OCTOBER 2025 CLUB HELPLINE
Learn How to Grow Your Club
Club Helpline is a monthly publication developed especially for local club board members, leaders and national representatives. We hope you find the information useful! Feel free to share your feedback about our publications by emailing media@multipleofamerica.org. Or submit your club news and photos with our easy new online form.
Leadership Academy Brings Members Together to Learn About Guiding, Growing Clubs
A benefit of membership, the Leadership Academy can help clubs grow their clubs and leaders. Learn how to gain skills and focus on club issues through virtual learning events and periodic discussions.
There is Help for National Reps!
Find out how to navigate your role as a National Rep.
Partnership Power
The partnerships that Multiples of America builds with other non-profits help connect parents with services beyond our member benefits. Many of these are focused on expectant parents and parents with multiples needing special care. In this issue of Club Helpline, we are shining the spotlight on our partner, Graham’s Foundation. Check the “When Complications Arise” page on the website for brief summaries of the services of all our partners.
Graham’s Foundation
Graham’s Foundation is a non-profit providing education and support for preemie parents. Parents can receive one-on-one support from parent mentors, or connect online through social media. A special MyPreemie App helps parents track preemie feedings, keep a list of questions to ask the NICU team, make notes, chart preemie’s growth, keep mementos and more. The app is free and available in English and Spanish. Other Resources specific to parents with babies born prematurely include a series of articles with tips for before birth, in the NICU, and after the NICU and a series of “Preemie Talk” videos. Topics include: “18 Things You Might Not Know About Premature Birth,” “8 Thoughtful Things to Say (and Do) for Parents of a Premature Baby,” “Finding Premature Childcare,” and “Early Intervention 101.”
Upcoming Great Expectations Multiplied Online Seminars
Mon., Oct. 13 – Easing Into Multiple Parenthood & Transitioning from the NICU
What will it be like those first few months home with multiples? Will there be endless nights of never getting a wink of sleep? What will help smooth the transition home if my babies have been in the NICU? During this seminar, Twin Specialist Smadar Zmirin will help prepare expectant parents of twins for the ongoing multitasking, the logistics of caring for two (or more) babies at once, and optimizing the physical living environment to reduce anxiety, stress and unnecessary clutter.
And watch for these upcoming seminars…
Wed., Nov. 5 – Nutrition for Newborns & Growing Multiples with Divya Codoso
Tues., December 16 – In the NICU with Stephanie Ernst
Tues., January 20 – Sleep for Newborns with Smadar Zmirin
Registration begins about four weeks before each event, and seminars begin at 7:30 pm Central (8:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 pm Mountain, 5:30 pm Pacific). A link to a recording will be made available for 7 days following each event for registrants who are not able to attend on the date/time of the seminar.
Participants in each event will be entered into a drawing for gift cards. The Great Expectations Multiplied initiative is partially funded through a grant from the Prolacta Bioscience Foundation.
Upcoming Zoom Connects
Tues., Oct. 7 – Club Chat with the President
Is your club struggling to grow its membership? Are you discouraged when only one or two members show up for an activity? The challenges are out there. Let’s meetup at our October Zoom Connect for a Club Chat with the President. We’ll share the challenges and hear how clubs are climbing through — finding ways to adapt, trying out new ideas to grow members and volunteers.
Tues., Nov. 11 –You’re a Member of Multiples of America; Now What?
Ever wonder what benefits you get for the $15.00 membership dues you pay each year? Join us was we count the ways. We’ll highlight the top 24 benefits of membership and be ready to answer your questions about all the ways our organization adds value to life for you and your family. See the flyer for more info.
Registration begins about four weeks before each event, and Zooms begin at 7:30 pm Central (8:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 pm Mountain, 5:30 pm Pacific)
Register to join us, or view some of our past Zoom Connects.
We Need Your Time and Talent!
We are still accepting applications for National Workers for the 2025-2026 term. Put your skills to good use, while you make new friends and help clubs and members across the country. Sign up today, or email volunteer@multiplesofamerica.org to learn more.
Have a little less time but still interested in furthering the mission of Multiples of America? Join us as a National Ambassador! You can pick four tasks you are most interested in and spread out the work over the next year. Learn more about this great program, then complete the application.
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