Cranford Calendar
Visit your local Lightbridge Academy during Open House Week from October 14th – October 18th. If you enroll for the first time during the week of the Open House, you will also receive one week free! The Solution for Working Parents offers programs for infants, toddlers and Pre-K students. The center has Seedlings Early Childhood Education Curriculum in addition to sign language, music, Spanish, and STEM education. Lightbridge Academy has interactive whiteboard and iPad technology in addition to offering families ParentView Internet Monitoring and a Parent eCommunication app to stay connected all day long. There is also an extended day schedule, large outdoor play areas and state-of-the-art security systems. Learn more by visiting our website.
Join us on October 19th, 2019 for the 21st Annual Red Ribbon Day and Drug Prevention Walk! Our event is a countywide kickoff celebrating Red Ribbon Drug Prevention Week throughout Union County. Red Ribbon is celebrated locally and nationally to increase awareness and support for substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Join us the day of and walk to prevent drug abuse. Immediately following the Walk we will kick off our Family Fun Day with many activities for kids and informational health exhibitors.
Bring the KIDS to The Chelsea at Fanwood for Pumpkin Decorating!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
EVERYTHING IS SUPPLIED!
RSVP BY OCT. 21, 908-654-5200. LIMITED SEATING.
Cranford 2019 Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Chunkin’
1:00 pm Gathering & Registration (Cranford Community Center Parking Lot)
1:30 pm Judging
2:00 pm Parade
2:30 pm Pumpkin Chunkin (Gazebo at Fire Department)
Awards to follow
Here2Help Mental Health Coalition Announces 3nd Library Forum: Connecting with your Teen: Difficult Conversations and Setting Boundaries
The Fanwood-Scotch Plains-Westfield Here 2 Help Mental Health Coalition will offer its third library forum aimed at providing useful information regarding common stress and anxiety concerns. The presentation will be held on Wednesday, October 30 from 7:00-8:30pm at the Westfield Memorial Library, 550 East Broad Street.
As a parent or guardian of a teenager, do you struggle to find a way to connect? Are you looking for ways to elicit answers to questions that contain more than one word? Are you trying to find strategies to handle difficult conversations and situations? At Here2Help’s 3rd library event Connecting with your Teen: Difficult Conversations and Setting Boundaries, our experts will identify parenting styles, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and provide empirical research about outcomes. Angelo D’Amico, M.A., LAMFT from High Focus Centers in Cranford will discuss and lead a panel of experts about setting healthy boundaries, detaching with love and empathic support.
Originally organized by the Westfield and Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCAs, the mission of the Here2Help Mental Health Coalition is to improve community awareness and understanding of mental health issues through education, basic skills training and resource information and to help break down barriers that prevent people from seeking care. Coalition members include Caring Contact, High Focus Centers, Imagine, Jewish Family Service, Prevention Links, Resolve Community Counseling Center, representatives of area school districts, municipalities, clergy and other concerned citizens and organizations. Information about Here2Help can be found at www.here2helpnj.org and on their Facebook page, here2helpnj. Both are filled with timely and important mental health-related resource information.
Admission is free, seating is limited. Please register at https://H2Hlibrarymentalhealthforum.eventbrite.com
For more information on Here 2 Help, please contact Bonnie Cohen, [email protected], 908-301-9622 x240 or Tracy Crane, [email protected], 908-889-8880 x116.
Please join us for the SIXTH ANNUAL BAS/OAS Fall 5K and Fun Run! This family-fun event raises money for both Bloomingdale Avenue (K-2) and Orange Avenue (3-8) Schools in Cranford!
Multi-Sensory Small Group Reading Program for children ages 5 & 6. Taught by Nicole Caggiano, MA. $250.00 for 6 weeks. Starts November 7, 4:15-5:15. Call 908.272.3400 to register.
