tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83574893250067692222024-02-19T08:37:02.217-08:00Nurturing from the HeARTAn Expressive Arts Approach to ParentingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-21652397655087270902014-02-28T06:32:00.002-08:002014-02-28T06:32:05.221-08:00Baby Carriers Needed!We are very excited to work with the teen families for the Close to You/Close to to Me sessions at Caring Network and Battle Creek Alternative Ed. With this program, we will need baby slings, wraps, etc. to share with the families. If you are willing to donate to this cause all donations are tax deductible. Thank you for helping us continue our much needed service.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-40115432272073404052013-10-11T13:31:00.000-07:002013-10-11T13:31:06.642-07:00<b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Please Donate to our cause.</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Nurturing from the HeART (NFTH</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">) offers expressive arts sessions for the most vulnerable folks in our community. NFTH has partnered with several community agencies such as Caring Network (support for teen mothers). Family & Children's Services (foster care services and respite care), Parent to Parent (offering support for children with disabilities and their families), Ministry With Community (a day shelter and soup kitchen), Healthy Babies/Healthy Start (offers free exercise, education, and case management for families), Lifespan Hospice and others!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Using the arts as our tools (music, art, reading, writing, movement, theater, etc.) each session brings joy, comfort, education, exploration of inner self, and stress reduction to participants. NFTH offers a Lullaby Group (infants and parent/caregiver), Rhythm and Rhyme Group (infants through preschool and parent/caregiver), Empowered Mom=Empowered Family (pregnant women including teen mom's group), and more. We hold our sessions at agencies that we partner with. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Mothering Mentors are also available. This service provides expressive arts sessions with loving support, including birth support, during the childbearing year for women who live at the poverty level. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Here are some comments from participants:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">This project helps me figure out where I am going</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">--teen mom speaking about the Past, Present and Future art project.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Your music is better than morphine and it doesn't have negative physical side effects!</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">--man in hospice care</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Now I sing and rock my baby to sleep and she doesn't cry at nap time anymore</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">.--mom who attends the Lullaby Group</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">You have taught me how to be a momma</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">--new mom</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">As we all know, money is tight everywhere, and that is why I am asking for your support in funding this valuable service to the Kalamazoo community. Your tax-deductible contribution of any amount will be greatly appreciated!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Please view our FundrazR campaign below and thank you in advance for supporting Expressive Arts Therapy!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-63381480887779551942013-04-07T09:00:00.000-07:002013-04-07T09:02:02.982-07:00<h2>
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Nurturing from the HeART now has a You Tube Channel. Check out new songs and activities to do with your little ones!<br />
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Our latest video is silly time with Daddy!<br />
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Upcoming Events:<br />
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We will be at Galesburg Memorial Library, Healthy Babies Healthy Start, and Ministry with Community in Kalamazoo.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-46631172408123359302012-11-07T13:36:00.003-08:002012-11-07T13:36:38.895-08:00Thank you Battle Creek Foundation!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A huge thanks goes to the Battle Creek Foundation for a generous grant that will go towards Nurturing From the HeART's expressive arts program for the terminally ill in Calhoun County. Yea, for the healing powers of music and art for everyone!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-31590172022069211132012-09-28T06:50:00.000-07:002012-09-28T06:50:29.362-07:00Fall is coming!<br />
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Over the course of the summer, Nurturing form the HeART has
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On top of our regular programming we are pleased to announce
that we have been awarded the 2012 Early Childhood Reading Grant from
Target! We will be adding a reading
program at the Galesburg Memorial Library.
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We are also offering individualized Expressive Arts Therapy
sessions to anyone interested. Using
Expressive Arts Therapy, Janice Marsh-Prelesnik has worked with autistic
children, dementia clients, and hospice care.
The uses for Expressive Arts Therapy are endless. For more information please see our <i>Expressive Arts Sessions</i> tab on our
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Nurturing from the HeART has recently teamed up with the
Vigil Singers as well. Vigil singing is
a cradle of devotional song that is sung around the bedside of a person who is
in any type of major life transition.
