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PSP Members-Only Kids Clothing, Gear, and Maternity Swap!

Details: Parent Category: Newsflashes; Category: Newsflash

Please join us for the PSP Members-Only Kids Clothing, Gear, and Maternity Swap!

This is our most beloved event of the year! NEW Extended Hours!

When: Saturday, March 7th
Time: 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Last entry at 2:10PM
Where: All Saints Church, 463A 7th Street, entrance on 7th Street (the Park Slope Senior Center)
Cost: $5.00/member - only payable at the door

Download/Print your membership card as it is REQUIRED to enter: Here’s how: http://bit.ly/MembershipCard_DL

IF YOU NEED TO, RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP HERE.

NOT A MEMBER? Sign up and become a member to start enjoying events like these and more! http://bit.ly/JOINPSP

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Preparing for the biggest "what if": Steps to writing your will

Details: Parent Category: Parenting Advice; Category: Financial Advice

While writing your will might strike you as a morbid task, it’s nevertheless a crucial one. Putting your affairs in order is a significant project, but after it’s done, you’re guaranteed to feel a weight off your shoulders. Besides, you can take this as an opportunity to reframe your thinking. Creating a will calms your mind, sets things in motion to make it easier for your loved ones if you pass, and keeps complications like probate out of the mix.

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Doulas, Nurses, and Beyond: Choosing the Right Type of Care for Your Family

Details: Parent Category: Advice - Childcare and Education; Category: Childcare Advice

Doulas, night nurses, and baby nurses, oh my! While the wealth of postnatal care options in Brooklyn is wonderful, it can also leave you with option paralysis. Below, find info on the distinctions between different types of caregivers.

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Slow Fashion Resources

Details: Parent Category: Home Life; Category: Shopping and more

A decade ago, stores like H&M, Forever21, and Zara seemed like a wonderland: cheap, easy, and constantly rotating stock to match the latest style. But today, with Forever21 officially bankrupt and the climate crisis dominating public discourse, the detrimental effects of “fast fashion” at all levels of the supply chain are increasingly coming to light. Fortunately, it’s easy to take steps toward being a more responsible consumer—and doing so need not mean compromising your fashion sense.

Below, find an array of resources, both virtual and here in Brownstone Brooklyn, to help you learn about the environmental and human impacts of fast fashion and to clothe yourself and your kids more sustainably.