Join us for a fantastic evening of theater style fun as we are treated to an outstanding performance from the touring Acapella Group of Genesis Children’s Theatre of Plano. Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night AND we will do drawings for free tickets to their Fall performances.
As usual, bring your own dinner or purchase drinks/snacks from the $1 Café. PLUS, we will send you home with an At-Home Family Value Tool!
Join us for a night of old fashioned bingo FUN plus Robots-4-U will be here again with their great Robots Show and Hands-on Robot Experience!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own dinner or enjoy drinks/snacks from the $1 café. (EVERY second Saturday!)
TOPIC: The Birds, The Bees, The Talk
Motivation, Opportunities for parenting tools, Munchies and more! BYO Lunch (and actually dads and grandparents are welcome, too!). Class Fee: $5.
On the Road at Infinite Bounds in Plano! Thursday Oct 14, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM CDT
Topics:
- Sept 9 – What are our Children Doing in the Digital Age?
- Oct 14 – The Birds, The Bees, The Talk
- Nov 11 – Having the Other Talk – Drugs
Join us as Cynthia Garrison, Board Member and Lead Parent Educator, leads us through these great topics and leave with practical tools for tackling them in your home!
Second Tuesday of each month. 9/9, 10/14, and 11/11 (Childcare Not Available)
We’re taking M.O.M. Talk on the road! Join us at a great community location, Infinite Bounds Gymnastics Training Center.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being!
Single Parent Group meets the 3rd Saturday of the month from 7pm – 8:30pm. Join Diane Windsor as she facilitates this support group. We will tackle practical, every-day issues such as …Personal Finances, Feeding your family healthy, Low cost, easy meals, Answers to some legal questions, Co-Parenting, Teaching your kids how to have healthy relationships, and much more!
This Month’s Topic: Get Organized! Ever feel like you’re slowly sinking in a quicksand pool made of toys, clothes, dishes, papers, pets, kids’ schoolwork, etc., etc.? Ever feel like it’ll never get better and you’ll never get it organized? Or if you do get it organized, ever wonder how it could possibly get so bad again so quickly? If you answered yes to any of these questions, congratulations – you’re one of millions of struggling parents going through the exact same thing!!
Single parent Abby Golman is also in this elite group of struggling parents, and through trial and error she has come up with some quick, easy, and surprisingly long-lasting solutions to the chaos. Go from cluttered chaos to peacefully productive.
Childcare is only $5.00 per family (pre-registration is needed to ensure space).
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for childcare during October’s Single Side UP! Meeting.
(Every 3rd Saturday!)
WHERE: This Side Up! Family Center’s Booth and Stage area at the Downtown Plano FEASTIVAL (Race held on 15th Street, west of Avenue K and train tracks, near Interurban Railway/Haggard Park)
WHEN: Enjoy the FEASTIVAL on 10/25/2014, from 10am-8pm. (Food, Music, Fun and more!)
Bring your PUMPKIN RACECAR to Pumpkin Race area starting at 12 noon. Non-race Category judging at 3:45pm. GREAT Pumpkin Race at 4:15pm. Awards and PRIZE presentation immediately following race at the Stage Area.
REGISTRATION: $7 Entry Fee (per Pumpkin Racecar) for individuals, families or organizations/groups. Pre-registration highly suggested! Register online NOW through 10/24 or at the event! Click HERE to register!
PRIZES: THE First 25 Pumpkin Racers to Register will receive a great EARLY BIRD PRIZE! (to be picked up on Race Day!) At the race, there will be prizes for: First Place Racer Prize, Second Place Racer Prize, Most Creative. Most Boo-tiful/Best Dressed. Best Team Spirit.
RULES: (Simple Rules: Real, Decorated, Attached to Wheels! Have FUN!)
#1. Craft your Pumpkin RaceCar using a single, REAL pumpkin.
#2. Decorate your Pumpkin RaceCar. Be Creative! Keep it Family Friendly!
#3. Attach wheels to your Pumpkin RaceCar.
#4. Powered only by Gravity. No explosives, pyrotechnics or electronics of any kind should be used.
#5. Release, don’t Push. No pushing or “helping” your Pumpkin Racer on the starting line. Just release it and let it Roll!
#6. Have FUN as a family, team or group!
QUESTIONS?: Call 972.633.8783 or email info@thissideupfamily.org
Join us for a night of old fashioned bingo FUN plus Ping Pong A-B-C (Ping Pong ART, BOWLING, CUPS)!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own dinner or enjoy drinks/snacks from the $1 café. (EVERY second Saturday!)
TOPIC: Having the Other Talk – Drugs
Motivation, Opportunities for parenting tools, Munchies and more! BYO Lunch (and actually dads and grandparents are welcome, too!). Class Fee: $5.
Tuesday Nov 11, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM CDT
As a parent, it may be tempting to deny the realities of drug danger and say “Not my child!” But, there is no denying children are strongly influenced by their environment, and drugs and alcohol are definitely a part of the environment in which our children are growing. Join us as we discuss ways to talk with your child about the immediate and permanent dangers of drug and alcohol use.
Join us as Cynthia Garrison, Board Member and Lead Parent Educator, leads us through these great topics and leave with practical tools for tackling them in your home!
Monthly Topics:
- Sept 9 – What are our Children Doing in the Digital Age?
- Oct 14 – The Birds, The Bees, The Talk
- Nov 11 – Having the Other Talk – Drugs
(Childcare Not Available)
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being!
Single Parent Group meets the 3rd Saturday of the month from 7pm – 8:30pm. Join Diane Windsor as she facilitates this support group. We will tackle practical, every-day issues such as …Personal Finances, Feeding your family healthy, Low cost, easy meals, Answers to some legal questions, Co-Parenting, Teaching your kids how to have healthy relationships, and much more! Low cost childcare available.
NOVEMBER MEETING will be OFF-SITE AT INFINITE BOUNDS GYMNASTICS CENTER (Upstairs Meeting Room)
This Month’s Topic: Keeping Our Kids Safe!
The best way to protect children from abuse is having positive, open communication with them on an ongoing basis starting when they are young. Children normally don’t speak up if they are being abused but are more likely to if they have a trusted adult who has proactive communication with them already. Ellen White, from the YMCA, will speak to us about protecting our children.
Childcare is only $5.00 per family (pre-registration is needed to ensure space).
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for childcare during November’s Single Side UP! Meeting.
(Every 3rd Saturday!)
You want the freshest comedy available? Made to order? The Understudies will serve up heaping portions of laughter – improv style!
If you’re hungry for some family-friendly fun see you at COMEDY NIGHT! (The Understudies is a hilarious Improv group trained and sponsored by HimProv.) Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night of laughter and fun together!( (Bring your own dinner or purchase snacks/drinks from the $1 cafe.)
Every 4th Saturday night from 6-8pm come in for a FUN evening, plus connect as a family over the value of the month and go home with an At-Home Family Values Tool! Gifts and prizes each night, too!
EACH FAMILY WILL BUILD THEIR OWN GINGERBREAD HOUSE AND TAKE IT HOME!
You’ll fill your gingerbread house with written ideas of how to show each other love this Christmas instead of getting caught up in “looks” and “things”. PLUS, we’ll play some BINGO and everyone leaves with a prize!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own dinner or enjoy drinks/snacks from the $1 café. (EVERY second Saturday!)
The Single Parent Group meeting is taking a break in December and will resume again on January 17th, 2015.
We hope that you will join us for a great Family Connection Night on December 13th from 6-8:00 pm. We will play Bingo … plus each family will decorate a gingerbread house together and take them home! Please check out our calendar event for December 13!
Our 4th Saturday Free Family Connection Night is taking a break in December.
