Meetings and Announcements 2007-2008 Nassau County, NY Chapter Meetings Nassau Meetings are usually from 7:30pm -9:30pm or when you need to leave Winter/Spring 2008 Meetings **topics to be announced** Please bring a healthy snack or beverage to share! Babies are welcome Jan. 28 Garden City South Feb. 27 Baldwin Park with Sabina Fasano, a lifestyle coach specializing in women's wellness, will lead a discussion on PMS, perimenopause and other areas of women's health. Sabina is President and CEO of Solutions for Women, where she is dedicated to helping women achieve optimum health and life enjoyment. March 12 Garden City South- Mother Speak April 16 Baldwin May 21 Garden City South: Plant and Seed Swap! Mother Speak! Come one come all! Bring whatever has become overgrown in your yard. Not Weeds! Hang out and enjoy the company. June 16 Baldwin The Next Step in "GREENING" Your Home How to remove the dangers of electropollution Today, most every home has a cordless phone, computer, microwave oven, TV, and several cell phones. These are just a few of the every day devices we use that pose a significant risk to our health. At home, work, and school we are surrounded by hundreds of cell phone towers and antennas, which are even more dangerous. But there is something you can do! Come to this informative lecture and slide show to learn the many ways you can make your home a safer, and more enjoyable place to live. Kathy Connors, L.M.T. is a mother of 2 grown children, and has been a health care provider for over 20 years. Over the last 2 years, her focus has been to educate the public about the very real dangers of electropollution, and to offer viable solutions that anyone can easily employ to keep their loved ones (including pets!) safer in this ever growing electro-techno world. Kathy is now available for in-home inspections to help you find the most efficient way to remediate the electropollution in and around your home and work space, and can be reached by calling 845-255-1952 or emailing her at: mamabearkathy@hvc.rr.com NEW LOCATION FOR ALTERNATE MEETINGS: Garden City South Community Park meeting room located at the intersection of Nassau Blvd and Hempstead Turnpike Held at the Baldwin Park Community Room 7:30-9:30 pm Directions to Baldwin Park Community Room Southern State to exit 20S-Grand Ave. Take Grand Ave. South to the very end - this will take you into Baldwin Park - Community room is in the first building on your right as you enter the park. Suffolk County, NY Chapter Meetings JANUARY 29TH (TUESDAY) HOLIDAY PARTY FEBRUARY 20TH (WEDNESDAY) 7:15 - 9:15 ****(OPEN MEETING, EVERYONE WELCOME)**** Waldorf Education in the First Seven Years Monica Gallardo MARCH 25TH (TUESDAY) 7:15 - 9:15 ***** (OPEN MEETING, EVERYONE WELCOME)***** Vaccinations and Other Holistic Pediatric Issues Lawrence B. Palevsky, MD, FAAP, ABHM APRIL 29TH (TUESDAY) MEET THE MIDWIFES 7:15 - 9:15 Midwifery and Well Woman Care Jeanette Breen, Susan Brockmann, Dale Cook, & Janet Titmus-Delettera MAY 31ST (SATURDAY) BONFIRE BY THE LAKE!!!!!!!!! **(OPEN MEETING)** Everyone welcome, Moms, Dads, Relatives, Co-Workers, Anyone and Everyone can come! FEBRUARY 20TH (WEDNESDAY) 7:15 - 9:15 Waldorf Education in the First Seven Years Monica Gallardo "Receive the child in reverence, educate him in love, send him forth in freedom", Rudolf Steiner Childhood is a phase in the life of the human being adults are learning to honor. A child in the first 7 years is very different than an adult yet teaching, interaction, entertainment, expectations, daily schedules and so much more in the life of a child today mirrors that of an adult. How does Waldorf Education receive the child in reverence? How does it support parents in doing the same? Monica Gallardo, is an Early Childhood Specialist and Parent Educator. She holds an MEd as well as a Waldorf Certificate in Early childhood from Antioch New England Graduate School and has professional training in Birth to Three from Sophia's Hearth, NH. Monica has been working with young children and parents for over 10 years; Her work and commitment to protect the awe-inspiring process of the young child's gradual unfolding has inspired parents, day care providers and home schooling groups. She is a full time faculty member at the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY: Parent Child Program Director/Teacher and Lead Teacher for the Nursery Afternoon-Care Program. DIRECTIONS: St. James Episcopal Church, Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven. Sunrise Hwy to exit 56, Station Road. Travel South on Station Rd. Cross over Montauk Hwy and railroad tracks. Make first left after RR tracks onto Beaver Dam Rd. Follow Beaver Dam Rd. all the way down, cross over South Country Rd. and over a small creek. Make a right onto Bay Rd. and park in parking behind the Church.. We meet in the building behind the church

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