Michele & David Chazen

Please join Host Families, Au Pairs and their children for a fun day of ice skating.

When: Sunday January 22, 2012                

Time: 1:00 - 2:45pm                                                            

Where:  Red Bank Armory - 76 Chestnut Street, Red Bank  NJ 07701

Cost: Adults $9.00, Children 12 and under $8.00, Skate Rental $4.00

Looking forward to seeing everyone

From our family to yours wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and all the best for the coming year

Our December Au Pair meeting holiday luncheon will be held on

Sunday, December 11
Time 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Freehold Grand Buffet
3681 Highway 9
Unit21
Freehold, NJ 07728

Link for directions

The restaurant is in the same shopping center as Burlington Coat Factory and WOW

Please note that this buffet is in Freehold.

We will be doing this holiday luncheon with several other au pair groups in the area.
The cost of the meeting is $15 for the buffet lunch. This includes full buffet, drink, tax and tip. You will pay when you arrive.
We will be doing a small gift exchange, so please bring a small, wrapped gift that costs $10. ( The gift should be something that you would like to receive yourself)

Our November meeting will be first aid tips from the Colts Neck First Aid Squad

When:Tuesday November 1 - 7:45 pm
Where:Colts Neck First Aid Squad
124 Cedar Dr
Colts Neck NJ 07722

Located on the same grounds as the Colts Neck Police Dept and the Colts Neck Library. On Heritage Lane, between Cedar Dr and Heyers Mill Rd. Please use the Colts Neck Police Address above if you are using a GPS system.

The speakers are all volunteers. One of them is a Host DAD so please try to be on time and attentive during the presentation

The Spooktacular October Au Pair meeting is a Haunted Hay Ride

Take a Haunted Hayride into the back woods of New Jersey. People say they see and hear things that come alive. So maybe if you’re lucky you may see their shadows and hear the horror of the victims cries as they roam by. Are you afraid of things that go bump in the Night? Than come take a ride.

When: Friday October 21
Time: 7:45 pm
Location: C. Casola Farms 131 South Main St Marlboro N.J. 07746
Some might refer to South Main St as Route 79
This is the Casola Farms in Marlboro/Freehold- not Holmdel!

Cost: $12.00

We will be joining several other groups. The cost is $12.00 per au pair and we will collect that nite at the farm.
This is the link for the farm as well as directions.
Directions: 1-Take Route 9 South to Route 18 South to Route 79 South (Freehold Exit), Continue approximately 1/2 mile, we are on the left 2- take Route 33 East to Route 537 East (Freehold), Continue through the town of Freehold to Route 79 N. Go Approximately 1/2 mile past your second traffic light (E. Freehold Rd), we are on the right. Please let me know if you have any questions. 3-Or use mapquest from your house.

Look forward to seeing all of you.

The event not to be missed the New York Annual Scavenger Hunt.  See parts of New York in a different way with hundreds of au pairs from the tri-state area.

When: Sunday September 18, 2011

Time: 10:15 am prompt

Where: Foley Square ( Thomas Paine Park) by the County Court House Worth, Pearl and Centre Streets New York, NY 10004

Au Pairs will have to find locations, take pictures, answer some questions and find items and the first 3 teams back with every item completed will win. It will be a race/scavenger hunt.

Nearest Transit:  Chambers St (J, Z) ,Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall (4, 5, 6, 6X),Canal St (J, N, Q, Z) If you are unsure how to get there you can always check hopstop which is a great website to find your way around NYC.

The Scavenger Hunt should end around 1 pm which will give you plenty of time to explore New York City. One event you might not want to miss which is being held this day is the San Gennaro Feast in Little Italy. This is very close to where we will be.

The weather forecast for this Sunday is for thunderstorms. It is for that reason that I am postponing the meeting until Sunday August 21. Same time and location.

   This new date will be rain or shine.  There is a covering for us to have pizza in if it rains. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Please let me know if you have a problem with the new date.   

 Sand volley ball and pizza in the park.
When: Sunday August 21 at 2pm

Location: Geick Park Route 516 East in Old Bridge next to Old Bridge High School     
4209 Route 516 East Old Bridge, NJ 08857

Our August meeting we will be playing sand volleyball and having pizza in the park

When: Sunday August 14th at 2pm

Location: Geick Park Route 516 East in Old Bridge next to Old Bridge High School     
4209 Route 516 East
Old Bridge NJ 08857
 

Our meeting for this month we will be meeting for Ice Cream   

When: Friday July 15

Time: 8 PM

Where: Jersey Freeze Ice Cream 120 Manalapan Avenue  Freehold, NJ 07728
It is right by Route 9 and Route 33 ( across the street from the Starbucks / Barnes and Noble where we meet sometimes for coffee )

Our next au pair meeting will be boating at Turkey Swamp Park

All au pairs and host families and children are welcome to attend.

When:Saturday June 18th 10am                              

Where: Turkey Swamp Park 200 Georgia Road Freehold, NJ 07728

 Paddle boats, Canoes, Kayaking, Row boats. The cost is about $13.00 per boat per hour. Most boats are for 2 people so if you share a boat the cost will be about $6.50 per person.   Once you get inside the park look for the boating area.

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