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Register today for our session “Your Family’s Mental Health in a Divided World”
with well-known North Shore counselor Laurie Pasch
Click here to register for May 13 Salon
Be a Volunteer for HIPPY Family Gathering Nights
At monthly Family Gathering Nights, NCJW volunteers help children ages 2-5 (and their parents and siblings) with art and science projects, games, and other activities, serve dinner, read to children, etc. It is truly a fun and rewarding volunteer opportunity every second Monday from 5-7pm during the school year, at COA’s Riverwest Center, 909 E Garfield Avenue.
The final regular Family Gathering Night in 2025 is on Monday, April 14, 2025.
The Special Year-End Family Gathering Night will be on Monday, May 5, and it is an Outdoor Carnival to celebrate the end of the year — All hands welcome to join us and help the families have a great night!!
Graduation will follow on Saturday, May 17. More info on the Graduation Celebration to come
For information and to RSVP contact Margie Margolies (margie@margolies.com)
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), a program of COA Youth and Family Centers, is a parent involvement, school-readiness program that helps parents prepare their two-, three-, and four-year old children for success in school and beyond.
Peer mentors provide parents with a set of carefully developed curriculum including books and materials designed to strengthen their children’s cognitive skills, early literacy skills, and social/emotional and physical development.
Parents and children read, play, and learn together every day in their homes and at monthly HIPPY Family Gathering Nights. Learn more about HIPPY here.
HIPPY empowers parents as the primary educators of their children in the home, and fosters parent involvement in school and community life. HIPPY families are more involved in their childrens’ schools and in their communities even after they finish the program, and their children are more successful in school!