[ShareTompkins] TOMORROW: In Cahoots with Bloom!

[McKenzie Jones Rounds]

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder that our fundraiser event is happening on Saturday. We hope
you'll join us! Please contact mckenzie at bloominithaca.com with any
questions.

Thanks!

In Cahoots with Bloom

Ithacans! Please join the Mama's Comfort Camp (a local support network of
moms) as we show our overwhelming support for Bloom after a recent robbery.
Bloom, a retail store and play-space on the Ithaca Commons, is owned by two
mother-entrepreneurs, and its play space has become a second home to many
Ithaca mothers and care givers. We want to lift our voices in an outpouring
of financial and emotional support in order to demonstrate that we will not
be silent after a thoughtless act of vandalism. We invite the community to
join us as we take a stand to sustain a local downtown business that makes
Ithaca a more family-friendly town.

Co-owners Draya and McKenzie were shocked to learn that Bloom had been
robbed in the middle of the night in early January. While they feel
incredibly lucky that their store and merchandise were not damaged, they
lost a considerable amount of cash and were responsible for fixing their
shattered door, neither of which are being covered by their insurance.
Although this was a devastating violation, Draya and McKenzie are amazed by
and grateful for the outpouring of support they have received from the
Bloom community. Please join Mama's Comfort Camp in offering them a hand to
replenish some costs and feel that their store is loved and safe!

We have organized two events to help them recover:

A cash mob + play date event for Saturday February 8th encourages all those
who depend on and support Bloom to come out and shop. Anyone can shop on
that day whether to purchase for yourself and your family or a family you
know will benefit from ethically sourced toys and clothes.
They will also have gift certificates available for purchase that can be
used for play or merchandise.

This will run from 12pm to 5pm. We will have light refreshments laid out
along with Courtney Schroeder, of Little Buddhas Yoga, who will offer yoga
for children and families.

As a more direct fundraising event, on the evening of Saturday February 8th
 from 8:30 to 10 the local branch of Mama's Comfort Camp will be sponsoring
a Mama's in Pajama's Party. This will be a luxurious evening of sensory
awareness. Please wear your comfiest pjs or casual clothes. We will be
enjoying niblies and Bubbly as well as indulging in presentations by:
-Yael Saar, Founder and Keeper of the Mama's Comfort Camp will be guiding a
Self-Kindness ritual involving gentle movement and nourishing self-talk.
-Avital's Apiaries will soothe your winter weary skin by providing scented
and unscented Winter Balm for Yael Saar's self-kindness ritual, as well as
free soap samples for everyone. One lucky guest will win a goody bag fit
for a queen.
-Lital Dorchin will be teaching LILA - a north-african ritual of women's
healing, connecting, and dancing in the old ways.
-Singer songwriter Angie Beeler will share hare latest songs (if you only
know her kid's music you are missing out!)
-Other wonderful presenters are in the works, so stay tuned.

You can find the event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/227003400816835/

The Details: It all happens on Saturday February 8.
Noon to 5:00: Cash Mob: Light refreshments, Little Buddhas children's yoga
with Courtney at 2pm, Sing a Joyful song with Miss Angie at3:30.
Join us to shop, move, sing and dance!!
8:30pm: Mamas in Pajamas Party: Niblies, bubbly, dance, self-kindness,
girlfriends, oh my...
Mothers/women only (sorry dads)
$25 at the door, or free for those who would spend $50 and up shopping at
the store on that day or night.

Background:

Bloom:
Ithaca's newest destination for children and families with their fun and
interactive play space and ethically sourced retail store on the Commons.
Since the winter of 2012-2013 caregivers have been shopping for responsible
play clothes and toys and bringing their little ones to enjoy the comfort
and stimulation of their art space, loft, play restaurant, and bean bags.
Find us at www.bloominithaca.com and www.facebook.com/bloominithaca

Mama's Comfort Camp:
A free support community online and in real life. We are over 1000 mothers
from all around the world (over 500 are from the Ithaca area) connecting
via a private facebook group to offer loving peer support online and mutual
assistance locally. Together we normalize the challenges and celebrate the
joys of the roller-coaster ride called motherhood, all in a safe space free
from judgment, protected from unsolicited advice, and steeped with respect
and kindness. In Ithaca we enjoy a vibrant and responsive network of local
moms helping each other out. We hold free monthly support meetings,
play-dates, moms nights out, and classes. Free and open to all kinds of
moms with kids of kids of ANY age. Whether you are a mother of a newborn or
a grandmother (or in any stage in between) you are welcome to join us at
https://www.facebook.com/mamas.comfort.camp

Feel free to forward this message to friends and relevant email lists,
please and thank you.
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