There is no monthly meeting at the library in August! We are having our family picnic!
I hope everyone is enjoying summer so far! August at the Birth Circle gets us outside for our annual yard sale fundraiser and family picnic. Our yard sale focuses on maternity, baby, and family items and is a great place to stock up for your little one while supporting the work that we do here at the Birth Circle. We have one more donation day coming up on August 11, 10am-noon if you have items to donate, or contact Maira at mairaurbano@gmail.com if you need help finding a way to get your donations to us. We also hope to see many current and former Birth Circle families at our family picnic on August 29th, it is wonderful to see all our growing kids who don’t make it to our regular meetings and extend our circle of support! All are welcome.
Ariel Carver
Executive Director, The Birth Circle
director@athensbirthcircle.com
740-652-6262
NO MONTHLY MEETING AT THE LIBRARY
Wednesday, August 29, 5:30 pm at Richland Park
We have reserved the shelter house at Richland Park for August 29th, bring a picnic and come to play and relax with us! There will be no formal meeting topic this month, all are welcome to come and enjoy the park and each others’ company.
Birth Circle Annual Yard Sale
Saturday, August 25th, 8am-2pm
Athens Community Center (under the solar panels)
701 East State Street
Athens, Ohio 45701
Join us for our annual fundraising yard sale! All proceeds will help The Birth Circle continue to provide free programming for area women and families. Come shop for baby gear and clothes, breastfeeding items, maternity wear, and fun child and family-related items. We hope to see you there!!
Postpartum Support Group
If you, or someone you know, would be interested in joining a postpartum support group, please contact us and we will put you in touch with a new group that is forming! The year after baby arrives is fraught with physical, emotional, and mental transitions and experiencing these alongside other new Mamas can be validating and comforting. You are not alone.
LOSS SUPPORT GROUP
Thursday, August 2nd
6:30 pm
Central Avenue Church, 73 Central Ave., Athens
If you are in need of support because of a pregnancy loss or the loss of your child, you are welcome to join us every first Thursday of the month for this support group. These meetings are free and facilitated by a professional social worker. All family members, such as grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles, as well as friends are welcome. Childcare is provided.
Play Group
Tuesday, August 7th
Join Birth Circle Board member Maira and her children at the Athens Library in the children’s section the first tuesday of the month 3-5pm for informal free play and socializing.
Prepared Mommy Camp
We are preparing for our fall session of Prepared Mommy Camp, which will run 8/18, 9/15, 10/20, and 11/17. We have six mamas signed up so far, with space for more, and several participants from our spring session have expressed interest in returning to be part of the community this time. If you are interested in being a part of this program we are glad to have volunteers. Our basic needs are transporting participants and food, and Mamas who want to hang out; something as simple as seeing other women breastfeed in the course of their daily baby care can make a huge difference to moms who may not have other breastfeeding moms in their life! If you run a small business (cleaning, photography, massage, etc.) and are able to donate a gift certificate for some kind of self-care service for our participating Mamas, we will be collecting for the grand prize at the end of the Camp.
For more information go to our Prepared Momy Camp page!
YOUNG MOMS’ GROUP
Date and Time to be announced, stay tuned on our Facebook page!
We hope to gather later this month for some play and socializing, we hope to see you there!
MEALS FOR FAMILIES (formerly Meals For Moms)
Let The Birth Circle community cook for you! If you’ve just had a baby, if you are going through another type of transition in your family, or have experienced a loss, The Birth Circle is more than happy to organize a meal calendar to help support you. If you are interested in receiving meals, providing meals or both, please contact our Meals For Families Coordinator, Ariel Carver at arielrose.carver@gmail.com for more information.