Thank you Battle Creek Foundation!

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!

Fall is coming!

Latest News:

Over the course of the summer, Nurturing form the HeART has undergone many exciting new changes we want to share with you!

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.  See our Upcoming Events tab for details.

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 Expressive Arts Sessions tab on our website.

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 Vigil Singers tab for information.

Lastly, we have updated our website and added new activity tabs for different age groups so check them out!  We are also on Twitter.com - so be sure to follow us as we will be tweeting lots of fun information for you to have. User name: @NftHeART. You can also follow us on Pintrest: http://pinterest.com/nftheheart/.  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: nftheheart.

Have a wonderful fall and we hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Summer Time

Nurturing 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!


Upcoming Summer Session, 2012

Family Activity Hour

Join us for:

● Music

● Arts and Crafts

● Story Time

● Tons of Silly Fun!

Activities for ages newborn—10

Every Saturday in

June, July, and August, 2012

10am—11am

At Upjohn Park

(In case of rain class will be canceled)

At Upjohn Park

Lake St. and Walter St.

across from the Farmers’ Market

This is a Free Family Event. 

Donations are accepted.

Nurturing from the HeART is a

non profit bringing music and the arts into your daily lives!

Activities led by:

Janice Marsh-Prelesnik, MA 

and Rachel Downey, BA

For More Information:

NurturingfromtheHeART.blogspot.com

NurturingfromtheHeART@gmail.com

269-599-4237

Our Spring Session!

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 28th every Saturday.

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.

At the Vine Neighborhood Association. 511 W. Vine St, Kalamazoo, MI.

For families with newborns up to age 10.

The sessions are free. Donations are welcome.

Come to one or come to all!

Please RSVP. 269-599-4237 or e-mail NurturingfromtheHeART@gmail.com

We hope you can join us! Thanks.

New Session Starting!

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 coordination development, relaxation, etc.

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.

Location:
Vine Neighborhood Association

511 West Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Please preregister by calling 269.599.4237 or email at Nurturing.fromtheHeart@gmail.com

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.

PLEASE, preregister!

Thank you.