It’s time to break bread with your fellow PAMP families! Join our annual Family Day event from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. July 29 at Rengstorff Park in Mountain View to celebrate our families and PAMP’s volunteers. Your kids will enjoy face painting, balloon twisting, a bounce house and children’s entertainers—not to mention a fantastic buffet provided [...]

My daughter finishes preschool this month—a huge milestone achieved and a new adventure about to begin! I am excited and looking forward to that momentous first day of kindergarten in the fall, but first, there is summer. I am faced with that eternal question that all parents must answer: How do you entertain children day [...]

“I am the worst mother in the world.” A friend said this to me today because she “confessed” that she felt she needed some non-kid time, time to relax, refresh and care for herself. This reminded me of a recent visit with another friend. On this visit, my friend arrived at my house with her [...]

A few weeks ago my in-laws were visiting from Mississippi. I walked into the kitchen and found my 3.5-year-old son telling my mother-in-law that “all that stuff is not trash.” He patiently explained that some things go into the recycling bin. Two things struck me: I realized that other states do not offer residents a [...]

Spring is in the air — which means spring cleaning and the usual dilemma of a new wardrobe for my growing son. Organizing and rethinking children’s wardrobes, toys and other baby accessories are even more urgent for me this year with a new baby on the way. Good thing the annual PAMP Rummage Sale is [...]

Are you thinking about the election? Not that election, but the PAMP 2012 election, of course! The 2012 PAMP election is very much on the minds of the PAMP Board of Directors these days. After a whirlwind year, the 2011-2012 Board term is coming to an end. We have been so very fortunate to have [...]

January always brings a lot excitement when thinking about the myriad of new opportunities to come, new chances to accomplish the things we never got to in the last year, and daring us to make our most distant dreams come true. The 365 days ahead are a blank slate…you may hold a new baby, job, [...]

A while back a member asked the forum about how to teach our kids to really appreciate what they have. This summer during a 3-month trip to Europe with my preschooler, I thought of this question and realized that sometimes adults need a reminder to appreciate what we have too. That time away helped me [...]

PAMP’s identity as a volunteer-led organization has been (and continues to be) a defining organizational value as well as our “Achilles’ heel.” We hold volunteerism as an essential ingredient that ensures a diverse and representative leadership team. The fact that all of our volunteers are also members cultivates an authenticity that trickles down to every [...]