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  • 24 December
    • Food Pantry - Elsie 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
      Food Pantry - Elsie
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
      Location: 219 S Ovid St, Elsie, MI 48831, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Non-Perishable / hygiene
    • Food Pantry - Loving Hands Pantry at First Church of God
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: The HUB Owosso First Church of God, 2100 North Michigan 52, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 989-723-4510
    • Food Pantry - Loaves and Fishes - Vernon
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
      Location: 202 E Main St, Vernon, MI 48476, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Non-perishables, Hygiene 989-288-3063
    • The Polar Express - NCG Holiday Film Fest - Sensory Friendly
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: NCG Cinemas - Owosso, 314 E Comstock St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      https://www.ncgmovies.com/movie-theater/owosso/family-film-festivals

      🎄 It’s the most movie-full time of the year! 🍿

      ✨ Sensory-Friendly shows every Saturday at 10:30 AM

      🎟️ Free tickets available now for all NCG locations (while they last!)

      💚 The Grinch (Dec 5–7)

      🎁 Arthur Christmas (Dec 12–14)

      🚂 The Polar Express (Dec 19–24)

    • The Polar Express - NCG Holiday Film Fest
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
      Location: NCG Cinemas - Owosso, 314 E Comstock St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      https://www.ncgmovies.com/movie-theater/owosso/family-film-festivals

      🎄 It’s the most movie-full time of the year! 🍿

      ✨ Sensory-Friendly shows every Saturday at 10:30 AM

      🎟️ Free tickets available now for all NCG locations (while they last!)

      💚 The Grinch (Dec 5–7)

      🎁 Arthur Christmas (Dec 12–14)

      🚂 The Polar Express (Dec 19–24)

    • Food Pantry - Owosso Church of Christ
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Location: Owosso Church of Christ, 2005 M-52, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      All are welcome. Non-Perishable Food
    • Tiny Tigers Karate - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Wed Dec 24
      Time: 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Family YMCA, 515 W Main St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Ages 3-4
      Wednesdays 5:15-5:45 and
      Saturdays 1:15-1:45
      $48/member (per month)
      $64/non-member (per month)
      New sessions begin each month!
      www.shiawasseeymca.org
  • 25 December
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - New Lothrop
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: First United Methodist Church, 7495 Orchard St, New Lothrop, MI 48460, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 810-638-5702
    • Food Pantry - Salvation Army Pantry
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: The Salvation Army Owosso Citadel Corps, 302 E Exchange St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      All are welcome. Perishable, Non-perishable items
    • Perinatal Support Group - Shiawassee Health & Wellness
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
      Location: Memorial Healthcare Hospital, 826 W King St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Are you pregnant or recently had a baby? Starting April 24th, join our Perinatal Support Group hosted by Memorial Healthcare in collaboration with Shiawassee Health & Wellness, for a safe, supportive space to talk about the emotional journey of pregnancy and new parenthood. This is a free support group thanks to a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund! If interested, you may sign up here, https://shorturl.at/tWWa3

      A virtual option is also available.
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - Corunna
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Corunna United Methodist Church, 200 W McArthur St, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 989-634-5724
    • Food Pantry - Hope Vineyard Church
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
      Location: Hope Vineyard Church, 119 N Delaney Rd, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-Perishable 989-723-2495
    • Food Pantry - MI Turning Point
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
      Location: MI Turning Point, 102 Lovejoy St, Durand, MI 48429, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Mondays and Thursdays 4 - 6 pm Wed 9 am - 2 pm Clothes, small food pantry, personal care items, household goods 989-277-5507
    • Food Pantry - Laingsburg United Methodist Church
      Date: Thu Dec 25
      Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
      Location: Laingsburg United Methodist Church, 210 Crum St, Laingsburg, MI 48848, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      All are welcome. Perishable and Non-Perishable Food
  • 26 December
    • 'Gingerbread' House - Owosso Library
      Date: Fri Dec 26 - Sat Dec 27
      Location: 502 W. Main St., Owosso, MI 48867
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Come by the Owosso children's library to decorate a cardboard gingerbread house!

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Food Pantry - Catholic Charities of Shiawassee
      Date: Fri Dec 26
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Catholic Charities, 1480 M-52, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      All are welcome. Non-Perishable Food

Mobile Story Walk

The Great Start Family Coalition has a variety of mobile Story Walks available free to non-profits and educational institutions. 

Story Walk lengths vary, with the maximum being 16 placards long. Each placard is 3 1/2 feet tall by 2 feet wide. They are lightweight with aluminum frames. The number of placards borrowed will depend on the length of the story you choose. The borrower is responsible for picking up and returning the Story Walk. 

Books available include: 

  • Bugs A-Z
  • Fish Eyes
  • Let's Go Bikes 
  • Bee Dance 
  • Hey Coach 
  • Farm Animals 
  • Belly Breathe 
  • Be Who You Are 
  • Gardens are for Growing 
  • Five Little Ducks
  • It's Okay to be Different

Book your mobile story walk by completing this form or by calling 989-725-2581!

Milestones Matter

The CDC has a free milestone checklist to help you learn more about how your baby is developing.  Click here or on the image to visit the CDC's website.

Milestones Matter Poster

 

Literacy Essentials

The General Education Leadership Network (GELN) has created Essential Instructional Practices in Language and Emergent Literacy to help foster literacy in Michigan.  They have literacy resources for birth to though grade 12 on their website at LiteracyEssentials.org.
 

 

Talking is Teaching

Talking, singing, and reading to your child can help build their brain and develop the social-emotional skills that they need.  Talking is Teaching's website, TalkingisTeaching.org, is continually updated with free, fun activities designed to help your child grow. Resources are available in both English and Spanish.

Lets talk about what makes you unique with a multicolored phrases saying what makes people unique

Zero to Three

Zero to Three has resources for parents and grandparents to support them in promoting their children's growth and development.  Resources are available in both English and Spanish at Zerotothree.org.

Two girls playing with a toy.

Little boy with magnifying glass looking for preschool

 

 

 

Join Us!

  • 27 January
  • 24 February
  • 7 March
    • Infant, Child, & Adult CPR/AED/First Aid Training - SRESD
      Date: Sat Mar 7
      Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Shiawassee RESD College and Career Readiness Center, 201 E Washington Ave, Vernon, MI 48476, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Call to Register 989-725-2581
  • 24 March
    • Grow Into Reading Kids Night - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Mar 24
      Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
      Location: Early Childhood Learning Center, 114 W North St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the Month from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Dinner is served at 5:30, discussion starts at 6pm.


      www.SRESD.org or register directly at https://bit.ly/ShiawasseeFamily
  • 28 April
    • Exploring Parenting Styles - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Apr 28
      Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
      Location: Early Childhood Learning Center, 114 W North St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the Month from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Dinner is served at 5:30, discussion starts at 6pm.


      www.SRESD.org or register directly at https://bit.ly/ShiawasseeFamily
  • 26 May
    • Parent Cafe - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue May 26
      Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
      Location: Early Childhood Learning Center, 114 W North St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the Month from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Dinner is served at 5:30, discussion starts at 6pm.


      www.SRESD.org or register directly at https://bit.ly/ShiawasseeFamily

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