The SFP Connection Thursday, January 31, 2008

Win a trip to Disneyland for your family! Our Ticket Raffle has begun! First prize is a Trip for a family of four to Disneyland, including 3 day hopper passes, flight and accommodation.
Please help purchase or sell tickets to support this launch. Proceeds will ensure that further programming cuts will not have to be made. Tickets can also be purchased by phone via VISA at 778-881-4122 or at SFP.

Special thanks to Trena’s Travel & Cruises and White Rock Design and Print for their generous donations


Upcoming Programming—February calendar available at SFP or on the website (click on What’s New)



New Beginnings (drop-in group for parents with newborns)
Free-of-charge with your drop-in fee on Thursdays from 11:30 am to 12:30pm.
Jan 31 “NEST” – Looking after yourself.
Feb 7 Becoming a Big Brother/Sister.

Friday evening programming: Family Dinner and Boredom Busters
Feb 1st
Family Dinner is Lasagne!
Theme: Princesess and Princes
Movie: Ella Enchanted

Feb 8th Family dinner is Flying Wedge Pizza! Theme: Cartoons Movie: Kiki’s Delivery Service
Call us by noon on the Friday to reserve your family’s space (778-881-4122)Want to come for both Family Dinner and Boredom Busters? Max $20 per family.


Free Life with Baby Session
Becoming a big brother or sister
A 1.5-hour class, ideal for children ages 3-8. Parents bring big brother or sister to a hands-on class that includes practice holding and diapering a doll and watching a video. Friday Feb 1, 10am. Call 778-881-4122 to register.

Sneak Preview Movie Screening “The Business of Being Born”
Semiahmoo Family Place on Saturday Feb 16 at 4pm and 7pm and again on Sunday Feb 17 at 7pm. Admission is $10. Proceeds will be donated to SFP's Life with Baby programming. Reservations for tickets via email only laurel.tien@gmail.com. Please indicate date/time and number of seats.

Birth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to examine and question the way American women have babies.
The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.
Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?

Join us for the movie and discussion, sponsored by the White Rock/South Surrey Childbirth Doula Services Collective, a group of local self-employed birth doulas, childbirth educators, breastfeeding counselors, and parent educators.
More info: http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/