Cabin Fever Set to Sizzle on February 13

February 2011
Cabin Fever Set to Sizzle on February 13
by Lexi Coen
HFA is proud to welcome you to Hoboken’s hottest family event:
The 9th Annual Cabin Fever festival on Sunday, February 13.
What is Cabin Fever? Consider this indoor playground an open
house where you can sample a large number of children’s activities
offered in and around Hoboken. Cabin Fever is our flagship event.
We use this opportunity to provide an overview of HFA’s events,
programs, and philanthropic work. Cabin Fever is also an excellent
opportunity to meet other Hoboken families and HFA members.
Performance Schedule
(Subject to Change)
Start/End Time
Performance
10:00 am
Polka Dot (introduction)
Staging Area
10:10 – 10:40 am
Mimi Kids Yoga
1
10:30 – 11:00 am
Be Vocal
2
10:40 – 11:10 am
Guitar Bar
1
11:00 – 11: 30 am
Mile Square
2
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Music Together
Dave Lambert/Lisa Orinn
1
12:00 – 12:30 pm
Hudson Dance and Movement
2
12: 30 – 1:15 pm
Kindermusik
1
1:15 pm
Grants and Awards
2
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Garden Street Music
1
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Prizes/Polka Dot
Polka Dot will perform and emcee the sound stage and raffles. We
have several new acts and participating vendors this year. In addition
to the scheduled programs, you can expect to see:
• Boo the Clown and Rachel Evans Face Painting
• Little Gym of Jersey City with all day tumbling
• Mimi Kids Yoga with all day yoga
• Valentine’s Day photo booth and decoration center
• Family-friendly catering by Anthony David’s
• Raffle prizes (chance to win a Mutsy stroller, a Graco carseat, a
Stokke highchair, free classes, gift cards, camp discounts, etc.)
• Other activities include: M. Avery Designs, Super Soccer Stars, The
Drum Den, Romparoo, HUMC CPR and child safety demonstrations,
cooking fun with Cooktivity, Recreation and family fun from the City of
Hoboken, Department of Health & Human Services
Click here for last year’s Cabin Fever photo slideshow
© KennethChenPortraits.com.
HFA’s Annual Community Neighbor Awards
A key purpose for hosting Cabin Fever is awarding of our annual grants. The finalists
for HFA’s Seventh Annual Community Neighbor Awards are Hudson Milestones,
Hudson Casa, Hoboken University Medical Center, Hudson Cradle, Women Rising,
York Street Project, and Hudson Perinatal Consortium Doula Program. Each of these
organizations are not-for-profit and serve children or families in Hoboken and surrounding areas. HFA’s grant money will be used to directly provide a service for families or
children. We invite everyone to attend the grant announcement at 1:15 pm and read
about these wonderful organizations by clicking here.
Raffle Prizes
Here are some of the Cabin Fever raffle donors and prizes. We are working hard to
grow this list! Please click here for the latest list of raffle prizes.
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1155 Maxwell Lane
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201-420-6039
www.brighthorizons.com/hfa
Air Studios * Ariele’s Apothecary * Baby Talk * Bailemos/Creative Groove Studio * Baskets of
Distinction * Be Vocal * Bella Bellies Studio * Bellie Katrina * Benny Tudino’s Pizza * Big Fun
Toys * Brass Rail * Camp Oval * Camp Riverbend * Carlos Bakery * Chazin Group * Ciao Belly
* City Bistro Restaurant * City Paint & Ace Hardware * Club KO * Cooktivity * Cornerstone Pets
* Court Street Restaurant * CTNP Orthodontics * Curves for Women * Daily Mastery * Daily
Outfit * Dave Lambert * Deer Mountain Day Camp * DeerKill Day Camp * Dew Drop Photography
* Devotion Yoga * Doodle Doo’s * Dozzino Pizza * Drs. Brescia, Migliaccio and Tully * Dunkin
Donuts * El Bambi Baby * Elizabeth Arden * Elson Speech and Accent Services * Empire Coffee
* Energy Kitchen * Evan Uhlfelder Photography * F.A.S.T.E.R Today, Triathlon Training * Five
Guys Burgers * Fleet Feet * Food Network * Galatea Linens/Lingerie * Ganache * Garden of
Eden * Garden Street Music * German Language Autobahn * Giochiamo in Italian * Giorgio’s
Bakery * Greetings from Hoboken * Guitar Bar * Hair Cult * Happy Family Brands * Hartshorn