Some examples are for new babies and mothers, for people recovering from
illness or addictions, for those in nursing homes and hospices, and at homes. If you are interested in having the Vigil
Singers sing for you or would like to volunteer with the Vigil Singers, please
see our <i>Vigil Singers </i>tab for
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Lastly, we have updated our website and added new activity
tabs for different age groups so check them out! We are also on <b><i>Twitter.com </i>- </b>so be sure
to follow us as we will be tweeting lots of fun information for you to have.
User name: <b>@NftHeART</b>. You can also
follow us on <b><i>Pintrest:</i></b> <a href="http://pinterest.com/nftheheart/">http://pinterest.com/nftheheart/</a>. There are
over two hundred different activates you can do with your kids pinned on our
page. Almost all of the activities are
things you can do with little or no expense.
Username: <b>nftheheart</b>.</div>
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Have a wonderful fall and we hope to see you at our upcoming
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-24184999148335781662012-04-27T15:01:00.002-07:002012-04-27T15:01:30.161-07:00Summer TimeNurturing form the HeART will be taking a break for the month of May from their Saturday classes as we gear up for the summer session! We are so excited to be offering the next round of Nurturing from the HeART at Upjohn Park. We hope to see you all there!<br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt;">Janice Marsh-Prelesnik, MA <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-9066962016919889652012-03-30T16:48:00.002-07:002012-03-30T16:51:14.247-07:00Our Spring Session!<div><span>The next five week series begins this Saturday, March 31, from 10-11, at Vine Neighborhood Association. It will continue for the next 5 weeks through April 28<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></span> every Saturday.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The theme for this series is Rhythm and Rhyme! We will be exploring different music, instruments, and sounds. We will be making our own instruments as well.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>At the Vine Neighborhood Association. 511 W. Vine St, Kalamazoo, MI.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>For families with newborns up to age 10. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The sessions are free. Donations are welcome.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Come to one or come to all!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Please RSVP. 269-599-4237 or e-mail NurturingfromtheHeART@gmail.com</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>We hope you can join us! Thanks.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-15689884008841450162012-02-23T04:06:00.000-08:002012-02-23T04:17:00.419-08:00New Session Starting!<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">You don't have to be a musician or artist to bring the arts to the daily life of your family. Have fun expressing yourself and share the joy of the arts with your baby or young child! The expressive arts can be used for expressing emotions, as motivators, rhythm and coor</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">dination development, relaxation, etc.<br /><br />We will have Rhythm and Rhyme sessions on both Thursday mornings beginning Feb. 23 and Saturday mornings Feb. 25. Both groups run for five weeks from 10:00-11:30.</span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="fsl fwb fcb" style="line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span >Location:<a href="http://www.facebook.com/VineNeighborhood" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Vine Neighborhood Association</a></span></div><div class="fsm fwn fcg" style="font-size: medium; "><div class="uiCollapsedList uiCollapsedListHidden" id="uqwyh3_7"><span class="visible" style="margin-right: 10px; "><span ><span class="fsm fwn fcg">511 West Vine Street</span>, <span class="fsm fwn fcg">Kalamazoo, MI 49008</span></span></span></div></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br />Please preregister by calling 269.599.4237 or email at Nurturing.fromtheHeart@gma<wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>il.com<br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Cost is $45.00 for the five week series or free for those who qualify for WIC - if you are not sure if you qualify for WIC the income scale is on the "WIC income scale" Tab on our site. If you do qualify for WIC bring your bridge card or your latest pay stub as proof.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br />PLE</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ASE, preregister!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">Thank you.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-11356786356490975962011-12-23T10:56:00.000-08:002012-01-07T14:25:47.870-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_GVo7ohF7PoK7UwWTvP7bkxooCyZm65fUvaiOyPeLvkvMv0Lnmg5nfxO9be0QrBun95SY_jsCv_OPI2LyEdyj-woMcMejVZFQmS9iRdsTn7ttFFGLHWbJanaLUtZU2uz15tREzhMncM/s1600/Email+flyer+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_GVo7ohF7PoK7UwWTvP7bkxooCyZm65fUvaiOyPeLvkvMv0Lnmg5nfxO9be0QrBun95SY_jsCv_OPI2LyEdyj-woMcMejVZFQmS9iRdsTn7ttFFGLHWbJanaLUtZU2uz15tREzhMncM/s320/Email+flyer+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689399875288893330" border="0" /> Our new play groups start in January!