Empty-Nest Workshops – Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest

Posted by Andy Alt

This article recently appeared in TIME magazine. Below is an excerpt; click the link to read the full article on TIME’s web site.

Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
By Bonnie Rochman

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There’s a growing cottage industry of experts who contend that sending kids off into the great wide open deserves at least as much attention as preparing to have them in the first place. Community centers and churches around the country are tuning in to the problem and hosting seminars in which parents try to reignite their relationship and figure out how to move forward as a twosome. Marriage therapists Claudia and David Arp call this stage “the second half of marriage.”

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1916284,00.html

MOMS Club of Northfield, MN Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker Nancy Aspaas from RoomService on Organizing

Posted by Andy Alt on April 28, 2009

MOMS Club® of Northfield, MN
Information about the MOMS Club of Northfield, MN – serving Northfield, Dennison, Dundas, Nerstrand, Randolph and Stanton.

The source of the information below is at http://northfield.org/content/moms-club-northfield-mn-monthly-meeting-guest-speaker-nancy-aspaas-roomservice-organizing

Start: May 6 2009 – 10:00am
End: May 6 2009 – 11:00am

Members and interested moms alike – join us for the May meeting of the MOMS Club of Northfield, MN. As always, children are welcome!

Nancy Aspaas from RoomService will be speaking about organizing your house with kids in mind.

Day of Feasting and Town Hall Meeting on Heroin and Opiate Use – April 19 2009

Press Release
Day of Feasting and Town Hall Meeting
Main Street Moravian Church
Sunday, April 19 3:00 to 6:15 Dinner at 6:30

The Main Street Moravian Church will host a Day of Feasting for the Mind and Body on Sunday, April 19. The entire event is FREE. A Town Hall Meeting on the topic of legal issues associated with heroin and opiate use in Northfield will begin at 3:00. The Town Hall meeting will host a panel of seven experts and two personal stories from parents of young people who have dealt with legal matters associated with addition. The panel will include the Honorable William A. Johnson, Chief Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court; Paul Beaumaster, Rice County Attorney; Jason Mullenbach Probation Officer, Rice County; Karen Duncan, Chief Public Defender, Third District; Benjamin Bejar, Assistant Rice County Attorney; Mark Taylor, Northfield Chief of Police; and Dr. Chris Richardson, Superintendent, Northfield Public Schools.

Thursday’s Table – Canceled for Jan 15 2009

Thursday’s Table has been canceled for tonight, Jan 15, 2009. due to extreme cold. The stated policy is that if the schools are closed because extreme temperatures, so is Thursday’s Table.

Free Christmas Eve Dinner and Community Christmas Day Dinner

northfield.org/content/free-christmas-dinner
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s will be hosting a free traditional Christmas dinner for those who would not otherwise be able to afford it. Dinner will be held at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on Christmas Eve night beginning at 5p.m. We will serve until everyone

Thursday’s Table holiday schedule

Thursday’s Table will not be serving December 25, 2008 and January 1, 2009. Be hungry on January 8, and have a good year.

Thursday’s Table serves meals to people in transition from 5:00-6:30 p.m. – you got it, on Thursdays.

Laura Baker Services Association Hosting Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Free Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by Laura Baker Services Association
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 11 AM-1 PM., Millis Dining Hall (Laura
Baker Campus) 211 Oak St. (View map)
Everyone is invited to attend.

Source: Church of St. Dominic bulletin for November 16, 2008

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Socializing is Good, Eat Dinner or Volunteer

Socializing is Good, Eat Dinner or Volunteer
By Andy Alt / Mental Health in Northfield MN

Sep 5, 2008 – To get in a little more socializing, an excellent source of good mental health, I decided to start eating at Thursday’s Table three months ago. I also decided to volunteer, and for the same reason. But since I use the food shelf, and ate there, I thought since I’m relatively able-bodied I’d like to give a bit back. I do it on an on-call basis, because I usually have doubts about my reliability and stability. If you are someone who’s thinking about it, but don’t want to commit as a regular volunteer, think about offering your service as an on-call volunteer. And if you simply don’t want to volunteer, go there to eat, and maybe get in a bit of socializing.