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December 2014
MOMMY’S TIME OUT
The official newsletter of the Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, written by,
for, and about moms living in the Lakewood Ranch community.
Lakewood Ranch Mom’s Group, Inc.
President: Victoria C.
Administrative VP: Jill. B.
Membership VP: Jenn. O.
Treasurer: Jennifer K.
Kids Outings: Rebecca M. & Colleen H.
Moms Night Out: Karen M.
Welcome Coordinator: Deborah H.
Public Relations/First Friday: Candice C. & Sarah Z.
Playgroup Coordinator: Julie H. & Ishani K.
Sunshine Meals: Katie B.
Community Service: Julie R.
Newsletter Editor: Kristen R.
School Ambassador: Valerie D.
When: Thursday December 11th
Time: 6:30pm
Where: LWR Town Hall Salon A
Kids are welcome to attend this one.
It's a cookie exchange! Please bring
2 dozen cookies to share and a box
to take 2 dozen home with you! We
will be meeting in Salon A.
LWR Moms
Looking to be part of a fantastic group of
Moms in Lakewood Ranch? Visit our
website at www.lwrmomsgroup.com and
start making friends and having fun!
A Message from Our President
The holiday season has begun. This is my favorite
time of year and, if it is like the rest of year, it is go-
ing to pass much too quickly. I am hoping my fam-
ily and I get to really enjoy every moment. These
kids are growing up at alarming rates! This morning
my daughters woke up to see that our elf, Apricot,
had flown in. At o dark hundred they came rushing
into our room to wake me up and let me know she
had arrived. This is the first time they’ve shown true
excitement over these little holiday rituals. Who
knows how we will hold them back from seeing the
gifts Santa brings before we wake up! The days of
sleeping in on Christmas morn-
ing are likely gone and will not
return for another ten years.
Speaking of Santa, our Sunday
with Santa party is nearly here.
It is one of our special family
events we will have this month.
So many of you have signed up
and we are so delighted to have such a huge percent-
age of our members participate in such an event. For
those of you who have not been, I do hope you find
the party to be what you were expecting and more.
We have been blessed with some amazing sponsor-
ships this year – John Freeman of Raymond James
has provided us with some fantastic Reindeer
games, the Cookie Cottage will be in charge of our
cookie decorating table and Lil’ Divas and Dudes
will have several hair stylists on hand that will be
braiding hair, gelling little dudes’ hair and providing
light makeup for photos.
In addition to the above mentioned help, John Free-
man and Lil’ Diva and Dudes are also providing
some raffle prizes for our fundraiser for FELT. In
addition to the gifts they’ve donated, you’ll see
many more that you can put your raffle tickets to-
wards. For those of you who are not
attending the party, Jill and I will be
more than happy to put raffle tickets
in for you. Winners do not need to be
there when the drawing is completed.
I’d also like to take a moment to
thank all of our moms – Valerie Demino, Michele
Dillingham, Laureen Vassallo, Julie Katchen, An-
gela Campano, Julie Ruffing, and Rebecca Turgeon
who have donated gifts as well as Michelle Faught
of Chloe + Isabel, Orange Theory Fitness, Bobbledy
Books and PlayAway for supporting our fundraiser.
After the Sunday with Santa party is over, we have
several other events coming up that you and your
families can enjoy. Our monthly meeting is a cookie
exchange and kids and husbands are welcome to at-
tend. We are looking into a way to include a small
dinner as well. I’m just figuring out the logistics of
this still. Right now, I’m thinking it’ll be a spaghetti
dinner, but we will see!
Our December Kid’s Outing is a trip to the Cookie
Cottage. I do hope many of you will be able to at-
tend and show our thanks to Ms. Cathy for all of her
support to our group. She’s been an amazing spon-
sor to us this year and if you ever go and visit her
shop, please let her know how much you appreciate
her. She’s amazing!
And finally, we all deserve a good Moms’ Night
Out. Karen has arranged for a fun and festive night
for us. I hope to see many of you there during our
gift exchange at Brio. If I don’t see you, I hope that
you are taking the time to celebrate the season with
your family and cherish these moments that seem to
slip away so quickly.
If I don’t see you this
month, Happy Holidays
and, as Olaf says, warm
hugs!!
