Sunflower Creative Arts
Notes from the Garden

September 2012  

In This Issue
Register for Fall Classes
Peace Day 2012
Call for Artists
How do we find our community?
Roots & Shoots News
Essay: The essence of Seedlings
Eagle Scout Fundraiser

 
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

Russell Parker

Susan Caruso

Register for Classes
Little Sprouts! Lightning Bugs! Banana Faces! Playtopia!

Sound fun?

Download the registration form on our website or call 561 482-3412 to register today!
Share & Learn Park Playdates
Our Share & Learn park playdates are now every Friday, 10:30 am--12:00 pm! No fee.

Friday, Sept. 21, University Woodlands Park, Boca
Topic: Sleep issues

Friday, Sept. 28, University Woodlands Park, Boca
Topic: Unstructured play

In October, Friday playdates will move to Orchard View Park in Delray, and the topic will be Communication.

Call 561 482-3412 for more info. Join our Meetup group for reminders and more playdate opportunities.
2601 Saint Andrews Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434

561 482-3412

topGreetings!
 

Celebrate Peace with Sunflower--this Saturday!
by Victoria Green

Join Sunflower Creative Arts for our annual International Day of Peace Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 4:00-6:00 pm at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton. Sunflower's Roots & Shoots clubs are collaborating on art projects, songs, and slogans that will be presented at the celebration. The FREE event for families will feature a Peace Parade [...]...»  

 

peace day 2011
Making instruments at Peace Day 2011
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 Oct. 15, 2012. 
by Susan Caruso 

As a young adult I remember feeling like I was part of many different communities. I was exploring who I was. We lived in a neighborhood with many poor but ambitious young musicians on the upper west side of Manhattan. The city was rumbling and rough. I grew up kind of a country bumpkin in [...]...»

 

Susan and friends
Susan and friends
Roots & Shoots News
Roots & Shoots logo
Roots & Shoots now meets weekly!
Join us Wednesdays at 3:00 pm (Shooting Stars, ages 5-9) or 5:00 (Re-Cycos, ages 10-16), at Sunflower.

Peace Day 2012 is this Saturday
Right now we're getting ready for Peace Day 2012-- working on art projects, songs, and slogans that we'll present at the celebration, Sept. 22, in Boca Raton (more info above).

Worms! and an onsite garden
Roots & Shoots members will be learning all about vermiculture (composting with worms!) and getting our hands dirty as we begin work on our onsite community garden. 

Boca Community Garden
Middle and high school age members in Re-Cycos will be gardening at Boca Community Garden, on the first Saturday of the month, starting Nov.3. The garden is located next to the new downtown library, which is currently under construction. Produce will be donated to the Boca Helping Hands soup kitchen. Contact us at 561 482-3412 to get involved!

This will be Roots & Shoots fourth year gardening for Boca Helping Hands. We are excited about our new location and being able to continue to provide a hundred plus pounds of fresh produce  to those in need each year. 
by Jennifer Sneeden

My daughter Emily started Seedlings last week. The first week of Seedlings, I took lots of pictures trying to capture the essence of what makes this program so unique. But this picture is the one that I keep coming back to time and time again. Here's what I love about this picture... It's story time [...]...»

 

Susan reading to Seedlings  
Bowling Fundraiser for Eagle Scout Project
Timothy McNalis, longtime Sunflower theatre student and new member of our teen improv group, The Rough Edges, is working towards the rank of Eagle Scout. Come support his Eagle Project, for the benefit of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mission Church and have fun at the same time!

  

Eagle Scout Project - Bowling Fundraiser

For the Benefit of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mission Church   

Sunday - Sept. 30, 2012

2:00 PM

Strikes at Boca Bowling

21046 Commercial Trail

(East of Town Center Mall - West of Military, South of Glades)
Boca Raton, FL 33486
561 368.2177

 

Cost: $20.00 Per Person In Advance

$24.00 At The Door

 

Enjoy two hours of bowling w/free shoe rental, pizza and soda.

 

RSVP by: Sept. 26, 2012

 

Timothy McNalis

561 988-0777

tpanda@bellsouth.net
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Playfully yours,

Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts