Northampton/Hadley Family Connection

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This Saturday, June 13th from 9am-2pm is the Northampton Parents Center annual tag sale fundraiser! 220 Main Street, Northampton. Pay by donation!

bikes-toys-books! household items! clothes + shoes!

Our Northampton High School Key Club is hosting a Community Necessity Drive! Key Club volunteers are essential to supporting our NHFC programming by assisting with childcare. Please consider donating to their drive boxes at NHS or the Hampshire Regional YMCA by June 14th.

Items needed:
Men’s underwear, shirts, and pants
Feminine hygiene products
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Blankets

Looking for some caregiving support? Come see how Self-Care and Collective Care can work for you. Still room for tomorrow's Mom Parts Salon! $30/participant. RSVP: [email protected]

We're getting excited about June and the beginning of Summer Reading! As you may have noticed, this year's theme is "Plant a Seed, Read!" - perfect for our community. Our Summer Reading Kickoff Party will be on June 13th, from 10 am to 2:30 pm, beginning with morning visits from tractors & Boomer (mascot for the Springfield Thunderbirds), followed by lively fun in the afternoon, led by Trevor the Gamesman, to close out Summer Reading's opening day! We'll have delicious snacks & a chance to vote for the three Tuesday afternoon movies we'll show this summer!

Here are some other highlights for this month (as always, check the Events Calendar at hadleypubliclibrary.org for more information & to sign up):

For the adults:
* 6/3 at 7 pm: Oops! All Animals! Improv Comedy Show returns to delight us!
* 6/8 at 4:30: Visible Mending: learn techniques for patch up those holes or just come in to work on a fiber project
* 6/20 at 1 pm: the Hadley Historical Society presents Oxbow since Thomas Cole, a talk by local author Thomas Moldover

For kids:
* Pajama Story time two times this month: 6/1 and 6/29, both at 6 pm
* 6/22 at 5:30 pm is the first of our Lively Fun on Mondays, with Trevor the Gamesman!
* 6/23 through 6/26 from 2 to 3 pm, we have a week of S.T.E.A.M. with Buildwave®
* 6/23 will also be the start of our Tuesday Summer Reading Celebrity Storytimes, beginning at 10:30 am with our first celebrity: Alex from Hadley Media!

And for everyone:
* 6/27 at 10:30 am: Family Yoga!
* 6/30 at 2 pm: a Summer Movie that works with this year's theme - title to be voted on at the Kickoff Party!

Do you have a current or rising NPS student with an IEP or 504 plan? Join our SEPAC Play date at JSS next week on June 3rd! Connect with other families enjoy some snacks, and learn more about the Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC

End of year fun and summer playgroup with our friends at Northampton Parents Center! Join us!

It’s back! Our annual Community Baby Shower this Saturday, May 30th from 9:30-11:30 am. FREE! Resources, baby gear, raffle prizes…ALL FREE! Perfect for expectant families and those with children under two years old.

Our regularly scheduled programming with Northampton/Hadley Family Connection is wrapping up for the school year. Don’t miss out! •Tuesday, 5/26: Family Game Time at Forbes •Tuesday Playgroup at Hadley Public Library: last day 6/9 •Caregiver Cafe at Jackson St. School: 6/2. Get more information: bit.ly/ECCpresents