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For a list of additional resources, please contact the Wyoming Healthy Marriage Initiative offices at 307-514-4450 or 1-866-WYO-FAMS.

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Domestic Violence Link

TO REGISTER:  Call 866-WYO-FAMS or click here!

September 13th- CHEYENNE

September 24th- CHEYENNE

Third Annual Family Night-Statewide Wyoming ’s First Lady Nancy Freudenthal is teaming up with partners from around the state to present the third annual Wyoming First Lady’s Family Night on September 24, 2007 .  This year’s Family Night event is designed to help families make the most of their time together.  Whether you’re cooking a gourmet meal or ordering food from your favorite take-out place, rest assured that what your kids really want at the dinner table is YOU!   Family meals are the perfect time to talk to your kids and to listen to what is on their minds.  To order your Family Night Kit call us at 866-WYO-FAMS or log onto www.wyofams.org click on Family Night 2007.  

Love U2- Powell Branch Library
217 E. 3^rd Street .  
This is a TEEN relationship course that covers subjects such as attraction, infatuation, rejection, falling in love, emotions, and breaking up.  Students also learn specific dating skills: what to say and do in the early stages, how to get to know someone, how to assess a relationship and avoid attachment to problem people.  You must be a teen in 8^th to 11^th grade to attend.  This course begins on September 26^th and ends on November 7^th. ONE TIME Registration Fee: $10 per student (to cover weekly snacks), non-refundable.  Fee can be waived … just ask!

Five Love Languages for Children-Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church 7-8 pm  
Kids desperately need to know how much you love them.  But if you don’t know their special “love language”, you might as well be speaking gibberish.  Learn the love language of your child (ren) in this six week course. This course begins September 27^th and ends on November 1st.  Registration Fee: $2 per week 
($12 for 6 weeks). 

OCTOBER Classes

Love U2-Laramie County Library
2200 Pioneer Avenue, Willow Room, 6:30-8:30 pm.  
This is a TEEN relationship course that covers subjects such as attraction, infatuation, rejection, falling in love, emotions, and breaking up.  Students also learn specific dating skills: what to say and do in the early stages, how to get to know someone, how to assess a relationship and avoid attachment to problem people. You must be a teen in 8^th to 11^th grade to attend.  This course begins on October 4^th and ends on November 15^th. ONE TIME Registration Fee: $10 per student (to cover weekly snacks), non-refundable.  Fee can be waived … just ask!

October 5^th and 6th 
CHEYENNE

Designing Dynamic Stepfamilies
Cheyenne Community House, 
(Carey & Pershing).  
Few challenges in life are more difficult than bringing the pieces of two broken families together.  Past hurts, high hopes, pre-existing relationships and different backgrounds can make this task incredibly tough.  Learn what to expect and what is normal for a stepfamily, reducing the pressure of unrealistic expectations.  This two day event will start on Oct. 5^th from 6-8 pm with a pizza party kickoff and will continue Saturday Oct. 6^th from 9 am to 3 pm . 
Registration Fee: $5 per person, non-refundable 
(Pizza and lunch included).             

5 Love Languages
Saint Luke ’s Lutheran Church .  
This 4 hour workshop will teach participating couples how to learn, both their and their partner’s “Love Language”.  It is based on Dr. Gary Chapman ’s book The Five Love Languages.  By participating in this workshop, couples will understand why they feel the way they do, and couples will learn indispensable methods for helping their spouse feel loved.  This will be an interactive, exciting and fun workshop, which uses real-life examples from Dr. Chapman ’s over thirty years of marriage counseling to illustrate the five distinct languages people use to express love.  The Five Love Languages can breathe life into marriages.  Registration Fee: $10 per couple, non-refundable (Lunch Included)

(Date TBD) CASPER
Active Parenting
This class is for parents with children aged 5 – 12.  It’s a six-week interactive class that Helps parents of children ages 5 to 12 raise responsible, cooperative children who are able to resist negative peer pressure—and thrive in the 21st century  

TO REGISTER:  Call 866-WYO-FAMS or click here!

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