ÿþ<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel=File-List href="index_files/filelist.xml"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="index_files/editdata.mso"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--> <title>Mount Airy, Md. PATH (Parents AT Home)</title> <style type="text/css"> .def { font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: "Geometr231 BT","sans-serif"; color: #660066; } </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#CC33CC" style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=WordSection1> <div> <p align=center style='text-align:center'> <img alt="Path at Home" src="index_files/image001.gif"> </p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-outline-level:2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>We re glad you ve taken the time to learn more about our organization!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Parents AT Home originated in Columbia, Maryland in 2000 as a support organization for all parents and caregivers staying at home, either full- or part-time, to raise their children. Since then, Parents AT Home has grown to three chapters in Central Maryland.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Our current chapters are in Mount Airy, Catonsville/Baltimore County and Columbia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>About Parents AT Home<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Parents AT Home, Inc. is a community support organization for families raising children.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We are a nonprofit corporation and a 501 (C) (3) publicly-supported charity registered with the IRS.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We are not a religiously affiliated organization. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>We welcome everyone, whether you stay home with your children or work outside the home.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>While most of our members are full- and part-time stay-at-home parents, we also welcome grandparents and other caregivers.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Unlike other groups, membership in Parents AT Home is open to any person who takes care of children including, but not limited to, mothers, fathers, grandparents and nannies.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Joining Parents AT Home provides you with a community of support and an outlet for meeting people while engaging in activities to enrich the lives of your children.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Our chapters offer something for everyone.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Activities in the chapters may include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul> <li class="def"> playgroups<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Yahoo! group or e-mail loop<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> community service projects<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> monthly socials<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> newsletters<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> outings<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> book club<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> parents nights out </li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Purpose: <o:p></o:p> </span></i></b></p> <ul> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> To provide a support group for parents who choose to stay at home to raise their children;<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> To foster supportive communities for parental and child wellness;<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> To provide opportunities to combat isolation within the stay-at-home parent s environment;<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> To engage in activities to enrich the lives of children in the community;<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> To undertake and complete at least two charitable, humanitarian or social welfare and one educational project related to children each year.  The event will be designed to benefit children or parents through a documented charitable organization.  PATH will not profit from this event.  Monies collected will be dispersed directly to the designated charity<o:p></o:p></li> <li class="def"> To provide a forum for topics pertinent to children, child raising, personal improvement and the family.<o:p></o:p></li> <li> <o:p></o:p> <span class="def">To participate in an all-volunteer support group, parents will have the opportunity to share and utilize their knowledge and talents.</span><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>For more information about our organization or to start a chapter in your area, please e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:pathpresident@hotmail.com"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>pathpresident@hotmail.com</span></b></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:11.9pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Please visit the websites of our local chapters too.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%; font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'>Current PATH chapters are located in </span><a href="http://www.parentsathome.org/"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 120%;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'>Columbia</span></b></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt; line-height:120%;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif";color:#660066'> and </span><a href="http://pathcatonsville.wordpress.com/"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif"; color:#660066;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Catonsville</span></b></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Geometr231 BT","sans-serif"; color:#660066'>, and <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.mtairypath.org/"><span style='color:#660066;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'>Mount Airy</span></a></b>, Md.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>