We hope you will join us for one of our other December Family Connection Night Opportunities:
- 12/13 – Free Family Connection Night. Bingo PLUS Gingerbread House making
- 12/31 – 4th Annual “Turn Back Time the Ball Drops at 9!” New Years Eve Family Celebration
Please check the Calendar for more details – we hope to see you!
Celebrate New Year’s Eve family style. THE most FUN, safest, Family Friendliest way to bring in 2015 in Collin County!
- A “Rockin'” Gift for Every Family
- Delicious Pasta/Pizza Palooza Dinner from local restaurants like Newk’s Eatery – West Plano, TX, Taverna Rossa – Craft Pizza & Beer , Angela’s at the Crosswalk and more!
- Yummy Desserts, too!
- FREE professional family portrait by Kemp Portraits
- Raffle Prizes
- Terrific Entertainment!! Keith Coast, Illusionist/Comedian
- Countdown to midnight at 9pm!
- Host/Emcee Extraordinaire, Chip Waggoner of Fox 4 News!
- and more!
Click HERE to purchase tickets.
($15 Adults, $10 Kids OR Reserved Seating Available for $20/person)
FREE Family Bingo Night PLUS “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” Dream Big Focus!
Super, fun good old fashioned Bingo Night PLUS a Dr. Seuss, “Oh The Places You’ll Go” focus!
You’ll enjoy a (cool for all ages!) Activity time that will have your family Dreaming Big together! PLUS, each kid leaves with a bingo prize and each family receives an At-Home Dream Big tool/gift, too! (Bring your own dinner or enjoy snacks/drinks from the $1 café.)
January MEETING will be AT INFINITE BOUNDS GYMNASTICS CENTER
Join other single parents for encouragement and connection as we start a New Year of Single Side UP! Meetings. Since it’s the New Year, we’ll do a Dream Big for Your Family exercise AND a lawyer will be here to answer and guide you through any legal issues your dealing with, too. Start the new year off right by getting refueled and recharged at Single Side UP!
Childcare is only $5.00 per family and pre-registration is needed to ensure space. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for January childcare.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
FREE Family Connection Night on the Road!
Join us at Hughston Elementary (2601 Cross Bend Road, Plano, TX 75023) for FUN, CONNECTION AND GAMES with a THRIVING FAMILIES DREAM BIG FOCUS.
Dream Big for Science and Family! BOTH in the same night! Newton’s Lab is back by popular demand with an exciting, super cool science show that will have your whole family excited about Science!
Plus, we’ll do a Dream Big Family Connection Exercise and send you home with a Tool on Creating a Family Mission Statement! Science AND Family, a dynamic combination that is EXPLODING WITH FUN!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Motivation.
Opportunities and Parenting tools.
Munchies.
Join us at Infinite Bounds in Plano! Brown bag Parenting Ed lunches. ($5/person)
TOPIC: Mission Statements/Goals/Dreams
Our thriving family value for January is DREAM BIG.
Join us as Cynthia Garrison, Board Member and Lead PISD Parent Educator, leads us through how to make a Family Mission statement and/or dream big for 2015. Leave with practical tools for tackling this in your home!
(Dads, grandparents also invited, of course!)
(Childcare Not Available.)
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day and to encourage at-home family connection, instead of our usual Family Connection Night, join us on our first ever At-Home TSUFamily Night Challenge, our “My Family is SWEET!” Valentines Family Time Challenge!
Click MY FAMILY IS SWEET to check out our Plan/Ideas/Tools for a sweet family night at home!
If you post a pic on our Facebook page of your family’s connection night (or email it to us), you will be entered to WIN a Family FUNnection basket too!
FAMILY TIME IS SWEET!!!!
Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.
Enjoy your Single Parent’s Night Out! Childcare is only $5.00 per child and pre-registration is needed to ensure space. Space is limited in our Newborn-Pre-K area, so sign up early to ensure your spot. There is no Single Side UP! Meeting in February.
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for February childcare.
* Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
Postponed!
Family Connection Night is POSTPONED due to inclement weather!
Saturday’s forecast is too “iffy” so Bingo Night Plus DJ BDub has been rescheduled.
… no Family Connection Night … but your assignment is to connect as a family at home together!!!
And… check out this LINE-UP of upcoming Family Nights… join us for 3/14 Comedy Night at Otto Middle School, 3/28 Heritage Farmstead Open Mic Joke Night, 4/11 Meet the Candidates Bingo Night, 4/25 DJ BDub Family/Group Dance plus GAME NIGHT FUN….. and more!!
For now… best wishes for safety and fun in this snow and ice! SEE YOU SOON!
FREE FAMILY CONNECTION NIGHT – Improv Comedy Night with The Understudies!
You want the freshest comedy available? Made to order? The Understudies will serve up heaping portions of laughter – improv style! If you’re hungry for some family-friendly FUN see you at COMEDY NIGHT!
The Understudies is a hilarious Improv group trained and sponsored by HimProv. Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night of laughter and fun together! Plus, we’ll send you home with an At-Home Family Connection Tool too! Join us at Otto Middle School, 504 North Star Rd., Plano 75074.
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
The Single Side UP! program of This Side UP! Family hosts a Free Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway twice a year. Single Parents – this is for YOU and YOUR FAMILY!
Our next SSU! Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway will be at:
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano, TX 75074
Come to the Fellowship Hall Building on the south end of campus. Enter from Shiloh Road onto Blossom Trail to enter the south parking lot.
Get ready for the change of season and receive the blessing of great clothes donated by our loving community!
“Gently Used” Clothing Donations Needed – Please bring clothing donations (women’s, men’s, kid’s) to any of these drop off locations:
Farrar Family Chiropractic
4152 W. Spring Creek Pkwy, Suite 116
Plano 75024
Infinite Bounds Plano
1901 Preston Park Blvd
Plano 75093
Aqua-Fit Swim and Wellness
1400 Summit Ave, Suite D2
Plano 75074
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano 75074
March MEETING will be AT INFINITE BOUNDS GYMNASTICS CENTER
TOPIC: Co-Parenting. Don’t you wish your kids came with an instruction book?
It’s so hard to know how to discipline, parent, and if you’re a single parent, you need to learn how to co-parent! Cynthia Garrison (MS, CFLE, CAMS, Certified Family Life Educator/Mediator) is going to share some tips and wisdom on these tough topics. Join other single parents for encouragement and connection!
Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for March childcare.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
Come on out to The Heritage Farmstead Museum and we’ll have a blast playing good ole fashioned BINGO and winning FUN prizes. PLUS… Open Mic JOKE TIME! No Joke!This month’s Family Value is: THRIVING FAMILIES LAUGH so… Come ready to tell a family-friendly joke from the stage and/or participate in an improv joke time together!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too!
Bring your own picnic or drinks/snacks. (optional)
Bingo NIGHT Plus Meet the Candidates running for Plano’s City Council and School Board!
We’ll have a blast playing good ole fashioned BINGO called by the neat people running for office in our city! And winning FUN prizes. No political agendas or talks allowed, just come on out for a neat evening of meeting and getting to know the candidates so you’re ready to vote in the important, upcoming May election!
(Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own picnic or drinks/snacks, optional.)
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.
Enjoy your Single Parent’s Night Out! Pre-registration is needed to ensure space. Space is limited in our Newborn-Pre-K area, so sign up early to ensure your spot. There is no Single Side UP! Meeting in April.
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for April childcare.
* Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
Saturday Night THRIVE!
Live entertainment and other fun options. A great time for the whole family!
The incredible and oh so fun, DJ B Dub is BACK by popular demand to lead us through a FUN night of music, games and Group Dances!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Mom is MMMarvelous!…. A Mother’s Day Focused Free Family Connection Night that’s MMM good!
