The Children's StorefrontA Meeting Place for Parents and Children

The Children’s Storefront is having its spring yard sale on Saturday, May 15 from 11 AM to 2 PM. The sale will be held in front of St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club at 843 Palmerston Avenue.

Bring your gently used items to donate to our community fundraiser at 9 AM. Please do not bring items if it is raining (check the website by 8 AM on May 15 for for updates). Note that we will be unable to accept any donations prior to the day the yard sale is held. A rain date (if applicable) will be announced later.

For the sake of the environment, please bring your own shopping bags.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Yes, we want it! Come share strategies for better celebrating our sexy mama selves. We will discuss embracing a new body and its responses, finding time, desire, energy (and privacy!) for sex. We will also learn skills on increasing our sexual pleasure,  boosting our sex drive and rekindling the passion we once may have enjoyed. We deserve it!  Women only.
Special fundraising event for the Children’s Storefront: workshop also includes wine, cheese and truffles.

When: Tuesday March 30: 7:00-9:30 PM

Location: Good For Her: 175 Harbord St (east of Bathurst, south side), 416-588-0900
Pre-registration recommended by phone, in person or online.

Facilitator: Carlyle Jansen is the founder of Good For Her. She has taught groups of sex therapists and sexual health professionals, school/youth groups as well as informal groups of folks looking to enhance their personal lives.  She blends a matter-of-fact approach with a comfort with the subject of sexuality that quickly dispels nervousness and puts participants at ease. She has appeared numerous times in the media, including the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Macleans Magazine, as well as the Discovery Channel’s “Sex Files”, The Life Network’s “Health on the Line”, WTN’s “Between the Sheets” and several documentaries. She is also a proud mom of two who loves going to the Storefront!

David Slater, BFA, RMT, Osteopathy (ABD), offers a special children’s day for osteopathic assessment and treatment on the last Monday of each month, for children aged newborn to 12 years old.  An excellent opportunity to access Osteopathy, a very sophisticated, informed and gentle form of manual therapy and assessment for well-being, alignment, and the treatment of every-day or elusive symptoms.

As of January 2010, Kid’s Day will be an ongoing fundraiser for the Children’s Storefront Rebuilding Foundation.  As 100% of the proceeds from Kid’s Day will be donated to the Children’s Storefront, payment for treatment can be made directly to their charitable foundation and a tax receipt can be provided for donations over $20.

The service provided is valued at $75 per treatment, however, a pay-as-you-can honour policy is in place so that it is left up to whomever books the appointment to make the contribution directly to the Children’s Storefront at www.childrensstorefront.com.  Please state your donation is on behalf of Annex Osteopathy Kid’s Day.  Booking a spot for the day will remain on a first-come first-served basis.

Last Monday of every month
By appointment only
between 10:30 – 2:00
Age newborn to 12

For inquiries or to book:
Contact David directly at
david@annexosteopathy.com
416 821-3006

For additional information on David and Osteopathy for children:
Click here

What is Osteopathy?
www.annexosteopathy.com
www.osteopathyontario.com

The Children’s Storefront will be open during March Break but operating on a reduced schedule. From Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2010, the Children’s Storefront will be open from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

Normal operating hours will resume on Monday, March 22, 2010.

Please note that the Children’s Storefront will be closed from Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26, 2010. It will reopen on Monday, March 1.

“DIY Defies Gravity”
Toronto Life Magazine awarded last winter’s wildly popular tribute to the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) spirit, Totsapalooza, with number 14 on their 2009 list of “50 Reasons To Love Toronto”. Fasten your seatbelts, celestial explorers! For this year’s Totsapalooza: The Space Age Rodeo Edition, we’ve put together another amazing lineup of leading indie rockers, children’s authors and inventive crafts to celebrate how the DIY ethos defies gravity. Don Kerr & The Jet Pack Orchestra will beam the party into another galaxy with the help of Bellwoods Trinity, I Eat Kids and Sho, Mo & The Monkey Bunch. Also on the bill is Katie Van Camp, who will perform her award-winning tale, Harry & Horsie, (Harper Collins), Ashley Spires will present her stellar feline, Binky The Space Cat (Kids Can) and Chris A. Rutkowski’s going to open your eyes with his I Saw It Too: Real UFO Sightings (Dundurn). Kids will build flying saucers and musical instruments out of recycled materials. We’ll send the UFOs into orbit by attaching them to helium balloons. And, of course, there will be an intergalactic jam session featuring budding rockers and indie veterans! Presented by Small Print, The Little Paper and Rooster Studio, (AKA The Tot Squad) with BookShorts Literacy Program and Torontoist.com.
The Revival, 783 College St (At Shaw)
Sun Feb 21; 2pm (Doors 1:30pm)
Adults $10; Kids $8 Advance Tickets Now Available online at  www.smallprinttoronto.org. Telephone and in-store ticket sales will begin on February 1st  at TYPE Books (883 Queen St West) and Soundscapes (572 College St West). Proceeds will be donated to The Children’s Storefront.

