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To celebrate our fundraising success, Oliver the pig received and honorary kiss and check for $1585 to the LOCAL Red Cross Chapter specifically to be used for area families. |
American Red Cross Junior Heroes Fundraiser Campaign 2008 We were so excited to accept the challenge from our local chapter of the American Red Cross to inspire our readers to raise money for their Junior Heroes campaign. Imagine your entire home filled with memories and mementos suddenly burned to the ground. Taking a little bit of time to raise funds and reach out to local families in need was absolutely something we could do to help. Through email promotions and the hard work of our team leaders who reached out to their friends and neighbors, we raised $1585! We’ve announced the winners of our campaign sponsor prizes - check them out here. |
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Family Safety Day April 26, 2008 We enjoyed meeting over 1000 families who attended this event to receive complimentary bike helmets and rotate through numerous child safety stations, games and activities. At our booth, we provided a quick Bike Safety Quiz and had stickers and magnets for all who stopped by. Parents received a free Child ID Safety Kit courtesy of Halford Insurance Agency. Many thanks to Allison Klint, Maya Borksi and Rebecca Carter for volunteering at this FUN event! |
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Capitol Radio Group KidsFest February 23, 2008 This first what we hope to be annual indoor kids event was a fun way to spend a dreary winter weekend day! Springfield Moms provided a free craft and provided area community information to all parents who stopped by. Kids enjoyed stickers and the chance to win a Family Fun Pack courtesy of Springfield Moms. Kids enjoyed a bounce house, snacks, reading corner, an American Girl fashion show and lots of informational stations. |
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The winners and their age groups are as follows: More Photos
Age Group 3-4:
Age Group 5-7:
Age Group 8-14:
Judges Ann Frescura who works as the Marketing and Events Coordinator for Downtown Springfield Inc. and Paulette Adams, a local artist from Springfield had a hard choice since all of the kids did a great job!
Many thanks to Jimi Adeniyi and his wonderful staff at JimiArt Gallery for putting on a wonderful reception for all entrants and winners.
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1st Annual Children's Art Contest in Partnership with JimiArt Gallery November 14, 2007 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST ANNUAL CHILDREN’S ART CONTEST SPONSORED BY SPRINGFIELD MOMS AND JimiArt GALLERY Springfield, IL. – The winners of the first annual Children’s Art Contest were announced and honored at a reception held at JimiArt Gallery on November 14th. More than 100 participants from Springfield and the surrounding communities submitted artwork. The contest was open to children between the ages of 3 and 18, with separate categories broken down by age. JimiArt Gallery owner Jimi Adeniyi tailored the contest around the theme “What Makes You Happy?” and all participants received a special artist ribbon and a 10% discount off any purchase in the gallery.
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Congratulations to the 2007 Winners! More Photos Ages 0-2: Glen Aden Ausit “The Broken Toilet” and Maddux Miers “The UPS Delivery Truck” Ages 3-6: Nicolina Caponigeo “The Bunch of Tootsie Pops” and Lucca Marchioro “The Candy O’Meter Robot” Ages 7-12: Joie McLaughlin of Springfield “The Picnic Table” and Evan Yates “The Vending Machine” |
3rd Annual Kids Costume Contest at Halloween at the Market October 27, 2007 We partnered with Downtown Springfield, Inc. again to host the 3rd Annual Kids Costume Contest at the Farmer’s Market. We had over 110 entrants! Thank you to BABIES “R” Us Store Promotions Coordinator Jerissa McCracken for providing free pumpkin painting and coloring fun for the kids. Thank you to Babies R Us for donating gift cards to our winners in the 0-2 and 3-6 age group AND to Springfield Moms for the Toys R Us gift cards for the 7-12 age group. ALL age group winners also received an assortment of books from Barnes & Noble. Thank you to the wonderful volunteers of SpringfieldMoms for working our booth and registration area. Maya Borski, Jennifer Dillman, Dawn Diveley, Vicky Hall, Julie Kaiser, Melissa Rollins, Carrie Sluga, Michelle Villere. Thank you judges Bob Murray of WTAX NewsRadio, Victoria Clemons & Ann Frescura from Downtown Springfield Inc. There was so much creativity out there, it was very hard to choose! The canine contest sponsored by Illinois Humane followed our contest-- the furry friends were just as cute. Save the date for next year, October 25th, 2008. |
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Blues & BBQ with Downtown Springfield, Inc. August 25, 2007 Families enjoyed a variety of BBQ delights and authentic Blues music in this popular summertime wrap-up event! Springfield Moms partnered with WSEC our local PBS affiliate to host a Kids Area Tent. From Noon until 5:00 p.m., Springfield Moms volunteers provided creative kids crafts, including make your BBQ Piggy Magnet and metallic stampers. WSEC provided free books, more crafts and a visit from Curious George. Thanks to Maya Borski for her creative ideas and volunteer time, and to Janice Marvel and Danielle Bantner for working the booth as well. We also passed out community info, provided a diaper changing station, and prizes. |
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June 8th, 2007 Springfield Moms joined The Back and Joint Center and the Capitol Radio Group for a fun-filled day of free food, prize giveaways including free season tickets to the Illini Football Games! The Parent Place was also on hand sharing community information as well as Springfield Moms. It was a HOT day, but we made it fun! Thanks to Capitol Radio Group for the great tunes throughout the day! |
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The AirEvan landing was a hit with the kids! |
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WSEC’s Fun Time Station February 10th, 2007 |
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Hundreds of area families attended WSEC’s FunTime Station at the Orr Building; it was a great success! Families left the frigid cold weather to spend the day exploring The Magic of Reading. Kids enjoyed over 25 play stations filled with arts, crafts, and creative explorations. Families enjoyed entertainment, a play area, snack bar and visits from Clifford the Dog, Curious George, Twinkles the Clown and the APL shelter animals. | |
