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This section contains support groups, parenting
classes, and other connections to events of particular interest for the
active and involved parent.
February 1, 15 & March 1 & 15
Informational meetings to learn how to become foster & adoptive parents for
children in need, 6 - 8 pm, Feb 1 & Mar 1,Concern Greater Berks Office,
Fleetwood; Feb 15 & Mar 15, Concern, Wyomissing Office (Free, pre-reg)
610-944-0445
www.concern4kids.org
February 6
7th Annual Women’s Heart Fair, 9 am, Ephrata Health Pavilion, Ephrata
(Free) 717-721-5750
February 10
General Information Night – Foster Care and Adoption, 5 pm, Children’s Home of
Reading, Reading (Free, pre-reg) 610-478-8129
February 16 – March 23
Childbirth Education Classes, 7 – 9 pm, Brossman Center for Health, Ephrata ($,
pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
February 17
Baby Tips, 7 – 9 pm, Ephrata Health Pavilion, Ephrata (Free, pre-reg)
717-738-MOMS
February 18 – March 25 (Thu)
“The 3 R’s for Parents & Youth: Relationships, Responsibility & Respect,”
parents with youth ages 11 – 18, 6 – 8 pm, Lancaster Police Station, Lancaster
(Free, pre-reg) 800-452-6517
www.cobys.org
Childbirth Education Classes, 7 – 9 pm, Brossman Center for Health, Ephrata ($,
pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
February 22
Breastfeeding – learn or review techniques, 7 – 9 pm, Brossman Center for
Health,
Ephrata ($, pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
February 23
Expressing Feelings Positively: Handling Anger and Conflict, 5:30 – 7:30 pm,
Wharton Elementary School, Lancaster (Free, pre-reg)
800-452-6517
www.cobys.org
February 23 – March 30 (Tue)
“Active Parenting Now,” parents of youth ages 5 – 11, 6 – 8 pm, Burrowes
Elementary School, Lancaster (Free, pre-reg) 800-452-6517
www.cobys.org
March 6
Buckle Baby Safely, 9 - 11 am, Brossman Center for Health, Ephrata ($, pre-reg)
717-738-MOMS
March 15
Sibling Class, 6:30 – 8 pm, Ephrata Community Hospital, Lancaster ($, pre-reg)
717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
March 16 – May 11 (Tue & Thu)
“Family Nurturing,” 6 – 8 pm, Columbia Head Start, Columbia (Free, pre-reg)
800-452-6517
www.cobys.org
March 20 – 21
Weekend Childbirth Education, Sat, 9 am – 5 pm; Sun, 1 – 5 pm, Brossman Center
for Health, Ephrata ($, pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
March 22
Breastfeeding Class, 7 – 9 pm,
Brossman Center for Health, Ephrata
($, pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
http://www.ephratahospital.org/Education/EventsClasses/
April 5 – May 4 (Mon & Tue)
Family Place – time with your child and get answers from community resource
professionals, ages 0 – 3 /adult, Mon, 6 – 7 pm; Tue, 10:15 – 11:15 am,
Lancaster Public Library, Lancaster (Free) 717-394-2651
PARENTING CONNECTION ONGOING EVENTS
AD/HD Parent Support Group, 3rd Sun monthly (during school year) no
childcare available, 2 pm, FairView Counseling, Reading (Free) 484-824-1298 or
reading@chadd.net
Art
Classes, ages 3 -103, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster ($, pre-reg)
717-394-3497
www.Lmapa.org
Autism
Society of Berks Cty. meetings, 2nd Mon monthly, 7 - 9 pm, Keller Williams
Realty Office, Exeter (Free) 610-376-0130
www.autismsocietyofberks.org
Autism Spectrum Support Group / Workshop - PA Chapter of the National Autism
Assoc., 1st Tue monthly, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Schreiber Pediatric Rehab,
Lancaster (Free) 717-625-2120 or 717-626-4182
www.naa-pa.org
Baby/Toddler Sign Language Classes - find out what your baby is thinking & help
bridge the communication gap, Spring Township ($, pre-reg) 610-670-4541 or
610-927-9363
Becoming a Big Brother / Big Sister, ages 3 - 6, 1st Sat each month,
10 - 11 am, Reading Hospital, West Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-988-HELP
Berks Visiting Nurse Childhood Immunization Clinics, call for schedule, Temple,
