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**Click on the calendar below for details of local community events--including creative tips for a fun 'Family Night-In' and a date ideas for a cheap 'Parents' Night-Out.' A special thanks to the local businesses providing free/discounted meals, treats and entertainment to support these events! Pick up your coupons at Vitamin World in Market Place Mall!! Help SPREAD THE WORD about Family Week by downloading a Family Week flyer here (in both Spanish & English) to pass out at church, school, or work! In addition, during our local commemoration, we are highlighting the following family website developed by our own Dr. Aaron Ebata and the University of Illinois Family Extension: Parenting 24/7. Check out this one-stop source of news, information and advice on parenting and family life!
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Sunday, 13 |
Monday, 14 |
Tuesday,15 |
Wednesday, 16 |
Thursday,17 |
Friday, 18 |
Saturday, 19 |
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Worship services At local houses of worship throughout the day (also on Wednesday Friday & Saturday) Also check out resources for local family provided by local churches throughout the year: Parenting classes, pre-marital counseling, marriage enrichment seminars and family violence interventions
Early Thanksgiving Dinner 6:00 p.m. For residents of Family and Graduate Housing
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O Baby! 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., Champaign Library. Lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, music activities, easy listening, and play time for the littlest ones.
2005 Great Couch Potato Race All day at your own home! Benefiting a Woman's Fund Shelter Family Night-In This evening is reserved for the most important event of the entire week (see link for suggestions on a fun evening). **If Monday doesn't work, choose another night that works best for your family!
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Tuesday Twos 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. Champaign Library. stories, songs and movement activities for two-year-olds
Babies’ Lap Time 10:30-11:00 a.m. Urbana Library, rhymes, music, and games For children ages birth to 24 months
Hop on Pop 7:00-7:30 p.m. Champaign Library. Bring your dad or brother or granddad or uncle for this special storytime for the fellas (moms are okay too!). Trucks, great animals, and lots of actions. For two and three-year-olds School-Family Events: School celebrations with families (see also Thursday evening)
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Early American Museum Family Week Exhibit Come see a special exhibit on family volunteering from 1:00-5:00 p.m. daily through Saturday, (National Family Volunteer Day)
Parent Night-Out ALL WEEK: Specials provided by restaurant, treat, and entertainment places. Call to reserve your free babysitters if you need! (see also "101 Creative Date Ideas!") Family History Research Night 6:00-9:00 p.m. Urbana Library (Champaign County Genealogical Society) |
Thursday Family Funfare 10:30-11:00 a.m. Urbana Library. storytime, books, songs for children of all ages with an adult.
T.A.C.K. Thursday Afternoon Craft for Kids 4:00-5:00 p.m., Douglass Library Children of all ages welcome Orchard Downs Family Game Night: 7:00 p.m. For FGH Residents National Family Reading Night Check out the fun celebrations of this nation-wide event in 10 of our local schools!
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Tales for Twos 10:30-11:00 a.m. Douglass Library--come enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities for two-year-olds.
Parenting Class Graduation: 5:30 p.m. TLC Select, Champaign. RSVP by 11/11
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National Family Volunteer Day (Kicking off National Family Week--Thanksgiving Wk) Family Volunteering Opportunity 9:00-12:00 a.m. Help Champaign County Forest Preserve Reconstruct Prairie. Kitchen Science Class for Families 1:30-3:00. Anita Purves Nature Center, Urbana Park District.
'Family Fun' at Curtis Orchard 2-4:30 p.m. Free applecider, doughnuts & wagon rides! National Family Week 2005
'Family AdvocateAwards' for C-U4:00 p.m. Curtis OrchardRestaurant Dining Area,Presented by one
of our local mayors
to three honorees:
--Judy Hartley, Director of Child Care Resource Services at the University of Illinois. --Lisa Vernon, Social Worker, Centennial High School --Regina Crider, Minister, Crossroad of Life Community Church (See link for 2004 CU-FW Awardees too!)
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Note: C-U Family Week is an umbrella event uniting many ongoing, free-standing community events, the majority of which are independent of the week itself. While many of the events are open to the general public, others are specific to a particular locale or community with limited resources (school family nights, family and graduate housing events, etc.). Please see event details for further information.
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Special thanks to the UIUC Cross Campus Initiative on Family Resiliency for funds supportive of Champaign-Urbana Family Week! (Come hear Dr. Peter Benson, President of the Search Institute in the next Family Resiliency Lecture: Thursday, December 1
History of Family Week: National, state and local accounts of the history of this event's development. National Family Week, 2005 Nov 20-26th: Thanksgiving Week, the week following C-U Family Week Family Resources in Champaign-Urbana: Parenting Classes, Family Violence Resources, Foster Care, etc. Protecting Your Home from Anti-Family Media: Including "Seven things that every parent can do to minimize the negative effect media can have on our families" (Ballard 2003). Goals of Champaign-Urbana Family Week: What we hope this week can mean for C-U. CU-Family Week into the Future: We need your help! Learn how you can support CU-FW in the future Contact Us: Questions, comments and feedback are welcomed! 2005 CU Family Week Supporters, Partners and Event Sponsors:
Jacob Hess, Coordinator, Community Psychology Doctoral Program, UIUC
Randy Graham, Owner, Curtis Apple Orchard
Carolyn Adams, Champaign-County Genealogical Society
Jeanette Weider, Assistant Director of Family & Graduate Housing, UIUC
Gladys Hunt, Community Outreach Coordinator, Psychological Services Center
Crystal Goodbrake, A Woman's Place Shelter
Dr. Laurie Kramer, Director of Family Resiliency Initiative, UIUC
Dr. Aaron Ebata, Associate Professor of Social Development, UIUC
Kristina Hubert, Forest Preserve District
Dr. Nicole Allen, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Elizabeth Otto, Champaign Public Library
Essie Harris, Manager, Douglass Branch
**Note—affiliations listed above do not imply official institutional endorsement of CU Family Week.
A special thanks to the small army of awesome students who have sacrificed for this event!! Without their help, Family Week would not have been possible: --For help gathering restaurant discounts: Jean Parks, Elizabeth Lloyd, Colleen Byrne, Abby Jacobson, Leslie McGraw, Kristen Schindler, Amanda Pando, Kristen Ellis, Brian Kozack, Denise Onaga, Jessica Kenny, Amanda Berg --For helping gathering treat discounts: Dexter Cheever, Anna Szydlowski, Ryan Lucas, Grace Havis, Justin Wolford, Maria Magginas & Alex Valencic --For help gathering entertainment discounts: Ashley Mays, Areli Nunez, Jenna Bolivar & Sheinette Williams --For help gathering ‘Family Reading Night’ details: Rebecca Koeppen and Mamie Tisue --For help contacting local the local churches, synagogue & mosque: Costa Nikolaides, Neha Shah, Palak Shah, Ashley Mulvihill, Jordan Gebil, Carly Sullivan & Pallavi Kola --For help distributing flyers and posters: Jenna Rochon, Justin Chang, Dan Marks & Michael Pumilia --Also to Jean Park, Charles Casado, Tim Stubenvol, Tom Pinsila, Matt Heinz, Stephanie Cheversia, David Minkes, Katie Fredrickson, Jen Pirok & Matt Kantor
"No other success can compensate for failure in the home." --David O. McKay |
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