Traverse Bay Tots

ABOUT TRAVERSE BAY TOTS

It is with great enthusiasm that The Moms Club of the Traverse Bay Area™ set out to create this directory of community resources. As parents of young children we encounter many “firsts” that weren’t part of our pre-child lives. Selecting a first winter coat for a toddler, a first midnight visit to urgent care, a first assessment of the age-appropriateness of a playground, and a need for support when we realize that life with a young child has opened up a whole new world that we had never even imagined. We often turn to each other for advice about where to find the new services our families need, and sharing this kind of information among friends is very helpful, but we thought it would be even better to have a comprehensive bedside directory at our fingertips. That is what this first edition of Traverse Bay Tots aspires to be. 

A great deal of time and effort has been spent to create a definitive directory of resources for Traverse Bay Area families of children ages 0 to 5.  We are very proud of what we have accomplished, but are certain we have failed to know of and include every service that should be listed in a book like this.  We hope that this annual directory will become a collaborative community project that you will add to with your suggestions for future listings.  If you know of a new service that should be listed, please give us a call at (888) 809-5012 or email momstylenews@gmail.com. It will be added immediately to the online edition of Traverse Bay Tots at www.themomsclub.net and www.traversebaytots.com and printed in the Traverse Bay Tots 2011 edition.

We would especially like to thank our sponsoring businesses and community programs, without whose funding this publication would not be possible.  They include: All About Vacation Rentals, Bright Beginnings Preschool & Childcare Center, Cherry Home Orchards, The Children’s House, Children’s Therapy Corner, .E4, Easling Pool, Elk Rapids Schools, EverywhereUGO, Excel Institute, Families First Monthly, Foreclosure Prevention Pros Grand Traverse Bay YMCA, Grand Traverse Children’s Clinic, Grand Traverse Ophthalmology Clinic, Grand Traverse Woman, Hazelnut Kids Natural Toys, Holy Angels Preschool & Elementary, Kids Creek Productions, KidzArt, Kindermusik, Milestone Music Studio, Northern Michigan Vet Hospital, Photography by Scarlett, Reliv International, Sharkey’s Cuts For Kids, Sweet Pea, Traverse City Christian Preschool, Traverse City Cooperative Preschool, Traverse City Kids, Trinity Lutheran School.