MOMS Club® of Sumner/Bonney Lake, Washington: August 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Recipe Group ~ Jello Theme

Each month we host a Recipe Group activity. This activity is enjoyed by members who enjoy cooking (and eating), are looking to acquire new recipes and spend some time visiting. A theme is chosen each month as a guideline for foods, we all create a dish and bring it to Recipe Group along with copies of the recipe to share. It is a fun, well attended activity each month!

This month the theme was Jello brand products (pudding, jello, cheesecake, etc)... a sweet day indeed! We were fortunate to enjoy several wonderful dessert items such as Butterscotch Lush Pie, Cookies, Coffee Cheesecake, Cream Puffs, Lemon Lush, Berry Pie and more. So many wonderful treats enjoy by so many wonderful friends!

Breakfast at The Hangar Inn

Wednesday morning we met up for our monthly Breakfast Club gathering at the Hangar Inn at the Pierce County Airport. The view was wonderful for the kiddos and adults. As we enjoyed an amazing breakfast (good food) a couple of planes landed and took off, gassed up and moved about. It was really neat entertainment while we visited. Afterwards we headed outside the deck and watch some helicopters land and another do a touch down landing. These were all military choppers. It was a really neat time, a 'must do again' soon!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Northwest Trek

This week we had an amazing turn out for Northwest Trek. I think coordinating this with finishing up the summer reading programs throughout town with the kids earning free passes - combined with moms sharing various Entertainment Book coupons and zoo tickets - really helped to make this an affordable outing for all!

We started out with a wonderful tram ride where we were fortunate enough to see all the animals in the free range area - including all four moose! The kids all did a great job on this hour long tram tour. For some this was there very first time and they had a great time!

After lunch we kind of broke up in to smaller groups according to what people wanted to see and enjoyed the park area. The outing to Northwest Trek was wonderful, the kids had fun and the moms all seemed pretty thrilled too! A success for sure!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Pacific Science Center

This week a small group of us met up at the Pacific Science Center for a morning of fun. The kids all really enjoyed their journey through the center as they played, explored and learned along the way!

We all enjoyed a dinosaur exhibit, a children's presentation in the planetarium, bugs galore, many machines full of buttons and gadgets (perfect for any child), out door water fun and more!!! The high light though was the beautiful butterfly garden - amazing for sure!!!

A wonderful time was had by all!

About Us

Welcome to the MOMS Club of Sumner-Bonney Lake, Washington! We are a local chapter that is part of the international www.momsclub.org non-profit support group specifically aimed at supporting moms who choose to stay at home with their children, including those who work out of their homes, as well as those who work part-time. We provide an opportunity for you to meet new moms, get and share advice, learn about your community, enjoy fun activities for your children and for yourself. MOMS Club is about you, and what fits into your life. We are unique in that we welcome children at all our activities. Most activities are held during the day.

Nationally, the MOMS Club has over 2,000+ chapters and 100,000 members. Please take a few minutes to check out our website. If you have any questions about our club, or are interested in joining please contact us at.

We currently have 40 or so members.
For membership information or questions contact our Membership VP, Liberty at maizeydaizey@hotmail.com

We are a very active group. We have 2-3 activities planned per week. We also have playgroups that meet each week. When you join you will receive our monthly newsletter which along with other goodies will have our calendar for the month, and descriptions of each activity as well as who to contact for each activity. Each activity has a contact person (usually whoever has planned it) to RSVP to, and who will be at the activity. Any member can be a host/contact for an activity. The more members that add activities to our calendar the more activities there are.

Along with activities we also have a few groups that any member is welcome to attend:

-Recipe Club

-Walking Group

-Knit/Crochet/Craft Groups

Mom’s Night Out: We have a Mom’s night out once a month (generally child-free). It is a great opportunity for just the moms to get together, and take a break from life for a few hours. Mom’s night out can be as simple as game night at someone’s house, a friendly game of bowling, a movie, dinner, or a craft night.

Service Projects: Because the MOMS Club is a non-profit organization each year we are required to do one service project that gives back to our communities, and benefits families, or children in some way. Many of the MOMS Clubs do much more than one service project a year With so many opportunities out there to give back, and to share with others. Examples of some of the service projects we have done, or are currently doing are:

-Adopting a family at the holidays

-Collecting, and donating clothes, toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc. to Exodus Housing– a shelter in Sumner that provides for women and children.

-Assembling Emergency Room kits at our local hospital for kids when they come into the E.R. either as a patient, or, with a friend/family member. The kits have crayons, stickers, and coloring pages.

-Donating funds to The Mother To Mother fund. The Mother To Mother Fund was set up by MOMS Club International after the big earthquake in California that adversely affected several MOMS Club members. Financial help was given to these families from funds donated by chapters all over the U.S. The fund became established shortly after that. The fund provides help for MOMS Club members in situations such as in California. Since the fund began it has helped many families in crisis.