Sunflower Creative Arts
Notes from the Garden

August 2012  

In This Issue
Important Dates for Seedlings Families
Register for Fall Classes
Peace Day 2012
Call for Artists
Seedlings Alum Cleo Dan
Games to Get Kids Talking
Essay: A Mommy Vacation
Essay: Dawdling

 
Susan Caruso
Artistic Director 
  Jennifer Ligeti
Managing Director
Jaime Greenberg 
 Communications Director
Victoria Green
PR and Development Director
Dorota Salas
Bookkeeper
Carol Vogt
Quickbooks Consultant 

Ellen Stone 
Cultural and Environmental Consultant
 
 
Sunflower Board of Directors
 

Crystal MacLean

President 
Claire Teller  
Secretary/Treasurer
Ani Smith  
Sharon Baker
Bill Epstein

Lora McCoy

Edgar An

Keith Richardson

Russell Parker

Susan Caruso

Important Dates for Seedlings Families

Thursday, Aug. 23
7:00--8:30 pm
Seedlings Parent Kick-Off

Saturday, Aug. 25
10:00 am -- 2:00 pm
Seedlings Family Work Day and Potluck Lunch
 
Tuesday and Wednesday Aug. 28 and 29
10:00 am -- 12:00 pm
Seedlings Helper Training

Thursday, Aug. 30
9:30 -- 11:30 am
Seedlings Open House

Tuesday, Sept. 4
First Day of Seedlings

2601 Saint Andrews Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434

561 482-3412

topGreetings!
 

20th Anniversary Logo

Looking for after-school enrichment?
Back to school means back to Sunflower!
Classes start next week! See website for more details.

Classes for school age children
Banana Faces theatre (ages 4-6)
Playtopia theatre (ages 7-10)
Sunbeam special needs theatre (ages 7-10)
Roots & Shoots club (two groups, ages 5-9 and 10-16)
Rumpus theatre (ages 10-14)
The Rough Edges teen improv troupe (ages 13-18)

In addition to our after-school options we have classes for babies and preschool children, as well as parents! Check out all our class offerings here.

We have a whole list of exciting new topics planned for our Parenting Support classes. Check them out here!
 
Download the registration form on our website or call 561 482-3412 to register today!
Peace Day is Sept. 22
This year's Roots & Shoots International Day of Peace celebration will be held at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Saturday, Sept. 22, 4:00-6:00 pm.

All are invited to this fun FREE event for families! It's a Sunflower Roots & Shoots club tradition! The afternoon will feature peace crafts for all ages, recycled instrument-making, music, and a Children's Peace Parade with "Sunny" the Giant Peace Dove puppet.

New location in downtown Boca Raton at Sanborn Square. There is a small public parking lot just north of Sanborn Square, a lot on the SE corner of Palmetto and Federal, and on street parking.


Peace Day 2012
Peace Day 2011
Roots & Shoots is a free club for children, founded by Jane Goodall, that focuses on local social service projects showing caring and concern for the environment, animals and the human community. Sunflower Roots & Shoots meets weekly, on Wednesdays. See website calendar for details.

Our first meeting of the year is next Wednesday, Aug. 29. Call 561 482-3412 to sign up!
Calling all artists!
In honor of Sunflower's 20th anniversary we are creating a special limited edition t-shirt, and we need your help! We're looking for an artist (or artists) from our super-talented community to create original artwork for the shirt, as well as for other promotional materials throughout the year.

We'd love for you to share your creative voice with us!
Email Jaime Greenberg jaime@sunflowercreativearts.org for guidelines if you are interested.

Artwork must be received by Sept. 15, 2012. 
Cleo Dan Our Seedlings in Full Bloom: Cleo Dan
by Sam Ligeti
My name is Sam Ligeti and I'm proud to say that yes, I am Jennifer Ligeti's daughter. I'm about to start my sophomore year of college, but I was a little Seedling once, and credit Seedlings for fostering the creativity, love of learning, and sense of adventure I have now. Also it was a blast. [...]
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Games to get kids talking

by Jennifer Ligeti 

My college roommate Hannah is a marvel. She looks for the fun in parenting, and she finds it. In the process, kids of all ages open up to her. I've never met anyone who could get kids talking the way that she can (okay, that's not quite true; Susan can too). Each summer my family, [...]...»

girls and their mom
A Mommy Vacation
by Jaime Greenberg
I was taking a shower the other night, my five-year-old giggling next to me, drawing "naked bummies" on the fogged up glass door. It was adorable. But still, the thought occurred to me: wouldn't it be great if I could be taking this shower alone? Some days, I find myself having this thought a lot... [...]...»
Dawdling: Learning the Beauty of Going Slow

by Jennifer Sneeden 

Taking advantage of a picture-perfect summer morning in South Florida, my kids and I took the short walk to our community pool for a morning of swimming and splashing. When I walk to the pool, it takes me about two minutes - just a short stroll down the path. When my kids and I go together, it can take anywhere from five [...]...»

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Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts