Join CAFFA for some Summer Fun!
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Please join CAFFA at the Oak Brook Aquatic Center for a private pool party. We will have exclusive use of the indoor facility. Lifeguards will be present but adult supervision is required. CAFFA members and their friends and families are welcome.
Enjoy pizza, beverages and dessert.
We hope you join us!
When: Saturday, August 7, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Where: Oak Brook Aquatic Center
1450 Forest Gate Road
Oak Brook, IL
Admission: $10 per family (members)
$20 per family (non-members)
Register: Pre-registration is required, see below.
For questions, please email
social@caffa.org or call our voice mail at 1.708.79ADOPT
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CAFFA fun event at Flying High Gymnastics
Please join Chicago Area Families For Adoption (CAFFA) for a day of jumping and climbing at Flying High Gymnastics. We will have exclusive use of the facility. Please wear gym-friendly attire and maybe even pack an extra shirt for the kids. Parents are required to supervise their children during the event. Anyone who plans on participating in gym activities (including adults) will have to complete a non-member waiver. CAFFA members and their friends are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
When: Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 1:15pm to 3:15pm
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CAFFA
Holiday Tree Trimming
Party at Brookfield Zoo
CAFFA will once again participate in the Community Tree Trimming Event
at Brookfield Zoo. This is a terrific opportunity to enjoy kinship in
the adoptive community and celebrate National Adoption Awareness month
with our children. We traditionally decorate our tree with pictures of
our families that have been converted to ornaments. Our tree tends to
be a "showstopper" - who can resist looking at all those beautiful
faces?!
When:
Sunday, November 22nd
Time:
2:00PM-3:30PM
Tree Location:
Tree #64, East Mall
Admission: Free
CAFFA
gratefully acknowledges Amy & Gabi Gosselin for sponsoring our tree
at
the Brookfield Zoo Community Tree Trim event--a heartfelt thank you to
both of you for making this event possible!
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Parenting with Love & Logic
Presented by Kelvin Gott
Sunday, September 27th, 1.p.m. – 4.p.m.
Kelvin
Gott is a teacher, coach, consultant and presenter with over 30 years
of experience. Married for 27 years and the father of four, his
dynamic style and humorous approach to presenting the Love & Logic
message make him an effective, highly sought after consultant, key
note presenter, and facilitator for parents, schools, leadership/youth
conferences and businesses throughout the Midwest.
Parenting
with Love & Logic is time tested approach to the challenging tasks
of modern parenting. In this presentation, Kelvin will offer thoughts
for facing power struggles and control battles, raising responsible
children, getting the chores done and finishing your day with energy to
spare.
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CAFFA
Annual Summer Event
When: August 8, 2009 6pm
to 8pm
Where: Oak Brook IL Family Aquatic Center
The Aquatic Center is rented exclusively to CAFFA
for this event. The Family
Aquatic Center offers many special features for the entire family,
including a leisure pool with a 105 foot long spiral water slide, gradual
beach-like entry with a maximum depth of four feet, water play features
and a rapid water
channel.
Pizza & beverages will be served, and there will be plenty of
space, "poolside", for our non-swimmers, to still enjoy community with
one another.
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CAFFA's Garage Sale Fundraiser
Friday & Saturday, May 1&2, 2009
A
hearty thank you to the following individuals who donated goods &
services:
- Lynne
Fuller - La Grange - merchandise
- Nicole
Hohmann - Evanston - Merchandise
- Farmer
Tom Macatee - tables and merchandise
- Suzy
McNally - tables
- Robbie
OShea and friends - merchandise
Thanks
to their generosity, CAFFA was able to raise sufficient monies to fund
social and educational events planned for 2009.
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CAFFA's Parenting Through Adoption Conference
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Keynote speaker: Jayne Schooler - view her keynote address below.
This was CAFFA's 19th full day conference
and offered a wide selection of workshop topics geared toward pre-and
post-adoptive parents, birthparents, foster parents and professionals
in adoption.
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