Sunflower Creative Arts
Notes from the Garden

February 2013   

In This Issue
Register for Spring
Shirts for sale
Ice Castle Thank You
Important Dates
Roots & Shoots News
On our blog
Register for Spring Classes

Download the registration form on our website or call 561 482-3412 to register today!

 
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  
Ani Smith  
Sharon Baker
Bill Epstein

Lora McCoy

Edgar An

Russell Parker

Susan Caruso

Remember Play Shirts for Sale
 
Did you see our awesome Remember Play shirts at Ice Castle? Get yours today!



Shirts are $16 each, $30 for two. Profits benefit our programs.

Sizes for the whole family-- kids, women's fitted t's and unisex.

Show Sunflower some love and help us spread the word about our play-based programs!


Purchase shirts when you come in for class or call 561 482-3412 for more info!

2601 Saint Andrews Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434

561 482-3412

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Ice Castle 2013 -- Thank you friends!

little girl at Ice Castle More than 450 people came out to Patch Reef Park in Boca earlier this month to celebrate Sunflower's 20th Anniversary and Susan's 60th Birthday. Thank you to everyone who was there- and to Sunflower's staff, Board and 100 volunteers who worked hard to make the day a success.  

 

Special thanks to Ice Sponsors Julie Kelly and Barry Goldman, generous donations from Discount School Supply and the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center, volunteers Amy An, Karyn Conrath, Cindy Hirsch, Jackie Hirsch, birthday cake baker Natalia Monahan (Cakeoration), Lucia Ramos, Ilysia Shattuck, and our very own Managing Director- the amazing Jennifer Ligeti- who organized the whole thing.  

 

As Susan said, "It was a perfect day full of fun, surprises, play, art, beautiful nature, a stunning silver necklace, hugs galore, laughter, the biggest Ice Castle ever and quite a bit of me bursting into happy tears." 

 

Click through to our blog to see photos of the event, taken by Jaime Greenberg and Haidor Truu. [...]...»

Dates to Remember

Sunflower Saturday
Every Saturday, 9:30 - 10:45 am
A special class for families with babies and children up to age 5 Come play and sing with Susan!
Drop in fee, $17

Sunflower Parent Toolbox: Fundamentals Part II
Saturday, Feb. 23, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$10 per adult (free to current Seedlings parents).
Childcare available; must RSVP: $10 per child.

Introduction to Seedlings Meeting for Parents
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
For parents interested in enrollment for Fall 2013.
Call 561 482-3412 to RSVP.


Sunflower Roots & Shoots, Boca Raton Community Garden
Saturday, March 2, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Re-Cycos service project. Ages 12 and older welcome to join us.
Help tend the garden and harvest veggies to donate to Boca Helping Hands. Call 561 482-3412 to register.

Climate Change Workshop for Adults and Youth
Saturday, March 2, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Details at sflclimateactionpartners.org

Sunflower Parent Toolbox: Fundamentals Part I & II
The prerequisite for all other Toolbox sessions.
Tuesday, March 5, and Friday, March 8, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

$10 per adult (free to current Seedlings parents).
No childcare.
Call 561 482-3412 to RSVP. 

Exploring a core philosophy from which to gather parenting tools that help develop sincere, caring, reciprocal relationships.

Sunflower Parent Toolbox: Guidance Approach to Discipline Part I & II
Completion of Fundamentals Parts I & II is a prerequisite.
Monday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 19, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
$10 per adult (free to current Seedlings parents).
No childcare.
Call 561 482-3412 to RSVP.
Roots & Shoots News
Roots & Shoots logo
Join us for Roots & Shoots weekly meetings! Wednesdays at 3:00 pm (Shooting Stars, ages 5-9) or 5:00 pm (Re-Cycos, ages 10-16), at Sunflower. No fee.

Gleaning Service Project
Thank you to members of Sunflower's Roots & Shoots clubs and their parents for volunteering last Saturday. They joined a group of about 100 volunteers organized by C.R.O.S. Ministries who gleaned peppers at a field donated by Bedner's Farm Fresh Market. Together, the volunteers filled about 250 boxes to be donated to those in need in Palm Beach County.

Primate Workshop in March at Lion Country Safari
Roots & Shoots will be holding our annual primate workshop/field trip on Saturday, March 9, 10:30am- 12:30pm, at Lion County Safari. Roots & Shoots members will use items brought from home (water bottles, paper towel rolls, pine cones, dried fruit, socks, etc.) to create stimulating and enriching toys for the chimps. Call 561 482-3412 to RSVP and request consent forms and a full list of items for the chimps.   
On our blog
In case you missed it, here's what we've been talking about on the Sunflower blog...

 

by Jaime Greenberg 

Ice Castles in South Florida? Yes, you heard that right! Building Ice Castles has been a Sunflower tradition for 20 years- since the very beginning- back before we were a nonprofit, back when we were still called Sunflower Project. Susan got the idea of building and decorating with ice, salt and water colors from her [...]...»

 

  by Sunflower mom, Angela Malson
Originally posted on
Eco Womb blog

As we hiked the hill against the wind, she was determined. "C'mon, mama, let's go." Her little body cold but amazingly strong. Her mind and soul even stronger. Her will unmatched as she had it in her head to sled down the big hill. [...]...»

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Playfully yours,

Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts