The information below is directly from the Homeschool Buyers Co-op. If you are interested in saving money on a wide range of products from academic to household, this just may be the place for you. Please take a look at the article and visit their website for more information.
The Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the nation's largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families.Like you, we are homeschoolers with a love for family and a deep commitment to homeschooling.Like you, we have made the profound and life-changing decision to assume full responsibility for our children's education. We understand the sacrifices and joy that this entails, and have decided to devote our energies and talents to helping other homeschooling families who have chosen to walk the same path.On this page you will learn why we started the Co-op, what benefits we provide to homeschoolers, and why we hope you will join us. Membership is absolutely free and private. Whether or not you join, you are welcome to browse our site, return as often as you like, and take full advantage of our many wonderful resources and services for homeschooling families!
Why have a Homeschool Buyers Co-op?
School districts get educational discounts -- why not homeschoolers?The reason is simple: school districts have purchasing power and homeschoolers don't because we buy as individuals.The Co-op changes that by combining the purchasing power of thousands of homeschooling families around the country to give homeschoolers the same purchasing clout as school districts.It is a simple proposition, and it works! Just take a look at the many educational suppliers in the Exclusive Discounts section that offer homeschool member discounts from 10% to 70% off their retail prices.
Whether you choose to join us or not, if you are a homeschooler we invite you to browse the site. Feel free to return whenever you want and take advantage of our many homeschooling resources and services!We wish you great success and happiness in your homeschooling adventure! We applaud you for starting down this rewarding and joyful path!!
Blessings and warm regards,
The Homeschool Buyers Co-op
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Homeschool Field trip to BMW Manufacturing Company
Homeschool Field trip to BMW Manufacturing Company – OPEN TO ALL HOMESCHOOLERS!
Where: BMW Manufacturing Company
1400 Highway 101 SouthGreer, SC 29651
Date: Thursday, October 23rd
Time: Group 1: 12:45pm – 2:15pm
Group 2: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
(All must meet in front of visitor’s center NO LATER THAN 12:30pm. I will tell you which group you are assigned to)Ending times listed above are approximate. Tour lasts 1 to 1½ hours.)Who: Ages 12 and over.
MUST be at least age 12, no exceptions - per BMWCost: $3.50 per person (including adult chaperones)
Contact: Pamela S. Berthume, pamela@berthume.com 864-349-9030
Each group will take the same tour. Will tour the manufacturing line and see cars being made from start to finish. *You are also encouraged to either come early or stay after the tour and check out the museum on a self-guided basis. There is a limit of 20 people (including adult chaperones) per group. If you desire to be a chaperone, please request when signing up. All sign-ups are on a first come, first served basis. Each person staying for the tour must pay $3.50. ALL STUDENTS AND ADULT CHAPERONES MUST WEAR CLOSED SHOES. NO OPEN TOES OR OPEN HEELS!
Please complete the following to sign up and email it to me at pamela@berthume.com :
Number of students attending BMW tour: _______
Student Name(s) and Age(s):
_______________________
_______________________
_________________ ______
_______________________
_______________________
Parent/Guardian Name: ______________________________________
Would you prefer to stay and be a chaperone? Yes ____ No _____
Parent/Guardian Phone Number: ________________________________
Parent/Guardian Email address: _________________________________
Preferred Group (will be assigned based upon group needs, but will try to accommodate your request ______
Please sign up at your earliest convenience. Preferred sign up method is via email, but you may call me at 864-349-9030. Leave a message with your info if I do not answer. All is first come-first served, so sign up now! I will email confirmation to everyone who signs up. If you do not receive an email confirmation from me within 2 weeks, please contact me to verify I received your email!
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at pamela@berthume.com. Please send the above information to me quickly at pamela@berthume.com or call 864-349-9030 to assure your spot is reserved.
Once your registration is confirmed, please send monies via check made payable to: Pamela Berthume at 3 Elstar Loop Road, Simpsonville, SC 29681. Or you can call me to arrange to drop it off to me. This field trip is open for all homeschoolers so please forward this email to your friends and help spread the word.
If you have any questions, let me know!
God Bless!!