Victoria Cobb
Playdates and Fun…
Activities for Everyone.
Monthly
Meeting
6:30pm @
LWR Town
Hall
Fun to be Fit
10am
LWR Baptist
Church
Mom’s night
our at Brio,
utc, at 6:30pm
with Gift
Exchange
Sunday with
Santa, LWR
Country Club
3-7pm
Kid’s Outing at
Cookie Cottage
10am
Making
Turkey Potholders
Huge thanks to Valerie Demino for stepping up and taking over our School
Ambassador position. She will begin in January and is ready to help you all
with your school questions! She also has a couple of school tours already set
up for us! Thanks! Any questions please email her at:
Kids outing
at Reflex Arts
(dance class)
with Ms. Jackie
Learning,
Playing,
Exploring.
Sunday With SantaSunday With Santa
Sunday 3pm - 7pm December
7th
Location: Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club
Come and enjoy cookie decorating by Cookie Cottage,
Photos with Santa by Johnson Photo Imaging,
Hair and Makeup touch ups by Lil Divas & Dudes,
Reindeer Games provided by:
John A Freeman, Vice President of Raymond James on LWR Main Street,
hot and cold hor d'oeuvres, and a cash bar.
Cost: Adults: $9.00 Children (ages 3-15): $4.00 Children 2 and under: free
Attire: Jeans are not allowed on adults or children in the Clubhouse
Gifts need to be received by December 5th and can
be dropped off at 6411 Indigo Bunting Place or
15332 Skip Jack Loop
($15 maximum on gifts, please)
A warm welcome
to our newest members!
Laura Naese
Nina Zaver
Pooja Gore
Please be sure to visit our website and
Facebook Page for lots of fun events!
If you are interested in joining the Lakewood
Ranch Mom’s group, visit our website at:
lwrmomsgroup.com and complete the
Become a Member form.
Gift Exchange!
When: Thursday, December 4th
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Where: Brio Tuscan Grille, UTC
Please view our Facebook page for more details.
night out mom’s
Monthly Meeting Update
Playground Equipment
During our November monthly meeting we met with Ryan Heise, Director of Operations of Lakewood Ranch Inter-
District Authority. He wanted to get some insight into what we thought our playgrounds needed. He was hoping to
add some more fitness equipment to the playgrounds. Things that adults could utilize. In addition to us, this equip-
ment would also be beneficial to the elder Lakewood Ranch residents. He shared with us some catalogs with exam-
ples of what he had in mind.
In addition to that equipment, these are additional/alternative suggestions that we came up with:
a barrier of some sort around the retention pond near Adventure park. Low bushes or some sort of aquatic
plants
sandboxes removed for health issues. Moms mentioned sand fleas, lice, mold, etc.
one of the moms really liked bridges and low climbing equipment (nothing so high that kids get stuck up in
the air and can't figure out how to get down...us short moms can't reach them if it is too much past our own
height) and wish more of those were added
foliage between areas in Summerfield need to be kept low so parents can get a visual of their children play-
ing in all of the areas
additional benches requested at Summerfield location
repairs to hockey rink to make it safer
suggestion for benches in areas where they bridge two areas, could they be backless so you could actually
sit on them and face any direction
If you were not in attendance but have suggestions for Ryan, you can email [email protected] to share your
thoughts and we can compile all of them for him.
Cute Kid Quotes
Ryann (5)- "Mom, you gave me the wrong food for dinner. Now I have to write you a ticket."
Reese (5)- "Hey Mom, did you know that Santa is THE best gift-giver in the whole world?!”
"While looking through a toy catalog, my daughter pointed out something that she would like to have. I told her we can ask Santa for the gift. Her re-sponse, "no, I'll just ask daddy". Sofia and her daughter Milla
Friends and Families
coming together,
building a strong
community.
Braden River Elementary
December 11th: Spirit Night at Chili’s in Bradenton
December 11th: Supper with Santa from 5:00PM-8:00PM
December 15th – 19th: Santa’s Gift Shop
December 18th: PBS Party
December 19th: School Sing Along
Gullett Elementary
December 1st – 15th: Christmas Angel Tree. Please return all
wrapped presents by December 15th with angel tag attached.
