Prepared Parents Workshop
Our Prepared Parents Workshop helps expectant parents to become confident and prepared for parenthood. The Birth Circle is able to offer the multi-session program spread over multiple months at no cost to participants, thanks to generous support from the Athens Foundation. The intention of Prepared Parents Workshop is to share positive parenting skills and foster self-confidence, as well as help young parents build a long-term support network with each other and with more experienced parents in the community.
Each workshop session focuses on a particular topic: healthy pregnancy and relationships, birth and infant care, breastfeeding, and positive parenting. Along with discussion of these topics, there are hands-on activities facilitated by former moms and health workers, and time for the parents to ask questions. Participation includes lunch, essential baby items, transportation (if necessary) and childcare.
Prepared Parents Spring 2024 Registration Form
Pregnancy & Baby Fair:
Don’t miss our annual Pregnancy & Baby Fair at the Athens Farmers Market each spring! Connect with local resources and healthcare professionals who can assist you every step of the way through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. From prenatal care to baby gear, this event is your one-stop shop for all things baby-related.
2024 Pregnancy & Baby Fair: Saturday, April 27th – Athens Farmers Market
JIVE! Family New Year’s Eve Party:
Ring in the New Year with the whole family at our JIVE! Family New Year’s Eve Party. Say goodbye to midnight madness and hello to early evening celebrations filled with fun, food, and games. Join us on December 31st for a kid-friendly countdown and ball drop, making it a memorable start to the new year for the whole family.
Other Parenting Resources
Meals for Families
Our Meals for Families program is one of the Birth Circle’s greatest success stories. Postpartum families who desire to have help in the form of free meals may sign up with us sometime during their pregnancy. After the baby arrives, the mom or her partner notifies the coordinator, who then organizes the meals, which are prepared and delivered by Birth Circle volunteers.
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 as well.
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 or sign up with our online forms below.
Click here if you would like to sign up to receive meals.
Or fill out this online form if you would like to sign up to prepare a meal for a family!
Lending Library
Items from our Lending Library are available for you to check out and take home from Birth Circle meetings. Because we are not currently holding our monthly meetings in person due to COVID-19, we can instead meet you or arrange a porch drop-off to get you the items you are interested in. In addition to books and other media, we have baby carriers, birthing pools, and other supplies available for loan. Thank you very much to the Athens Foundation for their grant to purchase many of these resources for sharing.
We are in the process of making our lending library available to browse online!
The books and DVDs are up, and we are working on a way to have the non ISBN items like baby carriers and birth tubs display nicely here too.
Find an item you are interested in and click “Ask About This” to connect with us so we can get it to you. Check it out!
Just click here: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/AthensBirthCircle
Parenting Shelf
The Birth Circle has partnered with the Athens Library to create a shelf of parenting resources in the children’s section. Thanks so much to the Athens County Public Libraries for working with us to make this happen. Now, many books from our lending library are available whenever the Athens Library is open–without leaving the children’s area!
Volunteer for the Birth Circle
The Birth Circle has many opportunities for volunteers, whether it is a one-time event like setting up for the annual Yard Sale, or an on-going commitment such as taking pictures at monthly meetings, coordinating carpools, or helping us update the website. So, whether you can spare one hour or twenty, we can use you! Contact us at athensbirthcircle@gmail.com or call 740-652-6262 for more info.
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