Reading, Kutztown & Wyomissing (Free, pre-reg) 610-378-0481
BCTV Parenting Programs, monthly
- Berks Cty. Literacy Update, 4th Fri of even months, 12:30 pm
- Bridging the Generation Gap, each Fri, 11 am
- Building Kids Lives, 3rd Thu, 11:30 am
- COCA: Drug and Alcohol Update, 2nd Wed, 6 pm
- Commenzando Bien: Good Beginnings, 3rd Thu, 10 am, Spanish
- Commission for Women: Focusing on Women & Families, 2nd Tue, 7 pm
- Communities at Work, 2nd Mon, 7 pm
- Community Visions: Building Assets in Children, 4th Wed of even months, 6:30
pm
- Extension Hour, 4th Wed, 7 pm
- Matters of CONCERN, 2nd Thu, 10 am
- Talking About Life: Family Issues, 4th Mon of even months, 7 pm
- WomenSpeak: Berks Women in Crisis Forum, 4th Fri, Noon
- Working Things Out: Alternatives to Conflict, 2nd Fri of even months, 12:30 pm
Birth Circle Lancaster, 2nd Tue of each month, 7 - 9 pm, James Street
Mennonite Church, Lancaster (Free, pre-reg) 717-394-4173
Birthing Classes, (series of three), 1st Mon, Wed & Thu monthly, 6:30
- 8:30 pm, The Reading Hospital, West Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-988-HELP
Breast Cancer & Lymphedema Community Group, 3rd Thu of each month,
6:30 - 8 pm, Lancaster General Women & Babies Hospital, Breast Care Center,
Lancaster, 717-544-3755
Breastfeeding Education, Journey into Parenting, 1st Tue monthly,
6:30 - 8 pm & 3rd Sun monthly, 2:30 - 4 pm, Reading Hospital, West
Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-988-HELP
Childbirth Education Classes that promote natural and alternative birth options.
($)
Contact@motheringandmore.org or visit
www.motheringandmore.org
Childbirth Education Classes, Wed, 6 – 8 pm, Lutheran Church of the Good
Shepherd, Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-380-1393
www.momandlittleme.com
ChildProtect Immunization Service, locations throughout Lancaster County (Free)
717-544-3138
Children in the Middle, various times throughout the week, Family Guidance
Center, Wyomissing ($, pre-reg) 610-374-4963
Contact Lancaster 24-Hour Helpline, 717-299-4855
Contact Lancaster Teen & Kids 24-Hour Helpline, 717-394-2000
Depression Screenings, ages 6 & up, Mental Health America, Lancaster (Free)
717-397-7461
Diabetes & You Educational Program, Reading Hospital, Reading ($, pre-reg)
610-988-HELP
Doctor's Night, 4th Wed monthly, 6:30 - 8 pm, Reading Hospital, West
Reading (Free) 610-988-HELP
Down
Syndrome Support Group of the Susquehanna Valley, 1st Thu monthly
(Feb, Mar, May & Aug), 6:30 pm, HUMC, Lancaster (Free, childcare provided)
717-393-4455 or
ldyjayne66@msn.com
Drug
& Alcohol Info Center "One-Stop" Shop, Mon - Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, Janet Ave.,
Lancaster (Free) 717-299-2831
Emotional support and play dates for Berks County Non-Custodial Parents and
their children, ages 4 - 12, to join email
BerksNCParents@live.com
berksncparents@live.com
Family Literacy Program, ages 3 - 7 w/adult, Reading (Free) 610-607-6234
Family Support Alliance meeting, every Wed, 6 - 7:30 pm, YWCA, Lancaster (Free)
717-393-1735
Fathers-to-Be Workshops, Columbia Pregnancy Center, Columbia (Free) 717-684-3400
Focus on Children Program, 2 Saturdays a month - dates vary, Family Service,
Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-397-5241
Foster Parent Information Meetings, call for dates, Concern, Berks Cty. (Free)
610-944-0445
Friends with Wounded Hearts Sexual & Physical Trauma Support Group, every Thu,
Family Resource & Counseling Center, Gap (Free, pre-reg) 717-442-9577
Groups for Kids of Domestic Violence Families, ages 6 - 10 & 11 - 14, Thu, 6 - 8
pm, Berks Advocates Against Violence, Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-736-3693
Happiest Baby on the Block © Workshop, Wed, Noon – 1 pm, Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd, Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-380-1393