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Memorial Medical Center’s Festival of Trees November 18-26, 2006 |
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SpringfieldMoms.org was proud to take part in “A Time to Celebrate” Memorial’s 17th Annual Festival of Trees at the Orr Building November 18-26, 2006. Proceeds from this annual holiday treat benefit Memorial’s Foundation. It’s the perfect kick-off to your holiday season. 145 beautifully decorated trees & wreaths, a gingerbread village, entertainment, a photo with Santa, and a train ride the kids will love. Springfield Moms decorated a 7-foot led by designers Allison Klint, Maya Borski and Michele Tungett. | |
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Child Safety Event at Babies R Us September 10, 2006 |
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Springfieldmoms.org joined area businesses to share information on keeping our children safe. We gave away Child Safety Coloring Books & a CARS movie care package. The Springfield Police Department offered free digital fingerprinting, and Springfield Moms distributed a variety of community resource information from the Red Cross, our local hospitals and social service agencies. | |
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October 28, 2006, 2nd Annual Kid's Costume Contest at the Halloween at the Farmer's Market |
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We partnered with Downtown Springfield, Inc. again to host the 2nd Annual Kids Costume Contest at the very fun Halloween at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday October 28th, 2006. Thank you to DSI’s Megan Derrig-Green providing the tents, tables, registration materials and publicity posters and fliers for this event! Thank you to BABIES "R" Us Store Promotions Coordinator Jerissa McCracken for preparing over 100 of EACH of the following crafts for all kids who attended: pumpkin-shaped salt dough ornaments, paint your own mini-pumpkin and make your own spiders! Despite the chilly morning weather, the sun broke through and we had over 100 kids in the contest! |
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April 29, 2006 14th Annual Earth Awareness Fair at the Illinois State Fairgrounds |
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Springfield Moms
partnered with the City of Springfield to take part in this fun, educational
and free event.
At our booth, we collected Used/Broken Crayons, Old Eyeglasses, Old Cell Phones/Chargers (donated to Sojourn Women’s Shelter), Used Printer/Toner Cartridges (donated to Habitat for Humanity and the Animal Protective League) and Old Towels/Blankets for the Animal Protective League to keep the animals cages comfortable! We also registered new readers for the website and shared family-oriented community information. Many thanks to Kathi Davis for coordinating our booth and to Audrie Haag, Lisa Barutcu, Noel Scott and Kim Little for working shifts. |
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March 31, 2006 Kids Craft Area at Sangamon Auditorium Family Series Show |
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Springfield Moms volunteers coordinated a variety of free kids
crafts tied to the story themes of the Mermaid Theatre of Nova
Scotia’s Performance of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar and More”
at Sangamon Auditorium.
We made caterpillar critter pencils, beaded caterpillars, and
cotton ball clouds. The crafts were funded by St. John’s Children's Hospital, and all families got to take home their
crafts and a family goodie bag.
www.kimberlysmootphotography.com gave away a $300 portrait
package to a lucky Springfield Moms reader, Becky Stotz. Many thanks to the volunteers at Sangamon Auditorium for helping out in the craft area and also to our volunteers Michele Tungett, Audrie Haag, Dawn Diveley, Maya Borski, Lisa Whelpley & Kim Little for your assistance at this event. |
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Babies R' Us is a great partner with SpringfieldMoms.org Through their BabyFest events and special store events and seminars, they help distribute SpringfieldMoms.org brochures to reach many new families. We enjoy meeting new families in person to share the value of what is on the website and to meet new readers who want to volunteer and help us grow! | |
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Thank you for attending! We had 120 kids in the Costume Contest and met a lot of our readers as well as numerous new families. A great time was had by all! The weather was perfect and the dog costume contest was very entertaining too!
Illini Bank gave a $50 savings bond to
the following six winners! THANK you to our volunteers for the October 29th Halloween at the Market: Kathi, Mahalia & Cienna Davis, Audrie Haag, Jill, David & Michael McClelland, Kelli Nyre, Julie Kaiser, Kim Little & Tanya DeSanto. |
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September 24, 2005 Farmers’ Fall Festival |
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Our first partnership with Downtown Springfield Inc, Springfield Moms provided a new family-friendly booth at their popular Farmer’s Market Fall Festival. We passed out family bags of goodies, coupons, magnets, etc. The diaper station was fully intact, and the kids’ craft area was booming! You can read from the reader comment below that it was all well worth the time and effort to do this! The Shriner’s Parade followed the festival and was a big hit with the kids.
"I just wanted to give everyone at SpringfieldMoms.org "a big pat on the back"! My daughter painted a pumpkin and my son made a bag and a book mark! What a great idea it was to have something for the kids to do while waiting/watching the parade!!! We had a great time and a relief from our normal hectic routine! If you ever need a volunteer to assist with these great events please feel free to ask! Thanks again for the pleasure and enjoyment with my children in public!" Colby Vail
THANK you to our volunteers: Allison Klint, Amy McFadden, Michele Tungett, Dawn Diveley, Rosemary Leistner, Kathi Davis, Kim Little, Justin Blandford from the Old State Capitol Foundation & several of the OSC staff. |
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