Two Deep Restoration Workshops
with Tiina Veer, RMT

ALL PROCEEDS TO THE CHILDREN’S STOREFRONT

Sunday, January 10 @ 1:00pm & 7:00pm
2 sessions available to accommodate Family Scheduling
2.5 hours each  |  $55 per person
at Halcyon Health  |  677 Dupont @ Christie

Included for you to take home:
A copy of Tiina’s Guided Relaxation CD and a resource handout

Click here  to register now for the 1:00-3:30pm session
Click here to register now for the 7:00-9:30pm session

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We are living with pressures, stresses and excessive stimulus that our nervous systems were not necessarily designed to manage, potentially living in a low-grade and chronic state of “fight or flight,” or the stress response.

In these Deep Restoration workshops, you will learn techniques inspired by the Yoga and Mindfulness traditions to self-soothe, pacify your nervous system, unwind muscle tension, relax and quiet your mind. This workshop can simply be enjoyed as a one-time relaxation experience, or if so inspired, the tools can be immediately employed as antidotes to stress, and with ongoing practice can become lifelong companions.

We will move slowly and gently through relaxing Restorative Yoga positions, completely supported by a variety of props (bolsters, pillows, blankets, chairs, etc.), simple breathing, and guided relaxation.
Absolutely no experience with either yoga or mindfulness is necessary. Really. This workshop is not
about flexibility nor fitness, it is about spending some time slowing down & actively relaxing.
Tiina Veer, RMT is a local massage therapist and yoga instructor. Tiina is passionate about teaching simple practices from the yoga and mindfulness traditions in a supportive and non-competitive environment. She has a down-to-earth, non-dogmatic approach to teaching these intelligent and useful tools in a way that is relevant to everyday life and approachable even to those who have never tried them before.

From David Slater on behalf of Annex Osteopathy:

Happy New Year
I hope you had a restful Holiday and wish you and your families the best of health for 2010 and beyond.
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the January Kid’s Osteopathy Day (January 25) at Annex Osteopathy.
This year the Annex Osteopathy Kid’s Day will be a fundraiser for the Children’s Storefront Rebuilding Foundation. To those of you who do not know, The Children’s Storefront is one of the miracles of the City of Toronto which was founded by Ryva Novick and Maryann Schwartz, to provide a free drop in centre that has served the parents, children and caregivers in this neighbourhood for the past 30 years.
An unfortunate fire in the building burned the structure and all of it’s contents to the ground and has left the centre looking for a home and equipment.
As 100% of the proceeds from Kid’s Day will be donated to the Children’s Storefront, payment for treatment can be made directly to the Children’s storefront and a tax receipt will be provided.
The Service provided is valued at $75 per treatment, however a pay as you can honour policy will be implemented so that I will leave it up to you to make the contribution directly to the Children’s Storefront at www.childrensstorefront.com and a contribution in the amount of $20 or more will enable you to receive a tax receipt. Please state that your donation is on behalf of the Annex Osteopathy Kid’s Day
Booking a spot for the day will remain on a first come first serve basis. Treatments are scheduled on Monday, January 25th between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Thank you kindly.

David Slater RMT, Osteopathy (ABD)
Annex Osteopathy
677 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON
M6G 1Z5
(416) 821- 3006
david@annexosteopathy.com

Anne Marie Scheffler
performs
Suddenly Mommy!
at

Second City
as a benefit for
The Children’s Storefront

She got married and had kids for the glamour and there is no glamour!

Canadian Comedy Award Nominee, Second City alumna and star of her own Comedy Special on CTV and The Comedy Network, Anne Marie Scheffler jumps into a new world of funny! Having kids! Sure, she thought that’s what she always wanted, but they’re so much work! It looked so easy in the brochure! A mom and step mom in real life, Scheffler exposes the truth of motherhood in an authentic and hilarious way! A modern Irma Bombeck! She’ll make you feel good about your parenting skills!

“Anne Marie Scheffler didn’t think motherhood would be this hard. She thought she could be the sexy showbiz mom, with a baby in one arm, a movie script in the other. Her jarring realization otherwise makes for a humorous and entertaining show. Scheffler is a charismatic, sparkling performer.” – CBC Review

“Anne Marie is very funny and sexy.. Who couldn’t love a comedian that takes shots at Supernanny and Celine Dion all at once?” – Winnipeg Free Press Reader

On October 31^st, The Children’s Storefront was destroyed in a fire. The child-parent centre has nurtured Toronto’s parenting community for 35 years. Come see the show and help them find a new home! ALL PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHILDREN’S STOREFRONT!

Suddenly Mommy!
The Second City
51 Mercer Street, Toronto
Sunday December 20^th, 2pm.
$20/ ticket For tickets: 416-343-0011
or www.secondcity.com