Portraiture * Hoboken Bagels * Hoboken Boot Camp/Simply Fitness * Hoboken Chiropractic &
Wellness * Hoboken Dog Wash * Hoboken Family Pharmacy * Hoboken Golf * Hoboken Gold *
Hudson Dance & Movement * HUMC * Hurley Training & Development * Imago Beauty Salon *
Joe’s Meat Market * Johnny Rockets * KC Kids Hoboken * Kenneth Chen Portraits * KoKo
Fitclub * LakeView Day Camp * Lelia
Marcus, Personal Trainer * Liz Sbala *
Local Barre * Look Out World * LovePrint
Jewelry * Lua Restaurant * M Avery Designs
* Mabels Labels * Mad One Jacks * Madhu
Maron Career Coaching * Major League
Baseball * Mandarin Together, Fun *
Manhattan Penthouse on Fifth Avenue *
Massage Envy * Me on a Tee * Melting Pot
* Mile Square Theatre * MiMi Kids Yoga *
Monroe Movement Center * Music for
Aardvarks * Music Together * Musicology *
Mutsy Stroller * NJ Devils * Nutrition by Lisa
* NYSC - Uptown Location * Opal Horvat,
IBCLC, RLC * OXO * Party Maniacs *
Pelican Ski Shop * Peper Apparel and
Parlor Shoes * Pleasant Road Spa * Polka
Dot/Ron Albanese * Preschool of Rock * Purple Lab Make-Up * Puppetonia * Rachel Evans –
FacePainters * Renaissance Pilates * Romparoo * Salon Rouge * Silly on Sixth * Sky Club
Fitness & Spa * Solid Threads * Sparrow Wine * Spring Lake Day Camp * Starbucks * Stella
and Dot Jewelry * Stevens Basketball Camp * Stevens Junior Tennis Camp * Stevens Swim
Camp * Stokke Chair * Studio A Images * Super Soccer Stars * Surya Yoga Academy * Texas
Arizona * The Candy Shoppe * The Cheese Store * The Drum Den * The Little Gym * Think King
* Tiger Schulmann’s Karate * Truglio’s Meat Market * Turtle Club * Urban Arts * W Hotel * West
Spot Supper Club * Wicked Wolf Tavern * Work it Out Gym * Zack’s Oak Bar & Restaurant *
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Summer Camp Options
Professional Swim, Sport & Art Instruction
For the first time, summer camps will participate in Cabin Fever. There are six
camps outside the area offering bus service to Hoboken. They are:
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Camp Riverbend, www.campriverbend.com
Deerkill Daycamp, www.deerkilldaycamp.com
Deer Mountain Day Camp, www.deermountaindaycamp.com
Girl Scouts of America/The Oval Day Camp, www.gshnj.org
Lakeview Day Camp, www.lakeviewdaycamp.com
Spring Lake Day Camp, www.springlakedaycamp.com
26 Acres & 5 Acre Lake Heated Pool Complex
Professional Swim, Sports & Arts Instruction
“SEEING IS BELIEVING” Video Brochure is Available
• Hot Catered Lunch
• Air Conditioned Transportation
• Uniform Camp Shirts Included
North Jersey’s Premier Day Camp!
973-831-9000
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17
11AM - 1PM
Introductory 5% Discount
First 20 Families
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springlakedaycamp.com
234 Conklintown Road, Ringwood NJ,
35 Miles Northwest of Hoboken
Each will have an activity for future campers and parents will have the opportunity
to meet camp staff.
CELEBRATING 23 YEARS!
FALL FEST OPEN HOUSE
Garden
Street Music
Music School & Studio
First Lesson
FREE
Learn A New Instrument!
201.683.7078
www.gardenstreetmusic.com
1018 Washington St.
(Lower Level)
Hoboken, NJ
Click here for last year’s Cabin Fever photo slideshow
© KennethChenPortraits.com.
HFA thanks our Gold Level financial sponsors: Avanti Cleaning Service * Beyond
Basic Learning * Bright Horizons at Maxwell Place * Camp Riverbend * Drs Brescia,
Migliaccio, Tully, Chin, Moon, & Safi * Garden Street Productions * Hartshorn
Portraiture * HBK Travel * Hoboken University Medical Center * Hudson Dance and
Movement * IRMS Reproductive Medicine * John Wiley & Sons, Inc. * Kids
Communicate * Liberty Science Center * Muller Insurance * Prompt MD * Priority
Chiropractic * Progressive Pediatrics * Romparoo * Spring Lake Daycamp * Stevens
Cooperative School * Super Soccer Stars *
Our membership list will be available at the door. Please bring your HFA card for
speedy check-in. The $20 admission fee for non-member families will be waived if you
join HFA at Cabin Fever. Please continue to check our website, www.hobokenfamily.
com, for the most up to date event details. You can click here to view additional photographs from last year’s Cabin Fever festival.
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Thank You for Your Generous Donations
by Michele Hulsman
As philanthropy director, I help run the annual toy, pajama and book drives. This
year, we donated goods to four charities (NJ DYFS, In Jesus’ Name, Pajama Program
and The York Street Project). Here are two thank you letters we recently received. I
would like to extend the same thank you to our family alliance, who made it all possible.
Letter 1
I just wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate the
toy donation provided by Hoboken Family Alliance. The Division of Youth and Family
Services work with so many families in need that it is very difficult to make sure all of
our children receive a treat during the holidays. In collaboration with your agency we
were able to jointly provide gifts for so many children and families this year. Through
your generosity we were able to put smiles on the faces of numerous children both in
and out of their natural homes.
We here at the Hudson South Local Office look forward to working with your agency
in the future!
Thanks again,
Georgina Anzivino
State of NJ: Department of Youth & Family Services (DYFS)
Hudson South L.O. CC#463
Letter 2
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of
overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.” -Washington Irving
This holiday season was marked by the streaming of tears from each of our women.
Some cried as they were accepted to move into our Home; because the best gift anyone could have given them was a safe place to live with their children. Some cried
because they were moving on from York Street, many for the first time. And some cried
out of worry that they would not have anything to give their loved ones.
But then, the tears flowed because the Hoboken Family Alliance (HFA) and friends
like them made an extra special effort to make the holiday bright for their children. The
guilt and anxiety melted from their faces as they joyously cried for the gift of people who
care about them and take the initiative to do something just for them.
Through the generosity of the HFA, mothers were able to take gifts home to their
children and celebrate the joy of giving and sharing that surrounds so many during this
time of year. Your gifts to us were not simply a way to help our families; they were a
message of hope. They spoke louder than the feelings of sadness or inability, they
spoke emotions that our women could never explain—their tears were indeed messages of unspeakable gratitude and love.
We begin another year with hearts full of wonder, gratitude and deep thanks for all
the many blessings we have received. It is both wonderful and necessary to have
people on whom we can count to help us in our mission to break the cycle of poverty
and we are so grateful that you are amongst them.
In gratitude,
Susanne M. Byrne
Executive Director
The York Street Project*
(*Comprised of Kenmare H.S, St. Mary’s Residence, The Nurturing Place, St. Joseph’s Home)
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Adoption Enters an Era of Open Cooperation
by Heidi Conlin
IVF • PGD • Egg Donation
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Natalie A Cekleniak, MD
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609 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 • 201.963.7640
Livingston 973.322.8286 • Clark 732.943.7169
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The November 2010 death of Betty Jean Lifton—writer, adoptee and adoptionreform advocate—reignited debate in the adoption community regarding the spectrum
of “openness” between the birth and the adoptive families. The recent movement
toward open adoption has taken place in the larger context of social change in public
perception, attitudes and awareness surrounding the adoption choice. The product of
such empowerment is growing the trend away from a process shrouded in secrecy
toward an open, selfless and proactive life decision.
Despite common misconceptions, there is range of “openness” available to accommodate the best interest of all parties along the adoption continuum.
In “confidential adoptions”, no identifying information is exchanged. In “semi-open
or mediated adoptions”, information is relayed through a mediator (attorney or agency
representative) rather than through direct contact between the birth and adoptive families. Interaction directly between birth parents, adoptive parents, and often the adopted
child, is defined in an “open, or fully-disclosed” adoption. Modern arrangements often
reflect a step further toward a good faith, “cooperative or post-adoption” agreement
between birth and adoptive parents. (However, in most states such an agreement is not
legally enforceable.) Proponents of such an agreement advocate adoption as an ongoing, fluid process, rather than as a discrete event. Communication and information
needs evolve as the adopted child grows and matures. Participation is built on the
premise that birth and adoptive parents share a mutual, on-going concern for the child’s
mental and physical well-being.
Societal perception of adoption issues over the past twenty years reflect the trend
of diminished secrecy and a shift toward a freer-flowing exchange of information, emotion and communication. As our population becomes more diverse and family structures evolve, there is a greater acceptance of and confidence in open adoption
arrangements.
If you or someone you know has adopted or is considering adopting, you are invited
to attend a free Adoption Forum on February 25, 10 am, at The W Hotel, Hoboken.
The program will be hosted by The Law Offices of Kimberly K. Glatt, LLC and facilitated by Heidi Conlin, Esq. Contact heidi@kimglattlaw.com to RSVP. There is no obligation and all are welcome.
Heidi B. Conlin, Esq., is an attorney specializing in forming families through adoption.
To learn more about adopting, follow up on a feature or to suggest a topic, contact
Heidi at 201-850-1901 or heidi@kimglattlaw.com. The information contained in this
article is only a general summary of adoption practices. It is not intended to substitute
for legal advice about any particular individual or situation.
