Informational Letter about the Upcoming MOPS Year

Hello, MOPS Moms and Mentors!

Christy and Deedee and the entire steering committee have been working hard all summer getting prepared for the upcoming MOPS year! We are excited and looking forward to getting started. We thought we would send out an informational email to you all to let you know how things are going, what we need, and some of the plans we have for the next year. We will also be posting this information on Facebook and our blog.

First, we are so excited and we want to welcome our new and returning moms! We expect this year to be full of encouragement, and to give each mom the tools they need to grow spiritually and as moms and wives. We are planning on having a speaker once a month to talk on relevant topics concerning parenting, communication, military life, marriage, and fun things to do as a family. We also plan to have a craft once a month, with lots of time for building relationships with other moms.

Second, what we need from YOU! This is your group, and we need everyone to be an active participant! To start, we need MOPPET donations. For example, new or gently used toys and books, snacks, hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Send us an email of what you can contribute or bring it to one of our remaining play dates this summer so our awesome MOPPETS coordinators (Kelly and Gina) can plan accordingly. We also need your recommendations and help recruiting MOPPETS workers. Without workers, MOPPETS will be required to have moms rotate through and provide the childcare for our kids. We currently need 9 workers, 3 must be adults who can be in charge of the room, and we need 6 others who can help with each adult. This could include home-schooled teenagers or college students, etc. A love offering is available for MOPPET workers.

Finally, our first meeting will be on Sept 13 at 0930 with food and fellowship, and finishing our meeting by 1115, child pick-up by 1130. Our theme for the year is Momology: The Art and Science of Mothering. We are very excited about this topic, as it opens up so many opportunities for discussion and growth! We hope that you are as excited about his new year as we are!

As a side note, if you are feeling called to help serve other moms this year we are still looking for table leaders. If you have any questions about what that entails, please email us and we will be happy to provide details.

Don't forget, we are having play-dates at Donnelly Park (weather permitting) on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. Our next one is tomorrow! We hope to see you there at 10:00.

Have a fabulous summer, we can't wait to see you all in September if not sooner!! And to the moms who are in the process of PCSing, good luck, safe travels, and contact us if you need anything.

Blessings,
Deedee and Christy
Co-coordinators, Ramstein MOPS 2010-2011

Monday, July 12th Playdate!

Well, summer and the sweltering heat is upon us, but that won't stop us from having a good time! We are planning to meet at Donnelly Park every second and fourth Monday throughout the summer, at 10 am, soooooooo...let's see you on Monday the 12th of July! There will be a few new moms to the Ramstein/ KMC community there, so if you feel comfortable, introduce yourself to an unfamiliar face! How nice would it have been to have had a playdate already planned when you first moved here, with all kinds of nice mommies coming up to talk to you and welcome you?? I know I would have really really appreciated any kind of contact from other mommies, lol!

Our new MOPS year is in the works and gearing up to go. The steering team is already hard at work lining up all kinds of fun activities, festive decorations, fun/ enlightening/ enriching speakers, childcare workers, mentor moms and oh so much more! We just can't wait.

See you Monday!