Minute to Win it Games, Marshmallow Family Challenge and a MARVELOUS Martial Arts Demo by AMA Black Belt Academy and….More! Moms can even break some boards!
PLUS an M&M guess how many contest and you could WIN the loot inside! Come on out for a night of good ol’fashioned community FUN!
A GIFT FOR EACH MOM!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Childcare for May meeting will be at Infinite Bounds Gymnastics Center, from 6 to 8:30 pm. The SSU meeting will be 6:30 – 8:00pm at Market Street on the NW corner of Preston and Park.
TOPIC: Home Maintenance and Repairs 101
Having to deal with home repairs and maintenance by yourself can be tough! Whether you rent an apartment or own a house, it’s important to understand the basics. Holly Kreisner, the owner of Mr. Fix-It Fast, will join us and teach us how to fix some small problems, and prevent the big ones, in our homes! Join other single parents for encouragement and connection!
Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for May childcare.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
Instead of our usual Family Connection Night, join us on our At-Home TSUFamily Night!
Make this A Memorial Day Weekend to Remember!
FAMILY CONNECTION TIME CHALLENGE
This challenge starts Friday, 5/22 and goes through Monday 5/25.
It is super EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY!
TWO SIMPLE STEPS:
Step 1.
SNAP A PIC OF YOUR FAMILY DOING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Playing a Board Game TOGETHER.
2. Picnic-ing TOGETHER. (indoor or outdoor)
3. Volunteering TOGETHER.…
4. Playing Outside TOGETHER.
5. Baking/Cooking TOGETHER.
6. Doing something special for MEMORIAL DAY TOGETHER!
Step 2.
Post your PIC on This Side UP! Family’s Facebook page or email it to info@thissideupfamily.org BY MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, 5/25.
WHY??!!!
1.YOU COULD WIN. All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket valued at $50 (movie tickets, pizza gift card, board game, and more)!
2.THE BIG WHY. Because Family Time is so important and has been proven to be a key indicator of a child’s success and well-being. Children who are positively connected to their family relationships are less likely to make poor choices and more likely to become confident, content community participants as they grow up! That relationship building starts NOW, no matter the age of your child! It’s never too early and it’s never too late to focus on family connection! And the results are trajectory-changing, for family and community strengthening!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
(Winner announced 5/28!)
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
FREE Family Connection Night!
Family Bingo and Game Night
Come play Bingo! Fun games! WIN prizes and more!
We’ll have a blast playing good ole fashioned BINGO and winning FUN prizes. PLUS… we’ll have a special Prelude to Fathers Day, Flag Day and Frisbees FOCUS!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own picnic or drinks/snacks.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO PSA PLANO1 FOR THEIR GIFT OF THIS LOCATION FOR THIS GREAT EVENING!
PSA StarCenter
6500 Preston Meadow Dr, Plano, Texas 75024
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.
Enjoy your Single Parent’s Night Out! Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. Space is limited in our Newborn-Pre-K area, so sign up early to ensure your spot. There is no Single Side UP! Meeting in June.
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for June childcare.
* Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
Family Bingo and Game Night
Come play Bingo! Fun games! WIN prizes and more!
FREE Family Connection Night!
We’ll have a blast playing good ole fashioned BINGO and winning FUN prizes. PLUS… we’ll have added fun gearing up for the Annual Duck Race with Duck-Themed games where you can earn Duck Bucks towards Duck Adoptions!
(Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too! Bring your own picnic or drinks/snacks.)
(A SPECIAL THANKS TO Chase Oaks Family Center FOR THEIR GIFT OF THIS LOCATION FOR THIS GREAT EVENING! Address: 1890 AVENUE K, SUITE 200 PLANO, TX 75074)
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Childcare for July’s meeting will be at Infinite Bounds Gymnastics Center, from 6 to 8:30 pm. The SSU meeting will be 6:30 – 8:00pm at Market Street on the NW corner of Preston and Park.
TOPIC: Mid-Year Financial Check-up/Re-set!
Did you set any financial goals at the beginning of the year? How are you doing? Join us for a mid-year money check-up and re-set. We’ll go over budgeting, getting out of debt, the envelope system (our leader’s favorite!) and retirement. What kind of questions do you have? We’ll break it down, and make it easy to get on track with your finances.
Join other single parents for encouragement and connection!
Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. Childcare is provided to those parents attending this month’s Single Side UP! Parent meeting. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for July childcare if you are attending the SSU meeting.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
Adopt a rubber duck for $5 and you could WIN a a $1000 Mastercard®/Visa® gift card!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR DUCK ADOPTION OR REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL 5K NOW!
The Duck Race is Saturday July 25, 2015, 6:45-9:00pm
Tom Muehlenbeck Aquatic Center
5801 W. Parker Rd.
Plano, Texas 75093
Come cheer on your ducks and enjoy a FREE Family Wellness Carnival and Splash Fest with prizes, food, swimming, games and more! Bring your own picnic dinner or enjoy snowcones, popcorn or snacks, drinks! Swim, slide AND enjoy more FUN activities for the kids!
DUCK RACE AT 8pm! We’ll launch them into the pool and the one who crosses the finish line first WINS a $1000 MasterCard®/Visa® gift card! Second place duck WINS big too! Top 20 ducks will WIN a prize! (Need not be present to win)
*** New this Year ***
Join the Virtual 5K! Complete your 5K anytime, anywhere, between now and 7/25. All participants will also receive a free duck adoption ($5 value) and be entered for a chance to WIN a super cool Family Road Trip Prize basket including a Portable DVD Player, Board Game, Snacks, etc (Valued at over $100). Participants can pick up medals at 7/25 Duck Race / Wellness Carnival and Splash Fest or after 7/25 at the TSUF Operations Office or an upcoming Family Connection Night. *Once registered, we will email more details.*
All sales/registrations support This Side UP! Family’s wellness programs/services.
2nd Saturday Family Connection Night is taking a break in August.
We hope you will join This Side UP! Family on August 15th at the Historic Downtown Plano Association’s first ever Chalk-It-Up Art Contest and Movie Night!
This is a FREE Event for the whole family! Your family can enter to win cool prizes by creating your own pavement art! Come watch Professional Chalk Artists do their thing and play chalk games at the TSUF Tent! Then stay to watch the “UP” Movie on a big, inflatable screen at 8:30pm. Bring your own picnic! Snow Cones, Water and Popcorn available!
Please check our calendar entry “HDPA Chalk It Up AND Movie in the Park! (TSUF Chalk Games Tent!)” for all the details.
We hope to see you there!
Single Parent’s Night Out is taking a break in August.
We hope you will join This Side UP! Family on August 15th at the Historic Downtown Plano Association’s first ever Chalk-It-Up Art Contest and Movie Night!
This is a FREE Event for the whole family! Your family can enter to win cool prizes by creating your own pavement art! Come watch Professional Chalk Artists do their thing and play chalk games at the TSUF Tent! Then stay to watch the “UP” Movie on a big, inflatable screen at 8:30pm. Bring your own picnic! Snow Cones, Water and Popcorn available!
Please check our calendar entry “HDPA Chalk It Up AND Movie in the Park! (TSUF Chalk Games Tent!)” for all the details.
We hope to see you there!
4th Saturday Family Connection Night is taking a break in August.
We hope you will join This Side UP! Family on August 15th at the Historic Downtown Plano Association’s first ever Chalk-It-Up Art Contest and Movie Night!
This is a FREE Event for the whole family! Your family can enter to win cool prizes by creating your own pavement art! Come watch Professional Chalk Artists do their thing and play chalk games at the TSUF Tent! Then stay to watch the “UP” Movie on a big, inflatable screen at 8:30pm. Bring your own picnic! Snow Cones, Water and Popcorn available!
