**Please note there is a new location for our July 2019 meetings**
About Our MeetingsOur monthly meetings are always free and open to the public. Come with any questions, concerns, or carriers you already have to get help from an accredited educator! Already a pro? Our group is not just for new caregivers, but also experienced wearers! We are an inclusive community and foster friendships between like-minded caregivers. Whatever your parenting style, we are happy to support you.
All caregivers are welcome, as well as all children. We do suggest you bring a few toys that will keep your little ones (and especially the big ones) entertained. Snacks are allowed for your own children but, due to allergies, we ask that you bring no nuts and monitor your children while they eat. At our monthly meetings, we have a large variety of carriers for you to try and see what works best for you and your family. The lending library is available and free for everyone to try on during regular monthly meetings. With a sustaining membership, you can take home a carrier from our lending library. Rentals are for one month, but you are free to return carriers early and exchange for another carrier. This is an excellent way to try new carriers to find what you love and works best without having to buy all of them. An important part of making babywearing a universally accepted practice is ensuring that BabywearingGR meetings, events, and online spaces are welcoming for people of all backgrounds. Given our education mission, we are necessarily supportive of the basic tenets of social justice. Therefore, we do not condone silencing, tone policing, or otherwise oppressing marginalized groups, nor do we discriminate or permit discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, size, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, marital status, age, disability, national origin, or citizenship status. |
January 2020Grand Rapids Friday Meetup
Friday, January 10, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. Grand Rapids Saturday Meetup Saturday, January 25, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. February 2020Grand Rapids Friday Meetup
Friday, February 14, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. Grand Rapids Saturday Meetup Saturday, February 22, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. March 2020Grand Rapids Friday Meetup
Friday, March 13, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. Grand Rapids Saturday Meetup Saturday, March 28, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. April 2020Grand Rapids Friday Meetup
Friday, April 10, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. Grand Rapids Saturday Meetup Saturday, April 25, 10am-12pm Location: Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association 334 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 We begin around 10:10 am with an introduction and then break into small groups to help with carriers. Our library of carriers will be available to try throughout the meeting, with checkouts being disbursed at the end. |
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
The Board of Directors will use local school closings and their own discretion to determine if a meeting will be cancelled due to inclement weather. If a meeting is cancelled, it will be announced in the Facebook event, Facebook group, and on the Facebook fan page, and your carrier will be automatically renewed for one month.
The Board of Directors will use local school closings and their own discretion to determine if a meeting will be cancelled due to inclement weather. If a meeting is cancelled, it will be announced in the Facebook event, Facebook group, and on the Facebook fan page, and your carrier will be automatically renewed for one month.
- Friday meetup will be cancelled if Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) are closed.
- Saturday meetup will be cancelled if Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) Extracurricular activities are cancelled.
- If at all possible, return the carrier to the closest Educator before the meeting (contact the librarian if you are unsure who the closest educator to you is).
- Babywearing Grand Rapids must be notified (via email or PM on Facebook) BEFORE the meeting if you will not be able to make it and were unable to return your carrier early. If we are not notified, you will still be responsible for the late fee ($5 for the first day and $1 for each additional day after that) until the carrier is returned.
- Once we are notified, you will have 5 days to drop the carrier off to the closest educator (ask if you are unsure who is the closest educator to you). After the 5th day, you will begin accruing the late fee of $2/day until your carrier is returned.
- You will be unable to rent another carrier if you do not attend the meeting.
