Purpose & Support

From the International MOMS Club (R) Bylaws:

Purpose

 The purpose of our local support group is:

• To provide a support group for mothers who choose to stay at home to raise their children
• To provide a forum for topics pertinent to children, child-raising, homemaking, personal improvement and the family;
• To engage in activities to enrich the lives of children in the community; and
• To undertake and complete at least one charitable, humanitarian or social welfare project related to children each year.

Principles

The principles of our local support group are:

• That women must be free to choose their personal path to fulfillment;
• That, for women who choose it, raising children is an important and fulfilling full-time job;
• That a family's decision for a mother to stay at home to raise the children often involves considerable financial sacrifice;
• That there is no one right way to raise children, but that a major reason for the members to come together is their desire to seek out mothers with a common concern for raising their children in the best possible and most healthful way; and
• That children are a community's greatest resource, and that a community's concern for its children is marked by the quality of its schools.

Support

Our chapter is committed to supporting one another as we take on the adventure of motherhood! 

We offer playgroups, which are broken down by age group and each group makes their own schedule.

We encourage all members to attend as many activities as they can, which is where the most support can be given to one another during those daytime hours!

We have an active "Sunshine Committee" which sees to caring for our moms and kids in many ways such as:

• "Give a Little Love"--when we have new big brothers and sisters, we make sure they feel just as special with a goodie bag for them; when a child is sick, we drop off a goodie bag to help them pass the time while they heal
• Pregnancy Buddies--a mom volunteers to buddy up with a pregnant mom to help watch their older child(ren) while she has doctor appointments or any other needs.  The buddy announces the arrival of the new miracle, and works with our Meals Mom to provide help after the new baby comes home.
• Meals for Moms--our volunteer coordinates meals for moms and their families when a new baby arrives, or other circumstances like surgery, death in the family and such.