State Fall Conference 2007

Saturday October 13, 2007

8:30 am – 1:00 pm

Children’s Specialized Hospital

Mountainside, NJ

Create a rainbow of Junior Spirit by wearing your club shirts.

Speakers include:

     JM State Project 2006-2008: Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

     JM State Project 2008-2010 Proposals

Workshops offered at both workshop sessions will be:

§        "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" – Money Management and Ways & Means

§        "Power Up your Club!" - Membership/Leadership

§        "Awakening the Diamond Dozen Within Your Club" - Writing Winning Reports

§        Juniorette service project with CSHF

Other resources to be there:

§        Federation Sales

§        Women's History Resource Center Information

§        Department Diva’s Dazzling Displays with Done-In-One projects

§         Displays by the three State Project 2008-2010 Proposals

JM State Fall Conference 2007 Agenda

Remember to:

     Wear your club shirt & Bring donations from the CSHF Wish List attached (Please label!)

8:30 – 10:00 Registration

9 - 9:45      First round of tours and workshops

10-11:15      Main Session:

              State Project 2008-2010 Proposals

              State Project 2006-2008 - CSHF construction update

11:30- 12:15 Second round of tours and workshops

12:15         Last tour

Workshops offered at both workshop sessions will be:

§         "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" – Money Management & Ways & Means

§         "Power Up your Club!" - Membership/Leadership

§         "Awakening the Diamond Dozen Within Your Club" - Writing Winning Reports

§         Juniorette service project with CSHF

Directions to Children’s Specialized Hospital,
150 New Providence Rd, Mountainside NJ

From Garden State Parkway North:

     Take Exit #135 onto TRAFFIC CIRCLE toward CLARK/WESTFIELD – go 0.3 mi

     Take ramp onto CENTRAL AVE – go 2.8 mi

     Turn RIGHT onto E BROAD ST – go 0.0 mi

     Turn LEFT onto MOUNTAIN AVE – go 1.1 mi

     Turn LEFT onto NEW PROVIDENCE RD – go 0.3 mi

From Garden State Parkway South:

     Take Exit #140A onto US-22 W toward SOMERVILLE – GO 5.7 mi

     Turn LEFT onto NEW PROVIDENCE RD – go 0.3 mi

From I-78 Eastbound:

     Take Exit #41 toward BERKELEY HTS/SCOTCH PLAINS –go 0.2 mi

     (Follow signs directing you to US-22-E)

     Turn LEFT on DALE RD – go 0.3 mi

     Continue on DRIFT RD – go 0.2 mi

     Turn RIGHT on PLAINFIELD AVE – go 0.9 mi

     Continue on BONNIE BURN RD – go 0.8 mi

     Turn RIGHT on PARK AVE (following signs for US 22 East) – go 0.4 mi

     Turn RIGHT on US-22 East – go 2.7 mi

     Turn RIGHT on NEW PROVIDENCE RD – fo 0.3 mi

PARKING:  Turn LEFT into the first driveway to park in the parking garage in the back of the complex.  You will enter the facility from the parking garage. The front doors will not be open.

Wish list for Children's Specialized Hospital Fall 2007

New items only please.

Northern Clubs (for Mountainside facility)

DVDs

CDs

Sweatsuits for children ages 0-21 yrs. old

Black felt & marker coloring sets

Socks

Underwear

Gift cards to stores: Toys R Us, Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s, etc.

Phone Cards

Baby wipes

Infant and toddler spoons

Scoop dishes to promote self feeding, sippy cups

Parent training videos on a variety of topics

Central Clubs (for Fanwood Plaza and Roselle Park facility)

Play doh

Bubbles

Medical kits (child’s)

24-piece puzzles (especially with favorite current cartoons)

Colorforms (especially with favorite current cartoons)

Board games for young teens: Stratego, Don’t Wake Daddy, Battleship, Blokus, Othello,

20 questions – handheld version

60-piece and 100-piece puzzles as well

Other Board games: Sorry, Trouble, Don’t Break the Ice, Mastermind, Connect Four etc.

Playschool Dollhouse furniture

Gift Cards to stores:  Toys R Us, Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s, etc.

Southern Clubs (for Hamilton and Toms River facility)

Simple books/board books

Toddler toys: blocks, sorters, puzzles, bead, peg boards, etc.

Arts and crafts: paper, crayons, markers, craft projects

CDs for kids

Developmental baby toys

Board games

Little people play sets: farm house, cars, airports

Plastic dollhouse and families

Toys R Us gift cards

Parent training videos on a variety of parenting topics

Dolls of various racial diversity

Color markers for the white board

Franklin (the turtle) books: Franklin in the Dark, Hurry up Franklin, Franklin is Bossy, Franklin is Messy, Franklin's Bad Day, Franklin's New Friend