Please check our calendar entry “HDPA Chalk It Up AND Movie in the Park! (TSUF Chalk Games Tent!)” for all the details.
We hope to see you there!
The Single Side UP! program of This Side UP! Family hosts a Free Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway twice a year.
Single Parents – this is for YOU and YOUR FAMILY!
Get ready for the change of season and receive the blessing of great clothes donated by our loving community!
This Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway will be held at:
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano, TX 75074
Come to the Fellowship Hall Building on the south end of campus. Enter from Shiloh Road onto Blossom Trail to enter the south parking lot.
“Gently Used” Clothing Donations Needed – Please bring clothing donations (women’s, men’s, kid’s) to any of these drop off locations:
AMA Black Belt Academy
2035 W McDermott, Suite 450
Allen 75013
Infinite Bounds Plano
1901 Preston Park Blvd
Plano 75093
Aqua-Fit Swim and Wellness
1400 Summit Ave, Suite D2
Plano 75074
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano 75074
FREE FAMILY CONNECTION NIGHT
Improv Comedy Night with The Understudies!
You want the freshest comedy available? Made to order?
The Understudies will serve up heaping portions of laughter – improv style! If you’re hungry for some family-friendly fun see you at COMEDY NIGHT! (The Understudies is a hilarious Improv group trained and sponsored by HimProv.)
Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night of laughter and fun together! We’ll send you home with an At-Home Family Connection Tool, too.
As usual, bring your own dinner and/orsnacks (optional).
Location:
Hughston Elementary, 2601 Cross Bend Rd, Plano, Texas 75023
Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family is again honored to have been selected as a local non-profit who will provide volunteers (and receive funding for doing so) to fuel this amazing community event!
Volunteers will sell tickets / wristbands to attendees for the activities in the Kids’ Fun Zone. Each volunteer will receive a 3 day admission pass for the Festival, a volunteer parking pass for the day they volunteer, and our appreciation for their time and energy!!
We have two volunteer shifts to choose from. Click Here to volunteer! You can use your pass to enjoy the Balloon Festival all weekend long!
Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.
Enjoy your Single Parent’s Night Out! Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. Space is limited in our Newborn-Pre-K rooms, so sign up early to ensure your spot. There is no Single Side UP! Meeting in September.
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for September childcare.
* Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
It’s time for a TSUF
At-Home Family Challenge!!
This month’s Family Value is “THRIVING FAMILIES FOCUS ON FINANCES!” so this weekend we are challenging you to schedule some connection time together to make and talk about SAVE, GIVE, SPEND jars as a family!
Post a picture of your family with your JARS to our FB page! Your post will register your family to win a family basket with movie tickets, family board game and more! Enter through Sunday and prize drawing will be held (and winner announced) on Tuesday!
Click HERE for our Family Connection Time sheet with more ideas for Family Finances connection. Also, if you already made JARS at a TSUF program this month, that counts! Just post a pic of your family with them at home!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Social Media 101 (9/29)
Panel Style Education & Discussion on the in’s and out’s of social media and it’s impact on development and self-esteem.
Panelists:
Cynthia Garrison (PISD Lead Parent Educator)
Coach Keisha Howard (Parent&Teen Coach, 2015 Mom’s Choice Award)
JJ McLeod (Youth/Family Pastor at Legacy Church Plano)
Irum Kitty Jones (Chief Technology Officer with VPay and Noxx Media
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in October and November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
TAG, You’re It (10/6)
Development of the adolescent brain, stress, depression and suicide; learn how to recognize the signs of a young person in psychological distress and how to get appropriate help.
Presented by Vanita Halliburton
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in October and November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
Bingo Night PLUS the Plano Symphony Orchestra!
Come play Bingo! Fun games! WIN prizes and more!
PLUS….
the PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’s Instrument Petting Zoo will be here for the kids to enjoy their own hands-on experience!
Youth musicians will even treat us to a mini-performance!!!
*COOLNESS ALERT! They have given us FREE tickets to share with our wonderful families!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Location:
Davis Elementary School
2701 Parkhaven Drive
Plano, TX 75075
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
(Location details coming soon!)
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Communicating Effectively with Your Teen (10/13)
Dr. Jenny Warren from Collin College will share information and answer your questions on effective communication.
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in October and November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
TOPIC – It’s our very popular Ask a Lawyer event! An attorney will be present to answer your legal questions!
It’s so hard to know how to discipline, parent, and if you’re a single parent, you need to learn how to co-parent! Join other single parents for encouragement and connection!
Meeting location this month is the same as the childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1890 K Ave (across Ave K from the Fire Station)
Plano, TX 75074
Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for October childcare.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Healthy Relationships (10/20)
The Family Place will share information on teen relationships, friendships, and dating, and how to address your concerns as a parent.
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in October and November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Raising a Strong Teen (10/27)
Learn how to navigate the sometimes challenging teen years and equip yourself with the necessary tools to support their development.
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Drugs / Alcohol (11/03)
Panel Style Education & Discussion on current drug and alcohol issues facing our teens and how to communicate effectively to protect and strengthen your child.
Panelists:
Cynthia Garrison (PISD Lead Parent Educator)
Diane Windsor (Single Side UP! Leader)
Grace Raulson (Collin County Substance Abuse Specialist)
Officer Courtney Pero (Plano Police Officer)
Click HERE to see the topics and timeline for the rest of the series in November!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring you this invaluable, empowering Fall Parenting POWER HOUR Series!!
Amazing Local Experts will deliver wisdom and practical ideas to equip parents! Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075
Sex (11/10)
Panel Style Discussion on talking to your tween/teens on this tough, but very important topic.
Panelists:
Cynthia Garrison (PISD Lead Parent Educator)
Jennifer Barker (Director of Programs at CARE Collin County)
Laura Atterstrom, MA (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POW-er Hours are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
FREE Family Bingo PLUS Attitude of Gratitude Night
We’ll play some BINGO and everyone leaves with a prize!
We’ll also send you home with a family connection tool to continue building an ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE into your home!
PLUS!!! Come Watch Zoe the Clown’s FUN Show and learn a few clown moves of your own! 🙂
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1890 K Ave, Plano, TX 75074 (across Ave K from Fire Station)
Every Second & Fourth Saturday from 6-8pm, find us at various terrific community locations each month!
TOPIC – Co-Parenting During the Holidays
Join us for a discussion with counselor Cynthia Garrison, MS, CFLE, CAMS, about co-parenting during the holidays. It’s not always easy to schedule visits that make everyone happy. Cynthia will help figure out what’s best for both parents and the kids
Meeting location this month is the same as the childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1890 K Ave (across Ave K from the Fire Station)
Plano, TX 75074
Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space. REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Click HERE to register for November childcare.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! (Single Side Up! meets every odd month on 3rd Saturday (with childcare on site) AND on even months we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
FREE Family Bingo Night PLUS – Gingerbread House Making
EACH FAMILY WILL BUILD THEIR OWN GINGERBREAD HOUSE AND TAKE IT HOME!
You’ll fill your gingerbread house with written ideas of how to show each other love this Christmas instead of getting caught up in “looks” and “things”.
PLUS, we’ll play some BINGO and everyone leaves with a prize!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Thank you to our Location Sponsors!
Join us Upstairs at PSA Plano 1!
PSA Star Center
6500 Preston Meadow Dr, Plano, Texas 75024
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
THE most FUN, Safest, Family Friendliest way to bring in 2016 in Collin County! We’ll have great food, wonderful entertainment, free family portrait by Kemp Portraits, silent acution and a “High Five” gift for every family to celebrate our 5th year!
- TERRIFIC Entertainment
- Delicious Dinner and Desserts
- FREE professional family portrait
- AMAZING Silent Auction and Crafts for the Kids
- A Gift for Every Family
- Countdown and Sparkling Juice Toast to midnight at 9pm!
