CHAC Family Resource Centers

Check out our calendar for December! CHAC FRCs will close from December 24th, 2020 to January 1st, 2021 for our Winter break.

¿Esta embarazada o tiene bebe menor de 18 meses? ¡Unase a nuestro grupo de Mamás y Bebés! Las sesiones comenzara en Enero. Vea el volante para mas detalles.

Art Studio Volume II begins next Thursday! It's a great opportunity for children and their caregivers to create art together. Please see the flyer for more details.

Si están interesados es asistir a nuestro taller de Fortaleciendo Familias, y no se han registrado, por favor manden su información a [email protected] para que reciban en enlace de Zoom. Si tienen alguna pregunta, por favor llamen al (650) 967-4813. ¡Gracias!

Our Fall Festival is tomorrow!!! We can't wait to see you there. Click the link below to register.

Community Equity Collaborative is collaborating with Congregation Beth Am and Good2Know Network to stream the groundbreaking documentary, No Small Matter, and t...hen host a panel discussion with Rachel Giannini (teacher featured in the film), Assemblymember Marc Berman, Michelle Blakely (First5), Carol Thomsen (AllFive) and Christine Padilla (BuildUp). Watch the film between Dec 4th and 8th and then join us exactly one week from today for our panel discussion on December 7th. Register TODAY to receive details on accessing the film and joining the panel discussion next Monday evening. #ChildCareIsEssential #NoChildCareNoRecovery #TheirNowIsOurFuture

Do you want to learn about amazing snakes? Join us for our second zoom class with Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo! Please see the flyer for more details.

Nuestro taller de Fortaleciendo Familias Inmigrantes es la próxima semana! Para mas información, comuniquese con Irais Chirino a [email protected]

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CHAC Family Resource Centers! We hope you all have a great and safe Thanksgiving with your loved ones.

Our vote, our power. Vote on this upcoming election. Nuestro voto, nuestro poder. Voten en estas próximas elecciones.

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM "I hope this campaign brings strength and unity to our community. When I came to the U.S. as a ten-year-old, it was difficult for me to make friends while learning a new language and integrating into a new culture. However, I soon found a great support system, not only from my family but also from my community. Teachers, classmates, and friends helped me and made sure I felt included. Our differences should not be a barrier to learning from one another. This campaign aims not only to highlight important and relevant issues but also to reiterate that everyone belongs here in our community. We need to stand together and move towards a stronger, empowered community." -Irais Chirino Community Worker, CHAC Family Resource Centers.

Join us tomorrow for a Play and Learn class in the afternoon! Please see the flyer for more details.

CHAC FRCs will offer the following programs for parents and caregivers this Fall. Please see flyers for more details. Supportive Care: Parents and caregivers with children and teens with high needs (English only). Empowering Families / Fortaleciendo Familias: Leadership and advocacy groups for parents and caregivers (English and Spanish). Mothers and Babies: For new and expecting mothers (Spanish only) Self-Care and Resilience: Guidance through emotional, cognitive and expressive support that leads to empowerment (English only).

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. -Linda Hogan Amy Breedlove FRC Sites & Volunteer Manager, CHAC Family Resource Centers.

We are happy to be co-hosting our annual Fall Festival with Mountain View Public Library ! Click on the link to register. We'll be posting the materials for the craft and snack project so stay tuned!

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM My family is supported by an extensive community of friends and family who love my children and support me and my wife. Every family, every child, every person deserves to be lifted up by folks who love, encourage and stick with them. I hope this campaign illuminates the different needs of all families single parent, foster, blended, queer, undocumented, unhoused, food insecure and invites us to reach out and connect. To search for the ways we are the same and to walk together through this difficult time. -Kristi Blewis Community Worker, CHAC Family Resource Centers

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM "We are part of this community. Even with our differences, we belong here. I hope that with this campaign we can all appreciate our differences and our similarities and see that we are connected to each other and as a community, we need of each other." -Ana Moreno Community Worker, CHAC Family Resource Centers

Our next "Bilingual Art Studio" Volume 1 is starting soon! Email [email protected] to register. Please see the flyer for more details. ¡Nuestro "Estudio de Arte Bilingüe" Volumen 1 empieza pronto! Contacte a [email protected] para registrarse. Vea el volante para mas detalles.

Join us for our Live Music Monday! You'll have fun learning about many musical instruments while singing-a-long with Sam and Kristi . Please see more details on the flyer.

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM "To live in community is to live in harmony and balance. To be a part of the community means not being alone, a sense of belonging is a human need. This campaign will help us feel like we belong; we belong here, with you, in this community, in this country, in this world." -Natalia Lopez-Parker Community Worker, CHAC Family Resource Centers

#WeBelong Campaign #IAM "I'm very passionate about this campaign! I believe in the principles of unity in diversity, celebrating the uniqueness in everyone and focus on the great power collaboration has over division. Growing up, I saw mostly how different my family and I were in comparison to the majority in our communities and how to protect ourselves from hurtful situations. It was many times a painful reality of not belonging, and it was difficult to appreciate uniqueness as much as I do now. As each of our community shares about ourselves, I hope that we can see where we can connect to create positive impact now, teach future generations to do the same, and leave the days of negative division behind...one person, one moment at a time" - Maddi Pascua, M.A., ATR Program Director, CHAC Family Resource Centers