How to involve children in service

As parents, we often wonder how we can teach our children the importance of service. We wonder about the best way to get little hands involved and young minds and hearts engaged.

A group of bloggers have launched an initiative, Blog for Cause, challenging families to do just that. Amy Mascott of Teach Mama , Allison McDonald of No Time for Flashcards
and Amanda Morgan of Not Just Cute are encouraging families to choose a cause that is meaningful to them and to work together to prove that little hands can make a big difference.

The bloggers are hoping that families will recognize that service doesn't have to be on a large scale to make a difference for the better in the lives of the people who are touched -- including the children who take part in giving that service.

Amanda recently shared a simple project on her blog which she and her boys created to donate to Primary Children's Medical Center. You can get the details of the project here and also read about other projects families have used to involve their children in giving service..

Thanks to Amanda for a great idea for our patients!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are so "thankful" for all of our patients! We will be open on Thanksgiving for a sick and urgent starting at 10:00 am-- Regular hours resume on Friday. We hope you have a very SAFE and Happy Thanksgiving!

"Super Sitter" classes

Leaving your child with a babysitter can be stressful at times. Primary Children's Medical center offers a class called "Super Sitter" . Participants learn how to provide safe and fun care to infants and young children. Areas covered are; Introduction to baby-sitting, Growth and Development, Injury Prevention, Health care issues. Participants must be at least 11 years of age and older.

Classes are held monthly and are at Primary Children's Medical Center and the Riverton Hospital. This is a great opportunity for your "babysitting" age child to get more experience. Contact Debbie Bemel 801-662-3517 or CLICK here to register. The next class is this Saturday Nov 17th from 9:30-noon. If your child attends--let us know how it was?