Click HERE to purchase tickets!
FAMILY CONNECTION TIME CHALLENGE
Save the Date!
Program details coming soon!
The At-Home Family Challenge is always EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY! All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket with movie tickets, board game, and more!
Specific details coming soon! Challenge runs from Friday – through Sunday at midnight!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Spring 2016!!
During January – May, second Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075. Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens!
01/12 Topic – Social Media / Technology 101
Education and discussion on the “ins and outs” of the most popular teen social media sites plus ideas for establishing social media and cell phone boundaries with your child.
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being!
This Month Topic – Budgeting
Please note the key changes to this month’s program:
1. Day / Date change to Friday evening, January 15th
2. The meeting and childcare will be at Oak Point Recreation Center, 6000 Jupiter Rd, Plano, 75074
3. We do not have access to a nursery so childcare for January will be for our 2 older groupings, I’m a Big Kid Now and School House Rocks. (All children must be potty trained)
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space.
Click Here to register for childcare!
(Single Side UP! meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of the month (with childcare). For months that do not have a meeting, we offer 3rd Saturday childcare for you to enjoy a Single Parent’s Night Out.)
Saturday Night Thrive
We’ll have a blast playing good ole
fashioned BINGO and winning FUN prizes.
PLUS…. We’ll finish out our 5 Year Anniversary Month with a High-Five your Family Themed Night!
Get Your very own High Five Your Family Travelling Trophy, make Handprint Family Art and play classic games together!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
We’ll have family fun and send you home with a family connection tool to continue building on the family value of the month in your home!
Host Location:
Hughston Elementary
2601 Crossbend
Plano, TX 75023
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Spring 2016!!
During January – May, second Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075. Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens!
02/09 Topic – Dating and Relationships
Dating and Relationships – how to navigate difficult conversations and what you need to be aware of to protect and empower your teen.
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
“MY FAMILY IS SWEET!”
VALENTINES FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE
To inspire family connection and a unified belief in your own family’s awesomeness (aka SWEETness), we created the “My Family is SWEET!” Valentines Family Time Challenge.
This challenge starts Friday, 2/12 and goes through Monday 2/15.
It is super EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY!
THREE SIMPLE STEPS
Step 1. SUBMIT A FAMILY PIC including a “MY FAMILY IS SWEET!” sign you create. (Sign can be printed off the computer, handwritten, written on a cake, etc. Big or small, you decide! Before you snap the pic, read Step 2 below.)…
Step 2. PHOTO SHOULD SHOW YOUR FAMILY DOING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Playing a Board Game TOGETHER.
2. Picnic-ing TOGETHER. (indoor or outdoor)
3. Volunteering TOGETHER.
4. Playing TOGETHER.
5. Making and/or Enjoying a SWEET Treat TOGETHER.
Step 3. Post your PIC on This Side UP! Family’s FB page or email it to info@thissideupfamily.org BY MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, 2/15.
WHY??!!!
1.YOU COULD WIN. All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket w/movie tickets, board game, and more!
2.THE BIG WHY. Because Family Time is SWEET (Awesome) and has also been proven to be a key indicator of a child’s success and well-being. Children who are positively connected to their family relationships are less likely to make poor choices and more likely to become confident, content community participants as they grow up! That relationship building starts NOW, no matter the age of your child! It’s never too early and it’s never too late to focus on family connection! And the results are trajectory-changing, for family and community strengthening!
EARN AN EXTRA ENTRY!
Like, comment, and share this TSUF VALENTINES FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE on Facebook and when we receive your PIC we’ll enter you to win TWICE!
Have fun with this VALENTINES FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE!
Facebook or Email us your FAMILY TIME, SIGN-HOLDING PIC by midnight on Monday, 2/15!!
FAMILY TIME IS SWEET!!!!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
(Winner announced 2/16!)
This Month’s Topic – Ask a Lawyer
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being!
Please note the key changes to this month’s program:
1. Day / Date change to Friday, February 19th
2. The meeting and childcare will be at Oak Point Recreation Center, 6000 Jupiter Rd, Plano, 75074
3. We do not have access to a nursery so childcare will be for our 2 older groupings, I’m a Big Kid Now and School House Rocks. (All children must be potty trained)
REGISTRATION for childcare and starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is needed to ensure space.
Click Here to register for childcare!
Saturday Night Thrive
FREE Family Connection Night!
BINGO PLUS… Leap Year FUN!
We’ll have a blast playing good ole fashioned BINGO and winning FUN prizes. PLUS…. We’ll focus on LEAP YEAR and having fun strengthening your family by LEAPS AND BOUNDS!
Connect with your family over the value of the month and we’ll send you home with a tool to elevate that value at home, too!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Hughston Elementary
2601 Cross Bend Rd
Plano, TX 75023
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Spring 2016!!
During January – May, second Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075. Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens!
03/08 Topic – Drugs/Alcohol
Education and Discussion on current drug and alcohol issues facing our teens and how to communicate effectively to protect and strengthen your child.
Presenters: Jennifer Barker, Director of Programs at CARE Collin County and former PISD Senior High Substance Abuse Counselor AND Diane Windsor, Single Side Up Leader and experienced parent.
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
Saturday Night Thrive
Join us for
COMEDY NIGHT!
You want the freshest comedy available? Made to order?
The Understudies serve up heaping portions of laughter – improv style! If you’re hungry for some family-friendly fun see you at
COMEDY NIGHT! (The Understudies is a hilarious Improv group trained and sponsored by HimProv.)
Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night of laughter and fun
together! We’ll send you home with an At-Home Family Connection Tool, too.
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Hughston Elementary
2601 Cross Bend Rd
Plano, Texas 75023
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Month’s Topic – Saving for Retirement
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center. Childcare is provided onsite as space is available. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is recommended to ensure space for your child.
Click Here to register for childcare!
“MY FAMILY IS EGGS-ELLENT!”
FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE
In honor of Easter weekend AND, most of all, to inspire family connection and a unified belief in your own family’s EGGS-ellentness, we created the …
“My Family is EGGS-ELLENT!”
Easter Weekend Family Time Challenge.
This challenge starts Friday, 3/25 and goes through Sunday, 3/27.
It is super EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY!
THREE SIMPLE STEPS
Step 1. SUBMIT A FAMILY PIC with a visible egg in it!
(Egg can soft or hard-boiled, white or decorated, whatever you prefer! Before you snap the pic, read Step 2 below.)
Step 2. PHOTO SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE ADULT AND ONE KID AND SHOULD SHOW YOUR FAMILY DOING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Playing a Board Game TOGETHER.
2. Picnic-ing TOGETHER. (indoor or outdoor)
3. Volunteering TOGETHER.
4. Playing or Hanging out TOGETHER.
5. Cooking or Eating TOGETHER.
Step 3. Post your PIC on This Side UP! Family’s FB page or email it to info@thissideupfamily.org BY MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, 3/27.
WHY??!!!
1.YOU COULD WIN. All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket w/movie tickets, board game, and more!
2.THE BIG WHY. Because Family Time is EGGS-ellent (Awesome) and has also been proven to be a key indicator of a child’s success and well-being. Children who are positively connected to their family relationships are less likely to make poor choices and more likely to become confident, content community participants as they grow up! That relationship building starts NOW, no matter the age of your child! It’s never too early and it’s never too late to focus on family connection! The results are trajectory-changing, for family and community strengthening!
EARN EXTRA ENTRIES!
Like, comment, and share this TSUF FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE on Facebook and when we receive your PIC we’ll enter you to win TWICE! Add #familytimematters #thissideuupfamily and we’ll even add another entry!
