The University Park Mothers Club is a social, supportive, and educational group for families with young children living in the University Park neighborhood and surrounding area. While activities center on the University Park area (Colorado Blvd to University Blvd and Yale to I-25), mothers from across Denver are welcome to join – and dads are always welcome too.
The Mothers Club provides an excellent opportunity for mothers and their children to make friends, share interests, information and ideas, as well as get involved in their community. All families with children ages and expectant families are welcome. This inspired group has over 80 families, which involves over 100 children and is adding more everyday!
Join the University Park Mothers Club today. It is a wonderful way to meet other parents and children.
Got a suggestion? Email suggest@uparkmoms.org.
The Mom’s Club is sponsoring a program for
teen mothers called Hope House of Colorado
Beginning in 2012, UPMC has decided to provide support to the non-profit Hope House of Colorado. This organization's mission is to empower teenage moms to strive for personal and economic self-sufficiency. They provide education, support and counseling to teen mothers through their mentoring, GED and residential programs. We feel that the best asset of UPMC is our strong sense of community, so our support of Hope House will focus primarily in extending our community to include these young mothers. In addition, we will help provide supplies for their pantry through drives like our "Stuff the Trailer" efforts this past December. We invite you to learn more about Hope House and its programs by visiting their website at www.HopeHouseofColorado.org.
Upcoming Events of the University Park Mothers Club:
Monday, May 28, 4:30 pm till 6:30 pm Family Dinner Potluck & Park Clean Up at Observatory Park
Bring brooms & rakes, something to share food wise (salad, dessert etc...), beverage of choice and gently used or new toys to donate to the sand box. Encourage children to help and feel ownership of "their" play space.
Friday, July 20th 1 pm Ice Cream Social
Wednesday, July 4th Parade & Spray
Thursday, August 16 All Member Social
Join in at our 3rd Annual ALL MEMBER SOCIAL…. If you haven't been watching Mad Men better tune in to this 60's drama and get inspired for our Mad Men themed social….
Recent happenings of the University Park Mothers Club:
The Annual Easter Egg Hunt to take place at Observatory Park
This years egg hunt was extra special! THANK YOU all for helping /volunteering and making today come alive for the children and parents.... it was a wonderful family day.
A special thanks to Danielle who's attention to detail, thoughtfulness, organization and baking (400 muffins) was tremendous! We THANK YOU so much AWESOME job!
Our Bunny was extra adorable and had such a gentle way of connecting with everyone. We love you. Hip-ity Hop-ity. Your a natural Jeff and thanks a ton!
Mom's Night Out at Melinda Davis's House
UPCC Annual Sing N’ Sleigh
This memorable event included horse drawn carriage rides, music from Swallow Hill, hot cider and treats AND the Observatory was open.
Mom'preneur Marketplace 2011
The Mom’preneur Marketplace was a huge success this year! We earned close to $5,000 for University Park Elementary School! A special THANK YOU goes out to our wonderful committee members: Stacey Hauthuh, Jennifer Engleby, Merrell Aspin, Jane Rogers, Dana O’Connor, JoAnna Shear, Danielle Southwell, Melinda Davis and Lori Marks.
Burgers and Brews without the Babes
Enjoy the company of other moms at Crimson and Gold next! Pair one of “Denver’s best burgers” with a cold beer at this local DU hangout. Yum!
Ice Cream Social
Ice Cream Social: So great to see so many families cooling off at the park on August 5th for our Ice Cream Social!
Parks: We are having difficulty with the Observatory Park toy bin and keeping our park at its best. Toys need to be placed in the toy bin at the end of each day in order for Denver Parks and Recreation to clean our park! Please take pride in our wonderful park and remember to put the toys away. If the park continues to have issues with toys left outside, we may discontinue the toy bin!
Girls' Night Out at Canvas and Cocktails
We enjoyed a fun and relaxing evening painting and sipping wine with lots of fun music at Canvas and Cocktails.
Girls' Night Out at The Pioneer
If you were there, you probably don't remember it! A great way to start the summer with your friends!
Neighborhood Potluck and Park Clean Up at Observatory Park
Remember to tell Garlic Knot thank you for their generous donation.
The UPMC Annual Easter Egg Hunt!
The weather held out for the Egg Hunt in McWilliams park on Saturday, April 23. It was a great success with over 150 people attending our annual hunt! Of course one of the biggest highlights was the appearance of the Easter Bunny! Thanks to everyone for making this annual event a fantastic community gathering.
The 2nd Annual All Members Social!
We had a great turn out and everyone had a wonderful time!
The University Park Mothers Club is a social, supportive, and educational group for families with young children living in the University Park neighborhood and surrounding area |
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Announcements
- UPMC is on Facebook!
We can be found on Facebook under the "University Park Moms Club." "Like" us to receive updates, information, and to stay in touch with other Moms. We will no longer be using Yahoo groups.
www.facebook.com/uparkmoms
- Hope House Update
Our relationship with Hope House continues to grow! In March, a few of our members visited the Hope House mothers at their group residence and dyed Easter eggs and competed a child's hand and footprint art project. The young moms loved it and our members had a great time as well! Remarkably, none of them wanted to keep their completed art project, but rather wanted to give them to family and friends and requested to make more. These same moms, along with their children, attended the UPMC Easter Egg Hunt as well. We are excited to extend our sense of community to them. Keep an eye out for an announcement for another supply drive of items to send to Hope House, so please save up toiletry items, especially diapers and other baby needs, and look for our drive that will be in conjunction with another UPMC event.
•Playgroups: Three new playgroups are kicking off. A weekend or an evening playgroup is in the works Please contact Jane Rogers at jadrogers@gmail.com if you want to get your little one involved in a playgroup.
•Spanish Immersion
Give your preschooler and early elementary scholar a Spanish experience in the language and culture. Students will participate in hands on activities including music, food, dance, crafts, games, stories, the great outdoors and regular daily activities. Classes will be held in the elementary classroom on the 2nd floor. However, classes may be held outside on the Accelerated School grounds when weather permits and lessons dictate.
Time/Day/Duration
Tuesday 2:00pm – 3:00pm (4 to 6 week sessions) other sessions may be added due to demand
Location: Accelerated School 2160 South Cook Street, Denver, CO 80210 Cost: $10.00/ hr /child (Maximum 6 children per class) Contact: Marianna or Jane, Accelerated School (303) 758-2003 Jennifer Engleby, Parent (303) 550-3907
- UPark Elementary School has a new and improved website. Please check it out at www.uparkelementary.org.
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