EmPower Place

EmPower Place Summer Club sign ups have begun! This is a free summer program for 8-13 year olds that takes place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. You can sign up for a week at a time- picking the themes and activities that fit your child’s interests and schedule. Anyone wanting to participate must reserve a spot in advance- space is limited. For more information and to sign up, please visit this link (or use the QR code.)

https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/805094EA5A92AA7F49-63699535-empower?useFullSite=false

Only a few more Tuesdays of Early Learning time left before we take a break for the summer. If you have a 3-6 year old, come on by Tuesdays at 10:30 for stories, songs, and fun learning activities. 1720 Wyoming St in Missoula. Hope to see you there!

See you on Tuesday, friends!

This free book club is a great opportunity to connect with other caregivers. For more info and to sign up, check out this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094EA5A92AA7F49-63539969-parenting #/

If you’ve been to EmPower Place, you’ve probably met Pam, who loves art and mindfulness, and especially loves clay! She is so excited to bring this art and mindfulness workshop to kiddos. Ages 5+ are welcome. Caregivers are required to attend with children aged 5-8.

You can use the QR code or sign up using this link:

https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/805094EA5A92AA7F49-63252467-empower

In order to serve our community better, we have created a monthly newsletter!

We have found that not all of our information fits on our calendar, and when we make little flyers for everything we have information out there but it’s not all in one place. Our newsletter will focus on communicating about all the resources, activities, and events…all in one, easy to find spot. We will also share about our staff, give book or recipe recommendations, or other fun things when space allows. But our goal is to have everything on one page- so whether you’re viewing online, or grabbing one in EmPower Place, there isn’t too much information to sort through. On the back you’ll find our calendar and list of events for the month.

If you would like to receive this directly to your inbox each month so you don’t miss anything, you can subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/missoulafoodbank/vmqce7jzc4

Spring break is here- which means kids eat free all week! We are open 10am-6pm on M/T/Th and 10am-1pm W/F.

Here are some links to our upcoming programs and to sign up for our new monthly newsletter!

Newsletter sign up: https://mailchi.mp/missoulafoodbank/vmqce7jzc4

Mindful Art Clay Workshop with Pam: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094EA5A92AA7F49-63252467-empower #/

Pokémon tournament: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094EA5A92AA7F49-63164570-empower #/

It’s teddy bear sleepover time in EmPower Place! Our stuffie friends are going to have a blast sleeping over, exploring the building, getting into mischief, and making new friends with other stuffies!

Bring your stuffed animal friends to EmPower Place on Thursday, do some fun activities, leave them for the night, and come back Friday morning to for breakfast (pancakes and ice cream!), stories, and a slideshow sharing what kind of shenanigans they got into!

We are located at 1720 Wyoming St. we are open M T Th 10am-6pm. And W F 10am-1pm.

Our monthly calendar gives you an idea of what kind of fun is happening each month. In addition to our regular programming (a special art project with Pam each Monday, early learning with Amber every Tuesday morning- even when it’s not in the calendar, science with spectrUM and Tiny Tales with the library, silly story time with Kevin on Friday…) we also have awesome special activities every Monday. This week we had green eggs and ham and other Dr Seuss themed fun. Next week we are doing a teddy bear sleepover. Then we have SpongeBob week, which will include a SpongeBob cooking class!

And of course stop in any time just to play and hang out.

EmPower Place is free and open to the community for children and caregivers to come by to play, learn, build community, and eat some food.

We are open M T Th 10am-6pm. W F 10am-1pm. Meals are served after school on M T and Th, or all day on days MCPS doesn’t have school.

Early Learning is a time for kiddos who are preschool/kindergarten aged to get together for stories, songs, themed activities, and connection. Themed activities might include art, games, science, building, inventions, and more! Come learn and play with us!

This month on the docket we have Black history month (this week)
Feb 10th: a valentine theme
Feb 17th: lunar new year
Feb 24th: we will be doing Ada Twist Scientist!

Empower Place is a free walk in play place for families. It is a partnership between spectrUM Discovery Area, Missoula Public Library, and Missoula Food Bank and Community Center. Children aged five and under need to always be accompanied by a caregiver. But children over the age of five may play while caregivers shop next door. Empower Place is open to everyone.