FAMILY TIME IS EGGS-ellent!!!! Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
REMEMBER… there should be an EGG in your pic!! 🙂
(Winner announced 3/29!)
The Single Side UP! program of This Side UP! Family hosts a Free Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway twice a year.
Single Parents – this is for YOU and YOUR FAMILY!
Get ready for the change of season and receive the blessing of great clothes donated by our loving community!
Clothing Giveaway Location:
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano, TX 75074
Come to the Fellowship Hall Building on the south end of campus. Enter from Shiloh Road onto Blossom Trail to enter the south parking lot.
WE NEED GENTLY USED OR NEW CLOTHING DONATIONS!
WE ARE ONLY COLLECTING CLOTHING DONATIONS; PLEASE DO NOT DONATE NON-CLOTHING ITEMS.
Drop-off locations for clothing donations only; drop off during business hours only please:
AMA Black Belt Academy
2035 W McDermott, Suite 450
Allen 75013
Aqua-Fit Swim and Fitness Family Wellness Center
1400 Summit Ave, Suite D2
Plano 75074
Dubs Tea and Water
3100 Independence Pkwy, Suite 100
Plano 75075
Infinite Bounds Plano
1901 Preston Park Blvd
Plano 75093
LegacyChurch
4501 Legacy Drive
Plano 75024
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano 75074
This Side UP! Family Ops Office
1201 E. 15th Street, Suite 202
Plano 75074
Saturday Night Thrive
FREE Family Connection Night – Bingo PLUS!
We’ll play some BINGO and everyone leaves with a prize! PLUS a Pop, Pop, Pop FOCUS!
- POPcorn Praise Exercise with your Family!
- POPcorn Art as a Family!
- POPcorn Pictionary with the group!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
PSA StarCenter – Plano 1
6500 Preston Meadow Dr
Plano, Texas 75024
Upstairs at PSA Plano 1
Thank you to our Location Sponsors!
We’ll have family fun and send you home with a family connection tool to continue building on the family value of the month in your home! Join us Upstairs at PSA Plano 1!
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Spring 2016!!
During January – May, second Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075. Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens!
04/12 Topic – Bullying (Online and Offline!)
Prevent and Identify bullying in your child’s life, both online and offline. Learn how to teach your child to come to you with concerns early and fast.
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
There is no Single Side UP! Meeting this month, however we want to provide childcare for you to have your own night out.
REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Space is limited in all our rooms, so sign up early! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click Here to register for childcare!
“MY FAMILY IS POPPING!”
FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE
We had so much fun with our Pop, Pop, Pop Family Connection Night we want to keep it going! So… to inspire family connection and a unified belief in your own family’s awesomeness , we created the “My Family is POPPING!” Family Time Challenge.
This challenge starts Friday, 4/22 and goes through Sunday, 4/24.
It is super EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY!
THREE SIMPLE STEPS
Step 1. SUBMIT A FAMILY PIC with POPCORN in it!
(Before you snap the pic, read Step 2 below.)
Step 2. PHOTO SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE ADULT AND ONE KID AND SHOULD SHOW YOUR FAMILY DOING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Playing a Board Game TOGETHER.
2. Picnic-ing TOGETHER. (indoor or outdoor)
3. Volunteering TOGETHER.
4. Playing or Hanging out TOGETHER.
5. Cooking or Eating TOGETHER.
6. Making POPcorn Art TOGETHER.
Step 3. Post your PIC on This Side UP! Family’s FB page or email it to info@thissideupfamily.org BY MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, 4/24.
WHY??!!!
1.YOU COULD WIN. All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket w/movie tickets, board game, and more!
2.THE BIG WHY. Because FAMILY TIME MATTERS and has been proven to be a key indicator of a child’s success and well-being. Children who are positively connected to their family relationships are less likely to make poor choices and more likely to become confident, content community participants as they grow up! That relationship building starts NOW, no matter the age of your child! It’s never too early and it’s never too late to focus on family connection! And the results are trajectory-changing, for family and community strengthening!
EARN EXTRA ENTRIES!
Like, comment, and share this TSUF FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE on Facebook and when we receive your PIC we’ll enter you to win TWICE! Add #familytimematters #thissideuupfamily and we’ll even add another entry!
FAMILY TIME MATTERS!!!!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
REMEMBER… there should be POPCORN in your pic!!
(Winner announced 4/27!)
Saturday Night Thrive
Mom is MMMarvelous!
Mothers Day Weekend Free Family Connection Night that’s MMM good!
Minute to Win it Games … Marshmallow Family Challenge …
Marvelous Line Dancing Fun by Graceful Soles Dance Studio …
M&M Connection Time … PLUS A GIFT FOR EACH MOM!
Come on out for a night of good ol’fashioned community FUN aimed at honoring the MMMarvelous Moms in attendance! We’ll have family fun and send you home with a family connection tool to continue building on the family value of the month in your home!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Hughston Elementary
2601 Cross Bend Rd
Plano, Texas 75023
Thank you to our Location Sponsors!
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Spring 2016!!
During January – May, second Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Haggard Public Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano, Texas 75075. Leave ready to Connect with your Tweens and Teens!
05/10 Topic – Family Conflict and Communications Strategies
Learn how to address family conflict in a healthy way and how to grow closer to your teen through the conflict you are experiencing.
Click HERE to review topics and timeline from the complete series!
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Don’t miss this incredible Tween/Teen Parenting POWER HOUR Series!! Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Month’s Topic – Ask a Lawyer
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center. Childcare is provided onsite as space is available. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register for childcare!
This Month’s Topic – Estate Planning and Wills
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center.
Space is limited in all our childcare rooms, so sign up early to ensure your spot. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register!
Childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
(building is behind the Advance Auto Parts store)
Get The Scoop on Celebrating Dad!
Free Family Connection Night!
Join us for This Side UP! Family’s FREE Family Connection Night!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
Chase Oaks Family Center building is behind the new Advance Auto Parts store that is across K Ave from the Plano Fire Station #1
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Brownie Box Challenge!
Make a Difference as a Family!
Pick some time between now and 7/11 to accept and complete the Brownie Box Challenge as a Family!
Here is how it works:
- Make a list of people who bless/serve your family and our community
- Pick one to make/take brownies to and write a thank you note to them, involving the whole family
- Do not stress, have fun as a family, and take pictures
- Send your pictures and scoop on who you honored to info@thissideupfamily.org or post it on the TSUF Facebook page by 11:59 pm on July 11th
- A gift/surprise awaits all who participate (you will receive it on Tuesday, 7/12)!!
Check out the pictures from a family who participated last year!
Family Time Matters!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase Family Time in your home and to serve our community!
Check out our calendar for other family focus programs this summer, like our Lucky Duck Race on July 23rd! You will find us at various terrific community locations each month!
WE’VE GOT SPIRIT YES WE DO,
WE’VE GOT SPIRIT HOW ‘BOUT YOU???!!!
Eat at Mooyah at the NE corner of Legacy/Independence and a % of all sales go to This Side UP! Family. Plus, we will have ducks available for adoption for $5 (to support TSUF) if you would like to enter the Duck Race and a chance for the $1000 first place prize. Quacktastic Yummy-ness and then some!
(Duck Race is on 7/23, you do not have to be present to WIN!)
Do you have a parenting issue you’re struggling with?
We want to help!
Come in for free expert advice!
Power UP! Your Parenting:
Connect for FREE one-on-one time with our amazing TSUF Certified Parent Educator, Cynthia Garrison, MS, CFLE, CAMS
Summer can be a stressful time for parents! So… This Side UP! Family is offering FREE 30 minute POWER UP! COACHING SESSIONS at our East Plano Operations Office on the following dates and times.