www.momandlittleme.com
HELP! Having a Baby Changes Everything Support Group, Reading Hospital, West
Reading (Free) 610-988-HELP
Informative Weekly Seminars - attend 3 seminars & receive a free gift bag,
attend to be entered to win a drawing, call for times, Babies "R" Us, Lancaster
(Free) 717-394-0823
"Kids Connected," Support group for Kids of Parents with Cancer, grades
Elementary - High School, 4th Mon monthly, 7 - 8 pm, St. Josephs
Medical Center, Reading (Free) 610-378-2141
La
Leche League Group Meetings:
Boyertown, 4th Thu monthly, 10 am, The Church of the Good Shepherd,
610-326-7645
Reading Hospital, 610-988-HELP
Lancaster East, 3rd Tue monthly, 7 pm, Grandview United Methodist
Church, Lancaster, 717-492-0541, 717-464-0171, 717-569-5556
Greater Ephrata, 2nd Tue monthly, 10 am, call for location,
717-336-3418, 610-678-8229
Red
Rose, 1st Wed monthly, 9:30 am, Lancaster General Health Campus,
Lancaster, 717-361-8505, 717-285-5458
Lancaster Family Center's Foundations of Fatherhood, Mon, 6:30 pm, Community
Action Bldg., 601 S. Queen St., Lancaster (Free, pre-reg) 717-431-1027
Lancaster Cty. Mother of Twins Club, 1st Tue monthly (Aug - May), 6:30 pm,
Westgate Baptist Church, 2235 Harrisburg Pk., Lancaster (Free) 717-898-0670
www.lcmotc.org
Lancaster Moms, 1st Mon each month, 10 am, for location contact,
lancasterpamoms@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/lancasterpamoms
Lifeline of Berks County Services, by appt., W. Reading (Free) 610-374-8545
- Emergency Diapers, Formula & Baby Clothes
- Free Pregnancy Testing
- One-on-One Parenting & Breastfeeding Classes
Lititz Area Mothers of Bipolar Support Group, call for meeting days, 6:30 - 8:30
pm, 3019 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz (Free, pre-reg) 717-560-9216
Maternal-Child Health Services Sibling Party/Tour of Birthing Unit, ages 3 - 10,
Sun, 2 - 3 pm, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Reading (Free, pre-reg) 610-378-2100
Mommy and Me Classes for toddlers/preschoolers w/caregivers, Wed, 9:30 – 10:30
am, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-380-1393
www.momandlittleme.com
Mommy and
Me Classes - Circle time, art, social time & physical activities, ages 1 – 3 w/adult,
Kids Stuff Cheep, Blandon (Free, pre-reg) 484-336-0268
Moms
Club of Conestoga Valley, 4th Mon monthly, 10 am, Leola Library,
Leola ($) 717-354-2922
MOMS Club
of Douglassville West, 3rd Thu monthly, 9:30 am, Douglassville
momsclub19518@hotmail.com
www.momsclubofdouglassvillewest.4t.com
MOMS Club
of Elizabethtown, 1st Mon each month, 9:45 am, First Church of God,
Elizabethtown, 717-361-9068
MOMS Club
of Ephrata Area, 3rd Fri each month, 9:30 am, Ephrata Area Library, Ephrata,
717-431-9681
MOMS Club
of Garden Spot, 3rd Mon each month, 9:30 am, Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church,
East Earl ($) 267-614-2786
www.orgsites.com/pa/gsmoms
MOMS Club
of Hamburg Area, 4th Mon each month, 10 am, Zions Church, Hamburg,
ngetkin@yahoo.com
MOMS Club
of New Hanover Township, 2nd Fri each month, contact Karen ($)
484-300-6466
MOMS Club
of Oley Valley, 4th Thu monthly, 10 am, New Life Church, Rte. 73., Oley ($)
610-987-6289
MOMS Club
of Sinking Spring, 2nd Mon monthly, 10 am, St. John's Reformed Church, Sinking
Spring, 610-927-9491
MOMS Club
of Southern Berks County, 2nd Tue each month, 10 am (Free) Call Mary
for location, 484-955-9671
More for
Moms, 1st & 3rd Thu, Sep - Apr, 9:30 - 11 am, Dove
Christian Fellowship, Ephrata (Free) 717-721-3775
Mothers of Boys (Berks County Area), group for mothers with boys of all ages
(Free) 610-944-1225
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BerksCountyMOB/
Mothering & More Birth Network, 4th Fri each month, Reading Birth &
Women's Center ($) 610-451-0786
Mothers of
Preschoolers (MOPS), 3rd Thu monthly, 9:15 am, Trinity E. C. Church,
Royersford ($) 610-948-5560
www.geocities.com/trinitylighthousemops/
Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS), 1st Thu monthly, 6:30 - 8:30 pm,
Hopewell Christian Fellowship, Elverson ($, pre-reg) 610-286-1086
www.mops.org
Wisdom31:A legacy of Motivated Moms, provides ESL and citizenship classes &
childcare services, Mon, 7 - 9 pm; Tue & Thu, 9 - 11 am, Reading ($, pre-reg)
610-373-5777
New
Mom's Workshop, Columbia Pregnancy Center, Columbia (Free) 717-684-3400
Nurturing Infants & Self, 2nd & 4th Fri monthly, 11 am -
Noon, Lancaster General Health Campus - Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster
(Free) 717-656-6580 www.cobys.net
Open
Arms - Prepared Childbirth Classes, Thu, 7 - 9 pm, Abundant Living Ministries,
Lititz ($) 717-626-9575
Our
Morning Out, ages 9 mo. - 2 w/adult, Wed, 9:15 - 10:45 am, J.C.C., Reading ($)
610-921-0624
PA
Women of Today, 1st Thu, 7 pm, Lititz; 1st Wed, 7 pm, Womelsdorf, 717-933-5116
Parenting Classes, Ephrata Community Hospital, Ephrata ($, pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
- Childbirth Education, 6 week series, 7 - 9 pm
- Baby Tips Presented by Registered Nurse, 7 - 9 pm
- Parenting Classes, ages birth - 5 yrs., 3 sessions monthly, 7 - 8:30 pm
- Perinatal Education, 6 week series, 7 - 9 pm
- Pediatric CPR, 6 - 9:30 pm
Parenting Classes provided by Catholic Charities - other services available, The
Madison Building, Reading (Free) 610-376-7144
www.catholiccharityAD.org
Parenting Workshops, every Thu, 6 pm, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd,
Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-380-1393
www.momandlittleme.com
Parenting, youth and leadership programs, COBYS Family Services, Lancaster
County (Free) 800-452-6517, for details and to schedule a program at your
location.
Parents' Support Group, Wed, 6 - 7:30 pm, YWCA, Lancaster, 717-393-1735 x222
Parents Involved Network of Lancaster County, 1st Thu monthly, 7 pm, Lancaster
(Free) 717-397-7461
Parents of Teenagers Support Group, last Tue monthly, 7 pm, Breath of Life
Church, Columbia (Free) 717-684-9152
Parents Without Partners, 1st Wed monthly, 7 pm, GPU Building, Reading ($)
610-373-2215
PATH Pregnancy & Parenting Support Group, meets Tue evenings, Ephrata Pregnancy
Center, Ephrata (Free) 717-682-9976 and, every other Mon, 6 - 8 pm; Columbia
Pregnancy Center, Columbia (Free) 717-684-3400
Prenatal Dance Class, Wed, 11 – 11:30 am, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd,
Lancaster ($, pre-reg) 717-380-1393
www.momandlittleme.com
Professional Birth Doula & Hypnobabies Childbirth Education ($) Contact Lasi
Leavy, CD, HCHI, CHt. at 610-451-0786 or
EMPOWEREDBIRTH@aol.com
Postpartum Depression Support, 2nd Thu monthly, 7 pm, The Women's Center,
Reading Hospital, Reading (Free) 610-988-HELP; 1st & 3rd Tue monthly, 7 pm,
Mental Health Assn., Lancaster (Free) 717-397-7461
Postpartum Depression Support, call for times, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown
($, pre-reg) 610-402-2273 https://402care.lvh.com
Pregnant & Parenting Teen Program, Mon, 6 - 7:30 pm, Berks Counseling Center,
Reading (Free) 610-373-4281
"Siblings of Newborns" classes, 6:30 - 8 pm, Ephrata Community Hospital, Ephrata
($, pre-reg) 717-738-MOMS
Sugar Free Kids, ages 5 – 12, call for times, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown
($, pre-reg) 610-402-2273
https://402care.lvh.com
The
Compassionate Friends, 2nd Tue each month, 7 - 9 pm, New Life Assembly of God,
Lancaster (Free) 717-898-0685
The
First Trimester & Second Trimester, 2nd Tue monthly, 6:30 - 8:30 pm,
Reading Hospital, West Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-988-HELP
The
Third Trimester, 3rd Tue monthly, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Reading Hospital,
West Reading ($, pre-reg) 610-988-HELP
Tours of Beginnings Maternity Center, Reading Hospital Maternity Center, West
Reading (Free) 610-988-HELP
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