| Family Resource Center seeks AmeriCorps member for staff
Hillsboro Family Resource Center is looking for someone committed to making a positive difference in the lives of low-income residents of the community. The center's mission is to build the community's ability to support its children and families by pooling resources and coordinating services. It provides assistance mainly to school district families by connecting them with resources and providing a variety of direct services: hygiene items, birthday gifts, bus tickets, clothing and use of computers, phone, fax and copy machines. Parenting and English classes, as well as dental vans are also coordinated through the center. The opening is for a family resource specialist to help families connect with community resources such as food boxes, low-cost counseling, medical care and legal help.
The Knot, Inc. is Proud to Announce the Arrival of TheNestBaby.com
NEW YORK, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Before their third anniversary, 60% of TheKnot.com's annual 1+ million newlyweds will be pregnant. In response to the growing demand for pregnancy advice and resources, The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT) a leading lifestage media and services company, has given birth to a new hip and helpful hub for first-time parents: TheNestBaby.com. Designed using the one-stop web resource model that made TheKnot.com the Internet's most popular online wedding planning destination, TheNestBaby.com has been crafted to guide the information-hungry parents of the 4+ million babies born in the U.S. each year through the uncharted territory of pregnancy and parenthood by bringing modern advice, an active community, and detailed local content together in a single website.
Easing the exam nightmare
"Turn your papers over now!" Those dreaded words make palms sweat and let loose a torrent of butterflies - for parents! The annual June ritual can unleash a merciless bout of stress compounded by a marathon of late-night worrying, caffeine binges and insomnia.
And the kids? They're either preparing or planning to cram - or ignoring the inevitable. High school exams are instituted to evaluate how well students have understood and assimilated the information over the term, and kids need to take a hands-on approach, while parents need to demonstrate restraint - hands off!
"The actual studying and writing of exams is the responsibility of kids. You can't do it for them," says Vancouver parenting educator Kathy Lynn. "Odds are that you have already graduated elementary and high school.
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