Green Sprouts 2010

It is time once again for the Green Sprouts Organic Baby and Family Fest. Come on over to Peninsula Park this Sunday, September 26th from 10am-5pm. A $3 suggested donation supports ICTC and the amazing work they do empowering families and healthcare professionals to support maternal and infant wellness.

This year, Nurture will have two featured activities at the festival. Mychelle Moritz of Heartworks together with Stephanie Sandmeyer of KAIROS Narrative Facilitation will be over at the Story Book Nook hosting the workshop: Telling Your Baby's Story. Melissa Cole of Luna Lactation will be hosting the Luna Lactation Station for breastfeeding mamas to relax and nurse their babies at any time during the event.

Story Book Nook: Telling Your Baby's Story
What stories of your baby and your experience as a new parent do you want to preserve? Which stories from your own babyhood do you wish you knew? What do you wish you knew about your parent's experience of new parenthood? Join us at the Story Book Nook at the Green Sprouts Festival to sift out, piece together, and begin to hold on to the stories about your baby that you want to preserve for now and share with them someday.

Luna Lactation Station: Sponsored by Luna Lactation
Need a comfy place to sit down and nurse your little one while enjoying the festival? Swing by Luna Lactation’s cozy booth to get off your feet, nurse and visit with other moms! Luna Lactation will have a lactation consultant on site, a raffle, games, handouts and more!

Time Windows: A Workshop honoring story sharing, oral history and assemblage art

Would you like to create a piece of art using the junk of everyday life? Have you wanted to record your story, but haven’t made time yet to do so?

Please join Stephanie Sandmeyer, owner of KAIROS Narrative Facilitation for a three-part workshop that will utilize both oral history and assemblage art as vehicles for not only the preservation of life experience, but as a tool for emotional growth and empowerment. Participants collect common objects from their daily lives for inclusion in their assemblage art shadowbox between sessions.

The orientation session is Sunday, October 10^th from 2:30-3:30. In the second session we’ll create our Time Windows on Sunday, October 24^th from Noon-3 p.m. Both sessions will be held at Nurture at 1614 NE Alberta, Portland, Oregon 97211.

In the third session, participants will have the opportunity for a private, recorded oral history interview focusing on the objects they chose for inclusion in their assemblage piece. Interviews will be scheduled at the participant’s convenience.

For more information regarding KAIROS and Stephanie, please visit: www.kairosnarrative.com and to sign up for the workshop, email Stephanie at: kairosnarrative@spiritone.com or call (503) 234-2111.

Workshop cost is $50. Join us for this unique family and community building event!