December 9th – 11th: Holiday Gift Shop in Room #134
December 11th: PTO Meeting at 6:30PM in the Media Center
December 16th: 5th Grade Holiday Program starting at 7:00PM
McNeal Elementary
December 16th: 3rd Grade Concert starting at 6:30PM
Wakeland Elementary
December 5th: Parent Volunteer Morning from 8:30AM-
10:30AM
December 16th-18th: Santa’s Shop Open from 8:30AM-2:00PM
December 17th: New Edline event
December 17th: Holiday Show PreK-1st
December 18th: Student of the Month at Pirate City
December 18th: Holiday Show 2nd Grade and Glee Club from
6:00PM-8:00PM
December 19th: Polar Express – Pajama Day
Willis Elementary
Runner’s Club Every Wednesday at 7:30AM
December 3rd: Fall Picture Retakes from 9:00AM-12:00PM
December 4th: Box Top Collection
December 10th: Dress Down Day $2.00
Witt Elementary
December 8th-12th: Santa’s Workshop
Braden River Middle School
Math Tutoring Scheduled for every Tuesday and Friday
December 11th: NJHS Empty Bowls Luncheon
December 18th: NJHS Snowcoming Dance
Nolan Middle School
December 2nd: FCE Meeting from 8:15AM-9:00AM
December 8th: SAC/PTO Meeting from 4:00PM-5:15PM
December 9th: FCA Meeting from 8:15AM-9:00AM
December 16th: FCA Meeting from 8:15AM-9:00AM
Rowlett Academy of Arts and Communication
December 2nd: RFA SAC
December 4th: Kindergarten Holiday Show
December 4th-12th: Winter Onederland
December 8th-12th: Last week enrichment
December 12th: Student of the Month
December 16th: Kindergarten, 1st and 3rd Health Screening
December 17th: Charter Board Meeting at 5:45PM
December 18th: Kindergarten Polar Express
December 18th: Holiday Show at SEHS
Imagine School of Lakewood Ranch
December 2nd: SAC Meeting at 5:30PM
December 3rd: Governance Board Meeting
December 6th: Winter Carnival from 10:00AM-2:00PM Bounce
Houses, face painting, games, food, silent auction and more.
December 17th: Vision and Hearing
*Interested in earning some extra cash? Consider registering as
a substitute teacher!
Center Montessori
December 2nd – 4th: Holiday Gift Shop
December 11th: Holiday Music show
December 18th: Plant/Gift Sale
Classical Academy of Sarasota
December 4th: Basketball Home Game vs. Venice Christian
starting at 4:30PM
December 5th: Pearl Harbor Ceremony starting at 8:20AM
December 5th: Family Drive-In Movie starting at 7:00PM
Afterschool Clubs are open to the public: Chess, Latin, Volley-
ball, Soccer, Math, Basketball, & Golf for students ages K-12
Afterschool Art Classes also opened to the public for students
Pre-K-12
Out Of Doors Academy Lower School
December 2nd: Taylor Emmons Wreath Sale and Distribution
December 11th&12th: Show Choir at 5:30PM
December 12th: Holiday Concert at 2:30PM
December 15th: Caring Kids’ Club, Show Choir and Suzuki
Players at 4:15PM
December 16th: 5th Grade Field Trip to Edison and Ford Estates
December 17th: Keyboard Recital from 11:25AM-12:40PM
December 19th: PreK-3 Holidays Around the World Concert
from 9:00AM-10:00AM
December 19th: LS Holiday Parties starting at 10:00AM
December 19th: Grades 4-5 Winter Concert starting at 10:45AM
Out of Doors Academy Middle and High School
December 3rd: Orchestra Field Trip
December 6th: SAT Exam
December 6th: MS and US Choral Concert
December 8th: Caring Kids Club from 3:30PM-4:30PM
December 11th: MS and US Strings Concert at 7:00PM
December 12th: MS Community Service Day
December 12th: Holiday Concert at 2:30PM
December 13th: ACT Exam, SSAT Testing
December 13th: Upper School Wintertown
December 18th: MS & US Band Concert
Tabernacle School
December 5th: Christmas Program
December 6th: Sarasota Christmas Parade starting at
7:00PM
December 11th-14th: Living Nativity
December 19th: Preschool Christmas Program Noon dis-
missal
Goddard
Nothing to report
Kids R Kids
December 1st-12th: Holiday Food Drive benefiting the
Food bank of Manatee County
December 8th-12th: Parent Conference Week for classes
350-400
December 19th: Parent Night Out Event
Christmas Carols outings and Holiday Parties this month
too!