- Tuesday evenings on 7/12 and 7/19 from 6:30-8:30pm
- Sat 8/6 from 10am-noon
Each child is different and each parent is unique. Share your struggles or questions and our Certified Parenting Coach will help you strategize a results-based approach to initiate in your home immediately!
First-come, first serve. Helpful resources provided during session, too! Spots are limited so only sign up if you are committed to keeping your appointment!
Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute session!
The TSUF Ops Office (1201 E 15th #202) is one stop of many fun stops on this month’s Downtown Plano Art and Wine Walk! Click HERE for more information on the Downtown Plano event.
Come on by and visit us! We’ll have Ducks Available to Adopt for our 7/23 Duck Race Event too! All Duck Race proceeds go to support This Side UP! Family’s wellness programs/services .
This Month’s Topic – Saving for College – How to Open a College Fund
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center.
Space is limited in all our childcare rooms, so sign up early to ensure your spot. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register!
Meeting and Childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
(building is behind the Advance Auto Parts store)
Do you have a parenting issue you’re struggling with?
We want to help!
Come in for free expert advice!
Power UP! Your Parenting:
Connect for FREE one-on-one time with our amazing TSUF Certified Parent Educator, Cynthia Garrison, MS, CFLE, CAMS
Summer can be a stressful time for parents! So… This Side UP! Family is offering FREE 30 minute POWER UP! COACHING SESSIONS at our East Plano Operations Office on the following dates and times.
- Tuesday evenings on 7/12 and 7/19 from 6:30-8:30pm
- Sat 8/6 from 10am-noon
Each child is different and each parent is unique. Share your struggles or questions and our Certified Parenting Coach will help you strategize a results-based approach to initiate in your home immediately!
First-come, first serve. Helpful resources provided during session, too! Spots are limited so only sign up if you are committed to keeping your appointment!
Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute session!
Adopt a Rubber Duck to show your support of
This Side UP! Family
(Need not to be present to win)
Click HERE to purchase your duck adoption TODAY!
Then, mark your calendar for 7/23 to come cheer on your ducks and enjoy a FREE Family Splash Fest with prizes, food, swimming, games and more! Bring your own picnic dinner or enjoy snow-cones, popcorn , snacks, and/or drinks! Swim, slide AND enjoy FUN activities for the kids!
The Lucky Duck Duck Race and Spalshfest is:
Saturday, 7/23/16, 6:45-9:00pm
Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center
5801 W. Parker Rd.
Plano, Texas 75093
DUCK RACE AT 8pm! We’ll launch them into the pool and the one who crosses the finish line first WINS a $1000 MasterCard®/Visa® gift card! Second place duck WINS big, too!! Top 20 ducks WIN A PRIZE! (Need not be present to win)
All proceeds go to This Side UP! Family’s wellness programs and moving families from surviving to thriving!
Do you have a parenting issue you’re struggling with?
We want to help!
Come in for free expert advice!
Power UP! Your Parenting:
Connect for FREE one-on-one time with our amazing TSUF Certified Parent Educator, Cynthia Garrison, MS, CFLE, CAMS
Summer can be a stressful time for parents! So… This Side UP! Family is offering FREE 30 minute POWER UP! COACHING SESSIONS at our East Plano Operations Office on the following dates and times.
- Tuesday evenings on 7/12 and 7/19 from 6:30-8:30pm
- Sat 8/6 from 10am-noon
Each child is different and each parent is unique. Share your struggles or questions and our Certified Parenting Coach will help you strategize a results-based approach to initiate in your home immediately!
First-come, first serve. Helpful resources provided during session, too! Spots are limited so only sign up if you are committed to keeping your appointment!
Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute session!
The Single Side UP! program of This Side UP! Family hosts a Free Single Parent/Kids Clothing Giveaway twice a year.
Single Parents – this is for YOU and YOUR FAMILY!
Get ready for the change of season and receive the blessing of great clothes donated by our loving community!
Clothing Giveaway Location:
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano, TX 75074
Come to the Fellowship Hall Building on the south end of campus. Enter from Shiloh Road onto Blossom Trail to enter the south parking lot.
Get ready for the change of season and receive the blessing of great clothes donated by our loving community!
WE NEED GENTLY USED OR NEW CLOTHING DONATIONS!
WE ARE ONLY COLLECTING CLOTHING DONATIONS; PLEASE DO NOT DONATE NON-CLOTHING ITEMS.
Drop-off locations for clothing donations only; drop off during business hours only please:
AMA Black Belt Academy
2035 W McDermott, Suite 450
Allen 75013
Aqua~Fit Swim & Fitness Family Wellness Center
1400 Summit Ave, Suite D2
Plano 75074
Dubs Tea & Water
3100 Independence Pkwy, Suite 100
Plano 75075
Infinite Bounds
1901 Preston Park Blvd
Plano 75093
LegacyChurch
4501 Legacy Drive
Plano 75024
Plano Bible Chapel
1900 Shiloh Road
Plano 75074
This Side UP! Family Ops Office
1201 E. 15th Street, Suite 202
Plano 75074
BACK TO SCHOOL FAMILY LAUGH NIGHT!
The Understudies serve up heaping portions of laughter – improv style!
If you’re hungry for some family-friendly fun and a great way to conclude your Summer… see you at FAMILY LAUGH NIGHT!
The Understudies is a hilarious Improv group trained and sponsored by Fish Sticks. Kids and adults will enjoy this fun night of laughter and fun together! We will also have an open mic joke sharing time for the kids to share their fave joke!
We’ll have family fun and send you home with a family connection tool to continue building on the family value of the month in your home!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Saigling Elementary
3600 Matterhorn Drive, Plano, TX 75075
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Saturday Night Thrive
Bingo Night PLUS Clown Show!
We’ll have family fun playing good ole fashioned family-friendly Bingo and enjoy a 30 minute show and a 10 minute Clown “tutoring” time by Daisty the Clown from Clownin’ Around. Clown Noses for all!
Every kid wins a prize! Plus…we’ll send you home with a family connection tool!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Meadows Elementary
2800 18th Street
Plano, Texas 75074
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Month’s Topic – Starting a Side Business
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being! From group meetings to nights out on your own to clothing giveaways and more, SSU is here to equip and encourage you on your single parenting journey!!!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center.
Space is limited in all our childcare rooms, so sign up early to ensure your spot. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register!
Meeting and Childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
(building is behind the Advance Auto Parts store)
This Side UP! Family
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Fall 2016!!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an invaluable, empowering Parenting POWER HOUR Series in Fall 2016!!
Informative panel-style discussions with amazing Parenting Experts who will equip and empower parents of Elementary through High School Age Kids on the following topics:
9/20 TOPIC – AVOID HELICOPTER HOMEWORKING AND DEVELOP GREAT STUDY HABITS!
Come hear Lead PISD Parent Educator, Cynthia Garrison and PISD Assistant Principal Karma Cunningham share from their combined 34 years of expertise dealing with parent/child relationships on this important topic! Leave equipped to have a less stressful yet more productive year in the topic of Homework and building great study habits into your kids!!!
Coming UP!:
10/18 – Drugs, Drinking and Other Current Trends
11/15 – Boundary Battles and Control Issues
12/13 – Social Media 101 and How to Connect via Technology
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.
Following each Power Hour, there will be FREE 30-minute Parent Coaching Sessions from 7:45-8:45 pm. Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute coaching session for 9/20! (General Attendees do not need to pre-register!)
Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
Saturday Night Thrive
Join us for an AMAZING science show with interactive family fun, too!! Newton’s Lab is back by popular demand!
This is a super, cool night that will ignite an even deeper love for Science into our youth! And… we’ll play a few Minute To Win Games, too!