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Spring Fling and Egg Hunt—Saturday, April 16
This year’s egg hunt is going to be more eggciting!
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Questions about selling your home in
today’s market? Call us now to schedule an
appointment with one of our Real Estate
Specialists who will guide you through the
process. We can help you prepare your home to sell,
determine when to list it and for how much, coordinate the
purchase of your next property and create a customized,
comprehensive marketing plan for selling your home.
HFA 10th Anniversary Gala—Tuesday, May 10
Come celebrate HFA’s 10th Anniversary at the W Hotel... Details to follow
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Celebrating Diversity at the Library
By Lois Gross
February is a great month to celebrate America, where diverse people have come
together to form a great country. Chinese New Year falls on February 3. 2011 is the
Year of the Rabbit. Children born this year are considered both sweet and ambitious.
We also celebrate Black History Month in February. This year, the Hoboken Library
will be hosting a special program of African American storytelling on Thursday,
February 3 at 3:30 pm. Our guest storyteller, Tahira, will share tales of freedom for
children and families. There is no registration for this program and we invite school
groups to attend and share the fun.
Meanwhile, to celebrate the rich diversity of our country, read some of these books,
available at the Hoboken Library:
• A Gift, by Yong Chen
Amy receives a gift from her aunts and uncles in far-away China.
• Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, by Nikki Grimes
A biography of our first African American president.
• Chinese New Year Crafts, by Karen Bledsoe
Make gifts to celebrate the year of the Rabbit.
• Our Children Can Soar, by Michelle Cook
A celebration of African American heritage for children.
Upcoming Library Events: Feb 5, 2 pm: performance of Little Red Riding Hood
For a list of upcoming events, visit: http://hoboken.bccls.org/html/newsletter.htm
Mom Tips on Traveling with Kids
by Dalia Tole
• Locate drug and grocery stores close to your hotel. They are your cheap source
for water, snacks, diapers and milk.
• Research family-friendly restaurants (e.g. in Tripadvisor) before leaving home.
• Reserve a pack ‘n play and microwave. Skip the refrigerator if there is a minibar.
• Pack your child’s medicines, including painkiller/fever reducer, teething pain relief,
gas relief, sunblock, topical antihistamine and probiotics. TSA allows children’s
meds, milk and juice that are more than 3.4 oz in carry on bags.
• Carry a few favorite (small) toys, books, and some new cheap toys as well. Pack
activity books, crayons and stickers for toddlers and up. Many kid-friendly hotels
have games and DVDs you can check out.
• Take an umbrella-type stroller (not a full size one) and an infant carrier.
• Avoid packing too many white clothes. Stick to off-white, earthy colors and prints
that hide messes.
• Bring lots of wipes. Baby wipes double as family face wipes. Antibacterial (Wet
Ones) wipes and flushable wipes are useful too.
• Pack Ziploc bags (different sizes), rubber bands, plastic cutlery and tupper-ware.
• If you prefer not to carry a carseat, ask the car rental company if they can provide
a complimentary car seat (Hertz does under AAA promotion).
• If flying, feed your child water or juice during takeoff and landing to prevent earache from change in cabin pressure.
• Finally, don’t over-schedule. Vacations are for relaxing and kids get tired fast.
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Hoboken Family Alliance Contacts
www.hobokenfamily.com
Newsletter Director and Editor
Dalia Tole, hfaeditor@gmail.com
HOBOKEN FAMILY ALLIANCE
P.O. Box 1194
Hoboken, NJ 07030
NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT NO. 5195
NEWARK, NJ 07102
Address Service Requested
Community Affairs Director
Francoise Vielot, hfacommunity@gmail.com
Director for Special Needs Children
Theresa Howard, thoward315@gmail.com
Finance Director
Rachel Matthai, hfafinance@gmail.com
Marketing Director
Shana Lee, hfaadvertising@gmail.com
Membership Director
Cindy Altberger, hfamembership@gmail.com
Philanthropy Director
Michele Hulsman, hfaphilanthropy@yahoo.com
Special Events Director
Lexi Coen, lexicoen@yahoo.com
Web site Director
Steve Walkowiak, swalk@hereiam.com
The purpose of the Hoboken Family Alliance is to
improve the Hoboken Community and its way of life
through the efforts of individual and family volunteers.
The HFA focuses its efforts on education and parenting
issues, philanthropy, children’s resources and events.
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Cooperative
School
A Leader in Progressive
Education since1949
www.stevenscoop.org
Hoboken
Newport
2s - 8th grade
K - 6th grade
and growing
Tours available by appointment.
Financial aid is available to qualified families.
For more information, please call or e-mail:
Hoboken 201.792.3688
Newport 201.626.4020
school @ stevenscoop.org
Stevens Cooperative School is accredited by the
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
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