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Parent to Parent of Whatcom County
Parent to Parent is a support program that provides emotional and informational support to parents of children with a variety of special needs, developmental delays and disabilities. The core value of Parent to Parent is to help parents during an emotionally stressful time and to provide ongoing support in the future through a one-on-one connection with another parent. Our local Whatcom County chapter has been operating since the 1980s.
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Meet Moms at MOMS Clubs in Whatcom County
Starting a new phase in your life as an at-home mom can take some getting used to, especially if you’re also new to the area. A great resource for at-home moms in Whatcom County is MOMS Club. The first MOMS Club of Whatcom County began in the summer of 1999 and split into two chapters, North Bellingham and South Bellingham, in 2001. A Ferndale chapter formed in 2003 to reach even more moms in north Whatcom County.
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Library Hopes for 500 New Card Holders
The Lynden Library’s “Best Place to Begin: First Grade Library Card Campaign” kicks off September 1st. Nationally, one out of five children is reading impaired by the time he reaches fourth grade. This campaign will help get library card into the life of every first grader in the Lynden Library service area. That’s approximately five hundred kids in twenty five classrooms spread among five public and private school districts.
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Calling All Experts
As we’ve mentioned before, what makes Neighborhood-Kids.com different from other parenting websites is our emphasis on our local Bellingham and greater Whatcom County community. We also keep our content locally-based by featuring Bloggers and Authors who live in Bellingham, so they can speak specifically to raising kids and resources for parents in our community. We would like to invite other experts to add their voice to this website.
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Parents Can Exchange Ideas on the Forum
We added the Neighborhood-Kids.com Forum a few months ago, and we’re excited about its ability to get parents actively involved with this site and with each other. Whether you’re seeking parenting tips or just looking for a laugh over funny kid stories, the Forum is the first place to check. Let's look at all the different ways that we believe the Forum can be a fun and useful resource for parents in Bellingham and Whatcom County.
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Homepage Elements with You in Mind
As with most websites, a lot of thought and time went into designing “the look” of Neighborhood-Kids.com. We wanted an attractive and easy-to-use layout that would include many useful features directly on the Homepage, like our latest Article and links to our Local Bloggers. There are two other Homepage elements that we’d like to direct your attention to this week: the Tip of the Day and Art in You.
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Mother and Entrepreneur Delivers Milk to Your Door
Imagine trying to raise a family, finishing a Master's degree in Public and Community Health, and starting up not just one but two businesses in the same year. Most people would be intimidated to undertake just one of those endeavors, let alone all of them at once. But that’s just what Amanda Werchan did. In March, she launched Eco Milk Delivery, bringing fresh milk, bread, and other goods to Bellingham homes by bike.
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Whatcom County Girl Scouts and Their Famous Cookies
If you’ve visited a Haggen, Starbucks, or even Best Buy over the past two weekends, you’re probably aware that the annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale is on across Whatcom County and the rest of the country. But you might not know that the Cookie Sale coincides with the anniversary of this organization for American girls, or that the second week of March is celebrated as National Girl Scout Week.
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My Trip to Tennessee
A few weeks ago, we got to learn about Bellingham storyteller Maya Norton and her upcoming trip to the National Youth Storytelling Showcase in Tennessee. Maya, a teller at the 2006 Bellingham Storytellers Guild Tellebration, was selected as one of only four middle school age finalists for the Showcase. We’re happy to have a personal account from Maya about her experience at the Festival.
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Local Youth Storyteller to Tell in Tennessee
The after-school hobbies of Maya Norton, a 12-year-old homeschooler and Bellingham resident, are similar to many kids. She enjoys athletic events, like gymnastics and swimming, and she is also interested in creative pursuits, like art and singing. But Maya participates in one activity that’s not so common for most pre-teens: she is a storyteller. Her skills have qualified her to compete in the National Youth Storytelling Showcase in Tennessee this month.
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Contributions from Users Like You
We wanted to highlight the community atmosphere inherent in this site, which is why we named it Neighborhood-Kids.com. Just as you would seek out other parents in your literal neighborhood, we hope to bring parents together through this online community. We encourage all users to become Community Members. By creating a User Login, you can participate on our site in a variety of ways.
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It Started With an Idea
Welcome to Neighborhood-Kids.com, a new online community dedicated to keeping parents connected and up-to-date on kid-friendly activities and resources available in Bellingham, WA. As you begin to explore our articles, we wanted to give you some background on this website and how it came into existence. Rusty, Heather, and John, the creative team behind Neighborhood-Kids.com, are web designers and developers who had an idea for a site of their own.
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Bellingham: A City of Active Kids and Parents
It’s hard to narrow down just what makes Bellingham, the City of Subdued Excitement, such a special place to live. Many citizens enjoy our location's natural beauty, while others appreciate the strong sense of community here. One compliment consistently paid to our little town is that Bellingham is a great place to raise children. And that’s exactly what sets Neighborhood-Kids.com apart from other parenting websites: an emphasis on raising kids in our unique community.