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Mothers & More: Local and National

One of the ways that Mothers & More is a truly unique mom's group is the many resources we have for our members--both locally and nationally.

Locally

Every month, our chapter organizes a variety of activities to support, entertain and engage you-the caregiver.

Chapter Meetings:

We come together for evening meetings to build friendships, learn from one another, and share the joys, triumphs and hardships of motherhood. Our meetings typically occur the second Wednesday at every month at Merrill Gardens Retirement Home in Mill Creek. Meetings are generally for moms only, but babies age six months and younger are welcome. We have a great mix of meetings featuring speakers (both members and non-members), social “get-to-know-each-other” meetings, and group discussions.

Our mission guides our programming to encompass a wide variety of topics such as:

• Personal Identity

• Career Paths, paid and volunteer

• Personal Relationships

• Financial Literacy

• And More!

We try to organize meeting topics around a variety of topics, that include but aren't limited to parenting and mothering.

Moms Night Out:

Mom’s Night Out is an event just with the mom in mind. The last Friday or Saturday of each month, we meet for dinner at a local restaurant, a movie at one of several area theaters, or go out together for some other social activity. Mom’s Night Out is a great opportunity to get out, enjoy the company. Sometimes we really need that date on the calendar to get us out the door!

Playgroups:

One a week, a member hosts a multi-age playgroup in their home or meets out and about at a community pool, museum or play cafe. Our summer park play date series has been going for four years now. In the Pacific Northwest, you need to take advantage of the sun! Once a month, we try to hold a weekend or evening playdate. Also, members also use our message boards to spontaneously meet up when they need some adult conversation.

Family Activities:

Summer BBQ, Halloween Party, Easter Party, we host several gathering throughout the year to bring the whole family together.

Coffee Night:

We meet on the third Tuesday each month for Coffee Night at the Spotted Cow at Mill Creek Towne Center where there is a play area for the kids while moms enjoy chatting and ice cream, coffee or a glass of wine.

Special Interest Groups (scrap n' yap, weight loss moms):

These groups meet once a month in members' homes to connect on topics of special interest to our members. We start new interest groups all time when three or more members show an interest in starting a new group.

Mothers' Retreat:

Once a year, we escape for an overnight where we can reconnect with ourselves. Planned activities are limited so that members can pursue interests of their choice. But we always make sure that the food is good and the company is better. Activities of previous retreats have included nature walks, campfire, personal strength workshop, scrapbooking, sewing, knitting, creative writing, and board games.

TLC:

Sometimes being a mom is tough; that's why we have a team dedicated to supporting our members when they need a little extra help. The TLC Team coordinates all kinds of support activities to facilitate our members helping each other during times of stress. We’ve brought meals, flowers, cards and more when a member mom is in need due to a pregnancy, new baby, illness, emergency, or any other event that would leave a mom and/or family needing a helping hand. TLC programs include: Meals to New Moms; Mystery Moms Program (like secret santa throughout the year); and Mentor Moms (pairing new members with established members to help introduce you to the group.)

Advocacy and Community Service:

We let our members know about policies that impact mothers such as the state's new family leave act and organize community outreach activities like food drives and collecting clothes for Dress for Success.

Web site Community:

In our Web site forums, we discuss our rants and raves and give each other ideas for how to manage our kids from potty training to preschool; from discipline to first kisses; we arrange spontaneous play dates and borrow gear from one another. Any time you want to talk, the group is only a click away.

Nationally

Mothers & More serves more than 7,500 mothers in the U.S. and beyond through a network of 125 chapter across the United States. The organization champions the value and necessity of all mothers' work to our society - paid and unpaid, within and outside of the home. In particular, the organization seeks to unite mothers to act on their own behalf in order to eliminate policies, practices and attitudes that unfairly impact mothers as caregivers.

All members of our chapter have access to additional benefits from national:

National E-mail Loops:

Members can chat with mothers across the country in topic-specific e-mail discussion loops like stay-at-home moms, working moms, writing moms. There are also topics like crafty moms, moms feeling cranky, relocated moms and more. The POWER loop keeps loop members are of important legislation affecting moms in the workplace or paid leave. Members also post current articles discussing work/life balance issues. There is no limit to the number of loops members can subscribe to.

FORUM:

Mothers & More’s quarterly member publication, written by and for members, provides features on mothers’ realities, needs and issues; personal essays; national level organizational news and highlights on what members and chapters are doing across the country.

Advocacy:

By joining Mothers & More, you are supporting a non-profit organization that champions the value and necessity of all mothers' work to our society - paid and unpaid, within and outside of the home. Coordinating with national media, meeting with government officials, organizing signature gathering campaigns is organized from a national level.

Visit the national Mothers & More Web site at: www.mothersandmore.org