Pamela S. BerthumeCreator of HOMESCHOOLOPOLY®
Speaker &Author of: Homeschooling
The Journey is The RewardMain Website: www.homeschoolopoly.com
Where: BMW Manufacturing Company
1400 Highway 101 SouthGreer, SC 29651
Date: Thursday, October 23rd
Time: Group 1: 12:45pm – 2:15pm
Group 2: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
(All must meet in front of visitor’s center NO LATER THAN 12:30pm. I will tell you which group you are assigned to)Ending times listed above are approximate. Tour lasts 1 to 1½ hours.)Who: Ages 12 and over.
MUST be at least age 12, no exceptions - per BMWCost: $3.50 per person (including adult chaperones)
Contact: Pamela S. Berthume, pamela@berthume.com 864-349-9030
Each group will take the same tour. Will tour the manufacturing line and see cars being made from start to finish. *You are also encouraged to either come early or stay after the tour and check out the museum on a self-guided basis. There is a limit of 20 people (including adult chaperones) per group. If you desire to be a chaperone, please request when signing up. All sign-ups are on a first come, first served basis. Each person staying for the tour must pay $3.50. ALL STUDENTS AND ADULT CHAPERONES MUST WEAR CLOSED SHOES. NO OPEN TOES OR OPEN HEELS!
Please complete the following to sign up and email it to me at pamela@berthume.com :
Number of students attending BMW tour: _______
Student Name(s) and Age(s):
_______________________
_______________________
_________________ ______
_______________________
_______________________
Parent/Guardian Name: ______________________________________
Would you prefer to stay and be a chaperone? Yes ____ No _____
Parent/Guardian Phone Number: ________________________________
Parent/Guardian Email address: _________________________________
Preferred Group (will be assigned based upon group needs, but will try to accommodate your request ______
Please sign up at your earliest convenience. Preferred sign up method is via email, but you may call me at 864-349-9030. Leave a message with your info if I do not answer. All is first come-first served, so sign up now! I will email confirmation to everyone who signs up. If you do not receive an email confirmation from me within 2 weeks, please contact me to verify I received your email!
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at pamela@berthume.com. Please send the above information to me quickly at pamela@berthume.com or call 864-349-9030 to assure your spot is reserved.
Once your registration is confirmed, please send monies via check made payable to: Pamela Berthume at 3 Elstar Loop Road, Simpsonville, SC 29681. Or you can call me to arrange to drop it off to me. This field trip is open for all homeschoolers so please forward this email to your friends and help spread the word.
If you have any questions, let me know!
God Bless!!
Pamela S. BerthumeCreator of HOMESCHOOLOPOLY®
Speaker &Author of: Homeschooling
The Journey is The RewardMain Website: www.homeschoolopoly.com
Contests and Competitions
The Volvo Adventure (Deadline: January 31) The Volvo Adventure (Deadline: January 31)In partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme - is aneducational programme that rewards environmental activities and thedecision-makers of the future. To enter, you form a team of 2 to 5members aged 13 to 16 years and perform an environmental project inyour local community. You submit the project via our online submissiontool before January 31st 12pm, 2009 deadline (CET). Projects arejudged during February / March and the best projects are selected foran all expenses paid trip to Göteborg, Sweden where they can win: 1stplace = 10,000 USD, 2nd = 6,000 USD and 3rd = 4,000 USD.See the registration details and guidelines for more information. Visit http://www.volvoadventure.org
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Homeschool Talk Radio
As homeschool families we all need a bit of encouragement and information that helps us with this ministry of educating our children. We can’t always make it to a homeschool conference but we can, with the benefits of the Internet receive wonderful information that can assist us in our homes.
JoJo Tabares is a speaker, the author of several published articles on communication skills, the resident communication expert at Homeschool Talk Radio and the author of the Say What You Mean series of Christian and humor based communication studies including Say What You Mean When You’re in Business.
JoJo is the host of Grace Talk Soup, a half hour weekly commentary on how to effectively share and defend the Christian faith in grace along with great homeschooling topics.
