Let your child discover the joy of sewing in this fun, beginner-friendly class designed just for kids! Young makers will learn basic sewing skills while creating adorable projects they can use and show off.
Students will make backpack charms, luggage tags, cute stuffed “stuffies,” scrunchies, and a zipper coin purse. Along the way, they’ll practice simple stitches, explore colorful fabrics, and build confidence through hands-on creativity.
No experience needed—just bring your imagination! Perfect for kids ages 5 and up who love crafting and making their own accessories.
***You can RSVP here BUT ALSO PLEASE email thesewingstufioNJ@gmail.com to formally register and submit payment***
Tech Leap Year is a milestone initiative designed to support children at the pivotal moment when the community norm has established that their access to personal technology should increase, often as they transition from elementary to middle school and/or from middle to high school.
During this unique window, parents have an opportunity to proactively shift established community norms from following the status quo to creating a new conversation.
Join this session to learn more about the approach and next steps to get this off the ground in your community this spring - to set you up for success in the fall!
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On the agenda:
-Kids will break off for a facilitated, student-led meeting of their own!
-Youth Voices Count Survey Data review & discussion with Carissa Peckrul, Prevention Coordinator **POSTPONED**
-Wait Until 8th wrap-up
-Resources
And more...
Please RSVP
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
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At this meeting we will bring our shared vision for shifting norms into clearer focus. We will also use the digital planning tool on Four Norms to customize a "Balance Pact" to share amongst group members.
Zoom option will be available! Link will be emailed to everyone who RSVPs, but hope to see as many of you "off screen" as possible!
Celebrate the start of spring and the end of the week by bringing all of your mixed-aged kids to the Little Silver Play Club!
While the kids play, adults can relax, hang and chat!
Play Club gives kids the resilience-building playtime they need. While supervised by their adults, adults do not organize the fun or solve the spats.
Kids of all ages have the chance to collaborate with friends, help others, resolve disputes and bounce back from disappointments, giving them the confidence-and-character-building opportunities that they need to develop into empowered adults.
QUESTIONS? Email katie.mignoli@gmail.com!
Join us to hear from a few members of our community share and be a part of planning some of our initial initiatives, which include:
• The Break Box Library
• Play Groups
• Stride & Ride
• Tech Leap Year Ice Cream Social
Do you want to be a part of a community striving to equip and encourage their kids (and themselves) to build healthy relationships with technology and even healthier real life relationships? You’re not alone.
There’s a place for everyone in this community: it’s never too early to prepare and it’s never too late to make adjustments.
We hope you join us as we navigate this together.
Be sure to connect to our Four Norms Community Hub to get on our mailing list if you haven't already: https://www.fournorms.com/the-balance-project/shrewsbury
An after school hangout for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders.
Food, activities, games and prizes to introduce The Amazing Generation!
Please RSVP with your child's name and any allergies in the Notes.
Children are permitted to leave the event on their own at 4:30 unless a parent requests otherwise. If you want your child to remain inside the APR to be picked up by a guardian please put this request in the Notes.
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
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Join us for an important community conversation about the real dangers kids are facing online.
Hear powerful stories from parent advocates who have turned unimaginable loss into education and prevention. Learn from local law enforcement about current online threats, including cyberbullying, sextortion, and counterfeit pills. School counselors will also share how social media is impacting Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) cases and what warning signs families should know.
This isn’t just another presentation—it’s a conversation that could help save lives.
Let’s come together to raise awareness and protect our kids.
Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting-our-kids-the-many-dangers-of-social-media-tickets-1979899418458?aff=oddtdtcreator
Let your child discover the joy of sewing in this fun, beginner-friendly class designed just for kids! Young makers will learn basic sewing skills while creating adorable projects they can use and show off.
Students will make backpack charms, luggage tags, cute stuffed “stuffies,” scrunchies, and a zipper coin purse. Along the way, they’ll practice simple stitches, explore colorful fabrics, and build confidence through hands-on creativity.
No experience needed—just bring your imagination! Perfect for kids ages 5 and up who love crafting and making their own accessories.
***You can RSVP here BUT ALSO PLEASE email thesewingstufioNJ@gmail.com to formally register and submit payment***
Make native seed gardens and seed-balls to feed the pollinators. See live Chrysalises and learn about Butterflies!
In Partnership with the Rumson Environmental Commissions and The Balance Project.
***You can RSVP here BUT PLEASE ALSO call the library to register... 7328422692***
Let your child discover the joy of sewing in this fun, beginner-friendly class designed just for kids! Young makers will learn basic sewing skills while creating adorable projects they can use and show off.
Students will make backpack charms, luggage tags, cute stuffed “stuffies,” scrunchies, and a zipper coin purse. Along the way, they’ll practice simple stitches, explore colorful fabrics, and build confidence through hands-on creativity.
No experience needed—just bring your imagination! Perfect for kids ages 5 and up who love crafting and making their own accessories.
***You can RSVP here BUT ALSO PLEASE email thesewingstufioNJ@gmail.com to formally register and submit payment***
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Hosted by Arron's Books:
Whether you like to read side by side, listen to audiobooks together, or pass your books back and forth between you, this club is a space to come together and share the experience, and the joy of reading together!
Let your child discover the joy of sewing in this fun, beginner-friendly class designed just for kids! Young makers will learn basic sewing skills while creating adorable projects they can use and show off.
Students will make backpack charms, luggage tags, cute stuffed “stuffies,” scrunchies, and a zipper coin purse. Along the way, they’ll practice simple stitches, explore colorful fabrics, and build confidence through hands-on creativity.
No experience needed—just bring your imagination! Perfect for kids ages 5 and up who love crafting and making their own accessories.
***You can RSVP here BUT ALSO PLEASE email thesewingstufioNJ@gmail.com to formally register and submit payment***
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion
The Balance Exchange is our monthly gathering where the entire team comes together to reconnect, realign, and recharge around our mission.
Each session is an open forum for sharing progress, exchanging ideas, and spotlighting the work happening across The Balance Project.
We use this time to:
- Review key initiatives and milestones
- Highlight stories from families, schools, and communities
- Surface challenges and crowdsource solutions
- Celebrate wins and strengthen team cohesion