Events & Workshops

Do you have questions about raising young children in town? Visit the Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington table at the Southington Farmer’s Market.

http://www.southingtonfarmersmarket.org/

ECCS Board Meeting – August 2024

Date: August 3, 2024

Start Time: 9 am

Location:

TBD

End Time: 11 am

Are you interested in supporting the ECCS? Join us for our next Board meeting.

Note this is not an educational workshop and the focus will be on planning and current issues in the area of early childhood.

Please let Joanne know if you plan to attend at southingtonearlychildhood@gmail.com so you can get the location, agenda and materials in advance.

Child Car Seat Safety Check

Date: August 20, 2024

Start Time: 4 pm

Location:

Calendar House Senior Center

Address:

388 Pleasant Street

End Time: 7 pm

Vehicles inspected on a first-come, first served basis at this free event.

Certified child passenger safety seat officers will:

· Check the car seat to see if it’s expired or recalled

· Obtain the height and weight of the child

· Adjust harness straps to fit the child before the installation occurs

· Install the seat while making sure to teach and answer questions

Any installation or usage issues identified during the car seat safety check will be corrected and the police will not be issuing tickets for car seat violations.

More information about the law and how to check for car seat recalls is at www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/car-seats-laws/

Thank you to the Bradley Henry Barnes & Leila Upson Barnes Memorial Trust at the Main Street Community Foundation for helping the ECCS promote car seat safety to help improve the well-being of Southington’s young children.

Child Car Seat Safety Check

Southington Farmer’s Market Bookmobile Visit

Date: August 23, 2024

Start Time: 3 pm

Location:

Southington Town Green

End Time: 6 pm

Do you have questions about raising young children in town? Visit the Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington table at the Southington Farmer’s Market.

http://www.southingtonfarmersmarket.org/

The Read to Grow Bookmobile will be at the farmer’s market until 5 pm.

Southington Summer 2024 Bookmobile Tour

Date: August 23, 2024

Start Time: 10 am

End Time: 5 pm

Join us Friday, August 23rd, at any of our three stops so your child can pick out a FREE book from the Read to Grow Bookmobile!

Stop #1
Margaret Griffin Center
Lower parking lot off of Eden Ave behind Derynoski Elementary
Time: 10 to 11 am

Stop #2
Bread for Life’s Summer Lunch Program
Summer Brook Apartments
Building 32A-35 Parking Lot
Time: 12 to 1 pm

Stop #3
Southington Farmers Market
Southington Town Green
Time: 3 to 5 pm

Southington Summer 2024 Bookmobile Tour Flyer

Southington Farmer’s Market

Date: September 6, 2024

Start Time: 3 pm

Location:

Southington Town Green

End Time: 6 pm

Do you have questions about raising young children in town? Visit the Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington table at the Southington Farmer’s Market.

http://www.southingtonfarmersmarket.org/

ECCS Board Meeting – September 2024

Date: September 17, 2024

Start Time: 6:30 pm

Location:

TBD

Are you interested in supporting the ECCS? Join us for our next Board meeting.

Note this is not an educational workshop and the focus will be on planning and current issues in the area of early childhood.

Please let Joanne know if you plan to attend at southingtonearlychildhood@gmail.com so you can get the location, agenda and materials in advance.

Southington Farmer’s Market

Date: September 20, 2024

Start Time: 3 pm

Location:

Southington Town Green

End Time: 6 pm

Date: May 20, 2025

Start Time: 6:30 pm

Location:

TBD

Are you interested in supporting the ECCS? Join us for our next Board meeting.

Note this is not an educational workshop and the focus will be on planning and current issues in the area of early childhood.

Please let Joanne know if you plan to attend at southingtonearlychildhood@gmail.com so you can get the location, agenda and materials in advance.