How to Start A Single Moms Fellowship Group

Parenting is a simple yet challenging phenomenon in today's world when there are so many avenues and mediums of communication that inadvertently influence in a child's life without the consent of their parents. Being a single mom raises the stakes since one parent has to earn the bread, make the bread and feed the children the bread whilst trying to raise a new generation growing in impressionable times. A sound and healthy support group for single women will go a long way in establishing the support and infrastructure for the parents and to provide sound influence infrastructure for the children.

Instructions

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      Gather all the single moms and persons who may not be single moms but are interested in providing an infrastructure to support single parents. This may include the older folks such as grand parents, married woman, singled women etc. The mix provides a rich source of input and ideas that are broad and beyond age, time and social status restrictions.

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      Set up a planning and probing session where you can preamble the group's goals, functions and schedule. Meetings should be regular to provide consistency in support. Weekly meeting are recommended. In the planning program; set up a corresponding child care schedule that aims to provide reliable childcare services.

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      Select a date to commence and the respective date, time and place when meetings will start. Successful meetings run when single parents are in need of a break that does not severely clash with daily activities. Friday nights and Saturday mornings have been popular meeting days since they serve as an outlet after a long and busy week. Find a neutral venue that will not burden one individual over time. These may include local community center buildings and institutions; a charitable organization may provide room for meetings at no cost. Advertise meetings in the local newspapers, magazines and local institutions, make sure all single moms feel welcome to participate.

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      Provide childcare for all ages that will provide the children with a chance to meet with children in a similar family set up and the children will be able to identify someone else; not feel too different as they meet other kids in similar family structures. Contact childcare providers that are reliable or contact local organizations who that have childcare infrastructures that can provide support services such as aid to women organizations, scouts services or local church organizations if they are willing to volunteer.

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      Harness the opportunity to mentor, nurture and entertain the single moms by providing a variety of activities each week. There are many women who may benefit from encouragement, mentoring or reorientation after varying life experiences and challenges. These meeting sessions can include lesson or activity time, discussion time and meal time.

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      Schedule topical teachers, discussion topics, arts and crafts professionals who are experts in their field to come and share a session with the ladies. Take time to know the topics and activities the single moms are interested in so that you can schedule proficient experts in the field to address these various topics and provide the support activities. Please note that organizations and professionals are more than willing to share their talents to an altruistic organization.

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      To give the mothers a good break, plan on meetings with potluck breakfast or dinners or lunch from your team of single moms supporters; the support of various people from all walks of life comes in handy. It is wise to delegate dishes in terms of main dish, vegetables/salads, desserts, and drinks to the unwavering support team. It is important to make the meals free so that it does not become a burden and yet allow the single moms who are interested bring any dish of their own choice.

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