PLUS… We’ll send you home with a family connection tool! Our Value of the month is: Thriving Families Think Outside the Box! so… we’ll be doing an activity that night where families decorate and fill a box of “Outside The Box FAMILY TIME IDEAS!” Go Home equipped to put these ideas to use in your home!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Christie Elementary
3801 Rainier Road
Plano, Texas 75023
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
Guest Speaker Judge Cyndi Wheless
Join other single parents for encouragement and connection!
This month, we are so excited to welcome Collin County Judge Cyndi Wheless to our event! She has been a family court judge for many years. If you have any questions or topics you’d like Judge Wheless to address, please let us know!
Single parenting has many challenges. Connecting with other single parents is important to both your parenting success & your personal well-being!
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center. Childcare is provided onsite as space is available for single parents attending the meeting. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register for childcare!
Meeting and Childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
(building is behind the Advance Auto Parts store)
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Fall 2016!!
This Side UP! Family and the Plano Public Library system are partnering up once again to bring you informative panel-style discussions with amazing Parenting Experts who will equip and empower parents of Elementary through High School Age Kids on the following topics:
Topic for 10/18 – Drugs, Drinking and Other Current Trends
Join us as Plano Police Officer Sergeant Terry Holway, Cynthia Garrison, Lead PISD Parent Educator, AND Irene Little, Founder of Access Counseling in Plano provide great insight into what our kids are dealing with and how to keep communication strong on this topic! Leave equipped and empowered!
Remaining Series Topics:
11/15 – Boundary Battles and Control Issues
12/13 – Social Media 101 and How to Connect via Technology
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.
Following each Power Hour, there will be FREE 30-minute Parent Coaching Sessions from 7:45-8:45 pm. Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute coaching session for 10/18! (General Attendees do not need to pre-register!)
Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
PUMPKIN ART FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE (at-home!)
To inspire family connection and a unified belief in your own family’s awesomeness , we created the PUMPKIN ART Family Time Challenge.
This challenge starts Friday, 10/21 and goes through Sunday, 10/23. It is super EASY to enter and you could WIN A GREAT PRIZE FOR YOUR FAMILY! (You can complete the challenge anytime, as long as you submit the picture by 10/23!)
THREE SIMPLE STEPS
Step 1. SUBMIT A FAMILY PIC with your own version of PUMPKIN ART in it! Before you snap the pic, read Step 2 below.
Step 2. PHOTO SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE ADULT AND ONE KID AND SHOULD SHOW YOUR FAMILY’S PUMPKIN ART CREATION. This can be in the form of a decorated pumpkin, carved pumpkin, paper pumpkin coloring… simply something that shows family connection and creativity! Pumpkins can be real or not real.
Step 3. Post your PIC on This Side UP! Family’s FB page or email it to info@thissideupfamily.org BY MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, 10/23.
WHY??!!!
1. YOU COULD WIN. All entries will be submitted for a Family FUNnection basket w/restaurant gift card, board game, and more!
2. THE BIG WHY. Because FAMILY TIME MATTERS and has been proven to be a key indicator of a child’s success and well-being. Children who are positively connected to their family relationships are less likely to make poor choices and more likely to become confident, content community participants as they grow up! That relationship building starts NOW, no matter the age of your child! It’s never too early and it’s never too late to focus on family connection! And the results will be trajectory-changing family and community strengthening!
EARN EXTRA ENTRIES!
Like, comment, and share this TSUF FAMILY TIME CHALLENGE on Facebook and when we receive your PIC we’ll enter you to win TWICE! Use hashtags #familytimematters #thissideuupfamily and we’ll add another entry!
FAMILY TIME MATTERS!!!!
Thank you for participating in this purposeful challenge to increase FAMILY TIME in your home and our community!!
REMEMBER… there should be both kid and adult AND your own version of PUMPKIN ART in your pic!! 🙂
(Winner announced 10/25!)
Bingo, Bubbles, and More!
We’ll have family fun playing good ole fashioned Bingo PLUS The Texas Bubble Lady will be here with The Incredible Bubble Show – an awesome show that will appeal to all ages!
Plus…you’ll create a Family Gratitude Bubble and go home equipped to inspire an Attitude of Gratitude in your home!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Davis Elementary
2701 Parkhaven Drive
Plano, Texas 75075
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Fall 2016!!
This Side UP! Family and the Plano Public Library system are partnering up once again to bring you informative panel-style discussions with amazing Parenting Experts who will equip and empower parents of Elementary through High School Age Kids on the following topics:
9/20 – Avoid Helicopter Homeworking & Build Great Study Habits
10/18 – Drugs, Drinking and Other Current Trends
11/15 – Boundary Battles and Control Issues
12/13 – Social Media 101 and How to Connect via Technology
Come hear Lead PISD Parent Educator, Cynthia Garrison and PISD Assistant Principal Karma Cunningham share from their combined 34 years of expertise dealing with parent/child relationships on this important topic! Leave equipped to have a less stressful yet more productive action plan in coping with Boundary Battles and Control Issues.
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Following each Power Hour, there will be FREE 30-minute Parent Coaching Sessions from 7:45-8:45 pm. This Free Parent Coaching is ONLY available to parents who also attend that evening’s Power Hour from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Click HERE to reserve your 30 minute coaching session for 11/15.
Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.
This Month’s Topic – How to Choose the Right Attorney for YOU
Join other single parents for encouragement and connection! This month, we’re going to change things up a little bit. We want to hear your stories about how the legal process has been for you. Was it easy or hard? Fairly inexpensive, or ridiculously pricey? Did you work with an attorney that you like, or did you feel that they did not look out for your best interests?
Let’s have a discussion and learn from each other! Our Estate Planning Attorney, Lisa Sharp, will be with us to help answer some questions. She used to be a Family Law Attorney, and she has a lot of great information.
This month’s Single Side UP! meeting is held at Chase Oaks Family Center. Childcare is provided onsite as space is available for single parents attending the meeting. REGISTRATION for childcare starts at 12:01am on the first of each month! Childcare pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure space for your child.
Click HERE to register for childcare!
Meeting and Childcare location:
Chase Oaks Family Center
1896 K Avenue, Suite #200
Plano, TX 75074
(building is behind the Advance Auto Parts store)
Bingo Night PLUS – Gingerbread House Making
EACH FAMILY WILL BUILD THEIR OWN GINGERBREAD HOUSE AND TAKE IT HOME!
You’ll fill your gingerbread house with written ideas of how to show each other love this Christmas instead of getting caught up in “looks” and “things”. PLUS, we’ll play some BINGO and everyone leaves with a prize!
Bring your own dinner or snacks (optional).
Host Location:
Hughston Elementary
2601 Cross Bend Road
Plano, Texas 75023
Find us at various terrific community locations each month!
This Side UP! Family has partnered with Plano Public Library System to bring an
invaluable, empowering
Parenting POWER HOUR Series
Fall 2016!!
This Side UP! Family and the Plano Public Library system are partnering up once again to bring you informative panel-style discussions with amazing Parenting Experts who will equip and empower parents of Elementary through High School Age Kids on the following topics:
9/20 – Avoid Helicopter Homeworking & Build Great Study Habits
10/18 – Drugs, Drinking and Other Current Trends
11/15 – Boundary Battles and Control Issues
12/13 – Social Media 101 and How to Connect via Technology
Join us as Irum Jones, Managing Partner at Electrician on Call and Chief Strategist at Noxx Media Group, shares her Social Media expertise from years of experience and working on her first book, Social Media for All Stages and Ages. You will not want to miss hearing her 101 tips and how best to connect with your child using today’s technology.
POWER HOURS are FREE to the community. Water and Light Snacks Provided. (We’ll send you home with additional resources on each particular parenting topic, too.)
Hosted in partnership with Plano Public Library System.