in your browser to remind you to vote every time you browse the net. VOTE HERE: http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org/teams/bremen-botz/submission/laser-blazer Thank you for your support and please pass this on to others! Thank you in advance for your support!!! Les Turner 3) Watch our web site!! We have decided to work on adding more content to our web site. Each week we will add some serious content, as well as something in a new category called - Random Fun Stuff (all family friendly). This week we've added a science contest for 5th – 8th graders here: http://www.hshub.org/Contests.html , info on two scholarships here: http://www.hshub.org/College_Scholarships.html , and this week the Fun Stuff is 2 improv videos – one that's a musical number and one that's a dance, here: http://www.hshub.org/Random_Fun_Stuff.html Also, please help support us every time you want to buy from Amazon. Go to www.hshub.org and click on the Amazon link on the left side of the home page. You will end up at the Amazon web site and we will get a small percentage of whatever you spend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO SHARE: Games based on Nobel-Prize winning discoveries http://nobelprize.org/educational/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS DONATE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS My friend, Hugo, wants to fill a cargo shipping container with musical instruments to take back to Chile with him in February. He has been here studying to get his Masters in Conducting at Andrews University. He has also been teaching a conversational Spanish class to local homeschoolers. He returns to a job conducting orchestra and choir, and teaching, at a university. He will have programs for younger students as well, and needs instruments for them. He is also working to raise $20,000 for a full set of bells, to start bell choirs for all ages. If you have an instrument you would be willing to donate please contact him. He will even take them if they are not in working condition, to use for repair parts. He lives near the university in southwest Michigan. If you are nearby, he will pick up the instrument(s). If you live a great distance from him, please box up your instrument and send it to him. He is a wonderful, giving person, and he will put the instruments to great use helping children. Contact him to arrange your donation of an instrument or money for the bells at: Hugo Caceras 269 240-8866 hugo@andrews.edu Thanks, Kathy Joyce Looking for a group? Join the HUB! There are several benefits of membership including a travel club and a resource library that includes things like books, games, laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB. The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Diane Day: joharding_20@yahoo.com or 269-445-1900. 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 many products. 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
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