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Continue readingGiving Tuesday 2021
New Canaan CARES has empowered youth and families with innovative programming that inspires, educates, and celebrates our unique town for over 40 years. Whether you’ve attended a lecture, had a child who participated in one of our popular leadership courses, or have a loved one that has benefited from our senior outreach, you know firsthand that CARES is a vital resource in our community.
Please support our efforts by making a gift to the New Canaan CARES Annual Appeal, which provides crucial funds for our programs and our annual budget. Thank you for your generosity and for helping to ensure CARES can continue to impact the lives of our community by connecting them to ideas, support, and one another.
Thank you to everyone who has supported CARES this year!
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Festive Fireplaces 2021
This holiday season, let New Canaan CARES and our florist partners decorate your holiday mantle. Simply order for yourself or send as a gift, and the florist will deliver and set the mantle centerpiece – Voila- holiday decorating done!
New Canaan Florist’s arrangement consists of traditional seasonal greens, blue thistle, and comes in a rustic wooden base.
Twigs Design’s arrangement consists of seasonal greens intended to be draped across your mantle. The arrangement contains greens, magnolia leaves, pinecones with splashes of silver, goose feathers, peacock feathers, and a string of battery-operated white lights.
A portion of the proceeds from each mantlepiece sold will be donated to CARES.
Arrangements will be delivered in New Canaan December 11th and 13th
Deadline to order is Wednesday, December 8th
Celebration Centerpieces 2021
THE ONLINE STORE IS NOW CLOSED
Earth Garden is supporting New Canaan CARES and our community this Thanksgiving with Celebration Centerpieces. This is an opportunity to show someone that you are thankful to have them in your life. It’s also a beautiful way to add joy to your own holiday table! At the same time, you will be providing much-needed financial support to our organization. A portion of the proceeds from each centerpiece sold will be donated to CARES. Click here to order.
Delivery is available in New Canaan only. Arrangements will be delivered Tuesday, November 23rd and Wednesday, November 24th.
Fore CARES – A Day Off from School Event!
New Canaan CARES is excited to announce our first annual Election Day event Fore CARES!
Join us on this day off of school for an 18 hole “par-tee” on the lawn of St. Mark’s Church on November 2nd from 10 am – 2 pm! Children under 12 must have supervision to attend.
Fore CARES will be running on a Shotgun Start – all players at an assigned tee-time slot will begin simultaneously, but at different holes. Tee-times are 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 1:00 pm. Each hole is limited to four players at a time. CARES may combine smaller groups to form a foursome.
This event is $20 per golfer, with the proceeds going directly towards CARES programming!
Talking About Puberty
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 7pm (Virtual Program)
Learn how to talk about puberty from a medical, emotional and social standpoint with NYT bestselling author Dr. Cara Natterson. Dr. Natterson will address questions such as: why is puberty starting earlier and how can we best guide kids through it? There will also be time set aside for Q&A.
Dr. Natterson is a pediatrician, consultant, founder of puberty company OOMLA, and a mom of two teens who speaks to audiences across the country about understanding and owning their health and wellness.
The 20th Anniversary of 9/11
This week we recognize the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, remember those we lost and come beside those who loved them. We’ve put together a short guide to help you talk with children and help them process thoughts and emotions. Much of this same guidance is appropriate for adults as well!
Additional resources are available on the New Canaan Library website as well as through Voices: Center for Resilience
Summer Fun ’21!
Join New Canaan CARES in having some summer fun! Read, relax, learn some fun facts, craft, bake, and enjoy the sunshine with us!
Share pics and videos of your creations on social media and tag us @newcanaancares #ncsummerfun21
Relax and Read
Join CARES in reading some fabulous books this summer. Some titles to start with are: The Circles All Around Us, The Ramble Shamble Children, Dog Squad, and Two Can Keep A Secret.
Check out these exciting titles: Hello, World!, Journey to the Moon #1, Kudo Kids: The Mystery of the Masked Medalist, and The Passing Playbook.
This week’s summer titles are: The Octopus Escapes, The Tree in Me, Escape This Book! Titanic, and Luck of the Titanic.
Relax with these amazing books: The Ocean Calls, J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, When You Trap a Tiger, and From Little Tokyo, With Love.
This week’s titles are: Big Feelings, Good Dogs on a Bad Day, Jude Banks, Superhero, and We Are Inevitable.
Check out these books! Bug Books for Kids, Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel, Horse Girl, and Off the Record.
Fun Facts
The Reduced Shakespeare Company attempts a feat that maybe no one else has done before… all 37 Shakespeare plays in 97 minutes! If you want even more Shakespeare in your life, check out Curtain Call’s Shakespeare on the Green July 15 – August 1!
Capitalize on your downtime this summer and learn all the states and their capitals. This catchy song makes it easy!
Who says math can’t be fun? Learn your times tables with a catchy MULTIPLICATION MASHUP, set to the tune of songs everyone knows and loves.
Do you know all the U.S. Presidents? If you don’t, learn them all from George Washington through Bill Clinton in a catchy song. Can you create verses to add the newest ones?
Science Rules! Learn more about germs with Bill Nye the Science Guy in a half-hour YouTube Video.
Ever wondered how a bill becomes a law? Check out a classic from Schoolhouse Rock “I’m Just A Bill” in a YouTube video. You might just find yourself binging the series on a rainy day.
Crafting with CARES
Check out CARES’ first IGTV series: Crafting with the Interns! Follow along with Kendall and Stirling as they demonstrate how to make a paper plate dream catcher.
Get crafty and make a bird feeder! Share pics of the birds that flock to your yard!
The second episode of IGTV series Crafting with the Interns! This week, Kendall and Stirling teach you how to make paper flowers using cupcake wrappers.
Get messy with this fun and colorful tie dye guide!
The final episode of CARES’ IGTV series Crafting with the Interns. In this episode, Kendall and Stirling show you how to make paper airplanes.
Houston, it’s stomp rocket time! Check out this awesome guide from the Adler Planetarium on how to DIY a stomp rocket!
Snackin' Saturday
Check out this delicious recipe to make trail mix cookies, the perfect treat for your outdoor adventure.
Learn how to make homemade strawberry basil frozen yogurt, a delicious and refreshing summer treat! Don’t like strawberries? Post and let us know what fruit you used instead.
Learn how to make the unique and flavorful honeydew melon and cilantro ice pops. What other fruit and herb combos did you try?
Enjoy some chocolate covered banana pops – delicious and nutritious!
Cool off with some delicious homemade cherry sorbet.
Enjoy some healthy chocolate-chia pops! This refreshing treat will keep you cool in the August sun!
Looking for a way to stay cool in the summer heat? Why not make your own snow cones! Be creative with your favorite colors and flavors.
Teens Need A Break This Summer
As we prepare for the end of school and a summer “post Covid” we’d like to share this wisdom from one of our favorite experts, Dr. Lisa D’Amour. This article was recently published in the New York Times.