Primrose School
Nothing to report
Sprouts
December 17th&18th: Christmas Program
Woodlands
Every Tuesday morning: Playgroup from 9:00AM-
12:00PM – activities for infants to 4yos
October 31st: Fall Festival open to the public from
6:30PM-9:00PM; learn more at www.gowoodland.com
*If a school you are interested in is not shown, but you
think it should be included in our school happenings sec-
tion, please email the School Ambassador so she can in-
clude it next month:
Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. - Advertise with Us!
Hello, and thank you for your interest in advertising with the Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. We currently have two
options for advertising with our club. You can advertise by placing an ad in our Newsletter, or you can advertise by spon-
soring an Event which includes an advertisement within our Newsletter.
Newsletter Advertising: Our monthly newsletter is mailed and/or emailed to over 100 Moms Group members each month. We also provide com-
plimentary copies to many businesses around Lakewood Ranch. In addition, a copy of the newsletter is provided to all
new residents moving into Lakewood Ranch. We also post our newsletter on our LWR Mom’s Group website,
www.lwrmomsgroup.com. Below, you will find a list of available ad sizes, along with the price and dimension of each
full color ad:
Business card ad - $30.00/month 3.5” x 2.5”
Quarter page ad - $50.00/month 3.75” x 4.875”
Half page ad - $75.00/month 7.75” x 4.875”
Full page ad - $100.00/month 7.75” x 9.75”
(There is a 10% discount if you choose to pay for one year of advertising.)
Event Sponsorship: The following Moms Group events are available for sponsorship: the Spring Fling, Summer Luau, Halloween Extrava-
ganza, or Sunday with Santa. There are different levels of sponsorship available, and the details of each level are listed
below. They are:
Platinum Sponsorship ($600) Full page advertisement for 6 months in the monthly Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. newsletter (ad will print for
6 months after the event date). [$600.00 value]*
Opportunity to write one article for the newsletter
Exposure at the event (table or banner, opportunity to raffle a door prize, crate an activity with your product for the
children to do, etc.)
Exposure at Meet & Greet or monthly meeting and/or mom’s night out or kid’s outing**
Gold Sponsorship ($350) Half page advertisement for 4 months in the monthly Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. newsletter (ad will print for
4 months after the event date). [$300.00 value]*
Opportunity to write one article for the newsletter
Exposure at the event (table or banner, opportunity to raffle a door prize, crate an activity with your product for the
children to do, etc.)
Silver Sponsorship ($150 minimum)
Quarter page advertisement for 4 months in the monthly Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. newsletter (ad will print
for 4 months after the event date). [$200.00 value]*
Opportunity to write one article for the newsletter
Bronze Sponsorship ($75 minimum)
Business Card advertisement for 3 months in the monthly Lakewood Ranch Moms Group, Inc. newsletter (ad will
print for 3 months after the event date). [$90.00 value]*
Recognition as a Bronze Sponsor on all promotional pieces and registration materials for the event (both on website
and our monthly newsletter).
All sponsorships include recognition as a sponsor on all promotional items including, but not limited to, the event’s flyer
and posts on our public and private Facebook pages.
*Packages can be adjusted to provide additional advertising and/or sizing upgrades.
**Platinum sponsorship includes opportunity to be a guest speaker at a member meet and greet or monthly meeting. An-
other option could be to provide a coupon or door prize to use at one of these events. In addition that opportunity or, in lieu
of, your establishment could be utilized for a mom’s night out or a kid’s outing. For example, we can schedule a dinner for
the moms at your restaurant or a special class for children at your gym.
To get the most out of your sponsorship, we recommend you begin discussing the details with our president at least two
months prior to the event so your logo/name can be included on all of the advertisements when we begin getting the word
out for the event.
We look forward to working with you! If you have any questions, or need any further information,
please feel free to contact us:
Victoria Cobb, President: [email protected]
Kristen Raniere, Newsletter Editor: [email protected]