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Upcoming Play Groups</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">January/February 2012</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rhythm and Rhyme Group:</span><br />14 months - 10 years<br /><br />Thursdays, 10:30 am - 12pm<br />Jan 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16<br />At Health and Community Services<br />3299 Gull Rd. Kalamazoo, MI.<br /><br />Saturdays, 2pm - 3:30pm<br />Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18<br />At Cristin’s Creative Corner<br />9416 Shaver Rd. Portage, MI.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lullaby Group:</span><br />Infants to 14 months<br />Saturdays, 10:30am - 12pm<br />Jan 21,28, Feb. 4, 11, 18<br />At Cristin’s Creative Corner<br />9416 Shaver Rd. Portage, MI.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Costs:</span><br />Five week course: $45/family unit<br />One Time Visits: $10/family unit<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Tuition Scholarships is waived for those who qualify for WIC.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-21908589174982624702011-09-23T07:48:00.000-07:002011-09-23T07:49:58.527-07:00Project Connect<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Join us! Nurturing from the HeART will have a booth at Project Connect. We will be doing art projects, music, and dancing. Expressive Arts activities and parenting skills.<br /><br />November 16, 12-5pm<br /><span class="fn org">Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds</span><div class="adr"><div class="street-address">2900 Lake St</div><div class="locality">Kalamazoo, Michigan</div><div class="locality"><br /></div></div>PROJECT CONNECT is a semi-annual event that connects individuals & families to free on-site community services<br />children’s & parenting services<br />employment & education<br />financial & legal<br />health and medical screenings<br />housing & food assistance<br />personal (haircuts, seasonal)<br /><br />PROJECT CONNECT is free – including public transportation, entertainment, and lunch!<br /><br />PROJECT CONNECT needs around 300 volunteers sharing their time, energy, and knowledge at each event<br /><br />For more info visit: <a href="http://projectconnectkalamazoo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://projectconnectkalam</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>azoo.blogspot.com/</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-37213762141149197772011-09-23T07:44:00.000-07:002011-09-23T07:47:08.446-07:00Lullaby Class at Gull Lake Community Education<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Nurturing from the HeART is partnering with Gull Lake Community Education<br />Offering:<br />Lullaby Class ~ Ages 0 - 14 months<br /><br />Nurturing From the HeART is a program for parents, caregivers and their children to bond together with music and the arts. In a supportive environment this series focuses on the expressive arts (music, art, storytelling, movement, writing) as a way to play with children and gives caregivers skills for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">gentle parenting techniques</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> and stress reduction. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br />$45.00 for Five weeks (scholarships available for those who are WIC eligible)<br />Thursdays 10/6/11-11/3/11 11am-12pm<br />W.K. Kellogg Agricultural School</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 493px; "><tbody><tr><td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 15px; "><div class="location vcard"><span class="fn org">Gull Lake Community Education</span><div class="adr"><div class="street-address">9500 N. 40th Street</div><div class="locality">Hickory Corners, MI</div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357489325006769222.post-38207950151976917532011-09-08T12:50:00.000-07:002011-09-08T13:06:41.059-07:00Healthy Babies Healthy Start Workshop<i><b>Nurturing from the HeART</b></i> is pleased to host a workshop for <i style="font-weight: bold; ">Healthy Babies Healthy Start </i>on November 9, 2011 from 10am-12pm.<div><br /></div><div>The class is for families with newborns to 14 months of age. Families with multiple children are welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div>We will explore lullabies to sooth your baby, storytelling and how to talk to your baby, art for your baby's development, and stress relievers for the caregivers. </div><div><br /></div><div>The class is free for anyone who signs up through <b><i>Healthy Babies Healthy Start</i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Space is limited so call Becky at <b><i>Healthy Babies Healthy Start</i></b> to reserve a spot ~ 373-5278</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Healthy Babies Healthy Start</i></b> Website:</div><div><a href="http://www.kalcounty.com/hcs/hbhs/index.htm">http://www.kalcounty.com/hcs/hbhs/index.htm</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0