JoJo holds a degree in Speech Communication and has over 20 years of experience in the field. She has authored several communication studies and written various articles on communication for publication. She is the owner of Art of Eloquence.com, the founder of the Say What You Mean Convention and the Carnival of FUNschooling, Misadventures of Foot in Mouth Man and an avid daily blogger at Communication FUNdamentals!. JoJo is also the founder and your host for the Say What You Mean Convention.
JoJo's mission is to educate the Christian community on the vital importance of communication skills in every day life. In addition, to educate them about the mainstream media who has told us to sit down and be quiet about our faith in the name of tolerance. We have paid the price for our silence in bad press. I want to train the Christian community to share and defend the faith with boldness tempered by grace and humor.
For more information on JoJo or the Say What You Mean series, please visit http://www.ArtofEloquence.com or call 1-866-4SPEECH. Click Grace Talk Soup to visit the webpage where you can listen to JoJo’s talk show.
JoJo Tabares is a speaker, the author of several published articles on communication skills, the resident communication expert at Homeschool Talk Radio and the author of the Say What You Mean series of Christian and humor based communication studies including Say What You Mean When You’re in Business.JoJo is the host of Grace Talk Soup, a half hour weekly commentary on how to effectively share and defend the Christian faith in grace along with great homeschooling topics.
JoJo holds a degree in Speech Communication and has over 20 years of experience in the field. She has authored several communication studies and written various articles on communication for publication. She is the owner of Art of Eloquence.com, the founder of the Say What You Mean Convention and the Carnival of FUNschooling, Misadventures of Foot in Mouth Man and an avid daily blogger at Communication FUNdamentals!. JoJo is also the founder and your host for the Say What You Mean Convention.
JoJo's mission is to educate the Christian community on the vital importance of communication skills in every day life. In addition, to educate them about the mainstream media who has told us to sit down and be quiet about our faith in the name of tolerance. We have paid the price for our silence in bad press. I want to train the Christian community to share and defend the faith with boldness tempered by grace and humor.
For more information on JoJo or the Say What You Mean series, please visit http://www.ArtofEloquence.com or call 1-866-4SPEECH. Click Grace Talk Soup to visit the webpage where you can listen to JoJo’s talk show.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
CHARLES TOWNE LANDING PROGRAMS
Cannons boom. Muskets bark. Interpretive rangers in 17th century dress tend heirloom crops. They’re all part of the “new” Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site. Here a group of English settlers landed in 1670 and established what would become the birthplace of the Carolinas colony, the plantation system of the American South, and one of the continent’s first major port cities. And here the story is still told. Opened in 1970 as Charles Towne Landing State Park, the peaceful park on a marshy point off the Ashley River was rebuilt in 2006 with a sharpened focus on the site’s remarkable past. Begin with the 12-room, interactive museum in the Visitors Center that includes a “digital dig”. Then walk the self-guided history trail, using the MP3 players that add an audio tour to the experience. Admire the Adventure, a full-size replica sailing ship built onsite, and the authentic experimental crop garden. Talk to archaeologists at work. And leave time for the Animal Forest natural habitat zoo and 80 acres of gardens that includes an elegant live oak alle’ and the Legare-Waring House, one of Charleston’s favorite sites for weddings and other special gatherings.
Visit the Friends of Charles Towne Landing website for activities for students and teachers. There are coloring pages, activity pages, education standards and lots more. You may also see a link to the new ship, Adventure in its building phases and learn of its arrival at Charles Towne Landing.
SATURDAY PROGRAMS
October 4 at 1, 2 and 3pm
Fears that Fortified Charles Towne series: An introduction to 17th-century small arms
October 18 at 1, 2 and 3pm
Fears that Fortified Charles Towne series: 17th-century cannon demonstration
October 25 at 1, 2 and 3pm
Colonial Crafts for Kids
ARCHAEOLOGY DAY
October 11
Get a first-hand look at Charles Towne Landing's archaeological resources and discover the science of archaeology and the history revealed below the surface
CHARLES TOWNE EXPERIENCES
Sundays at 2 and 3pm
Through a variety of program offerings, including costumed demonstrations, hands-on activities, ranger walks, presentations and more, park rangers will delve into the many fascinating aspects of the foundational years of Charles Towne
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