Events
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AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

AFSN - Beginner level trauma training (Session 2)
10:00 am - 11:30 am

This is a follow up training session from our beginner level trauma training that we hosted in April of this year, where we covered the very basics of trauma and how effects children.

In this session we will go a little more in depth about the effect of trauma on the brain and behavior, as well as provide you with some helpful tools.

*A link for joining will be sent to you prior to the event

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsntraumatraining2.eventbrite.com

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

Foster Care Information Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

AFSN - Grand Rapids Public Museum Meet-Up
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join AFSN and other adoptive, foster, kinship families to enjoy all the fun the Grand Rapids Public Museum has to offer! Space is limited for this event and registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsngrandrapidspublicmuseummeetup.eventbrite.com

An AFSN staff member will meet you promptly at 10:00 AM just inside the museum entrance to give you your tickets. *We must enter as a group, however once inside the museum you are free to enjoy the museum with your family.

This event is open to any adoptive, foster or kinship families who reside in Michigan.

AFSN - Raising Healthy Families
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Raising Healthy Families Group will be meeting at Frederik Meijer Gardens. Spots are limited for this meet up.
If you are interested in attending please contact Carrie at cburrows@dabsj.org

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

AFSN - Grand Rapids Public Museum Meet-Up
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join AFSN and other adoptive, foster, kinship families to enjoy all the fun the Grand Rapids Public Museum has to offer! Space is limited for this event and registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsngrandrapidspublicmuseummeetup.eventbrite.com

An AFSN staff member will meet you promptly at 10:00 AM just inside the museum entrance to give you your tickets. *We must enter as a group, however once inside the museum you are free to enjoy the museum with your family.

This event is open to any adoptive, foster or kinship families who reside in Michigan.

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.

AFSN - Meijer Garden Holiday Meet-Ups
9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Join other AFSN families and enjoy all that Holidays at the Gardens has to offer! You can choose what time during the Gardens normal business hours you would like to attend. Prior to the day of the event you will receive an email with a digital version of the membership card to show at the ticket counter to get the tickets you requested for your family, good for that date only. This event is open to any adoptive/foster/kinship/guardianship families living in Michigan.

Registration is required via Eventbrite - https://afsnholidayatthegardens.eventbrite.com

For questions please email afsn@dabsj.org

***Due to capacity limitations with COVID-19, it is possible that they will be full upon your arrival which could result in a waiting period. Please plan accordingly and be aware of the following:

• Reduced venue capacity

• New entrance procedures

• Asking that guests maintain proper physical distancing of at least 6 feet from others

• Requiring face coverings for guests over the age of 5 when in enclosed public spaces

• Additional cleaning and sanitizing by our facility attendants

• Hand sanitizing stations

• Limited capacity and contact tracing forms in the James & Shirley Balk Café. Food purchased in the Balk Café may be consumed in the café.

• Snacking is only allowed in designated areas.

Some areas may be temporarily closed.