Morrison County Family Connections

10/05/2026

💙 HELP SHAPE THE MORRISON COMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER!

Our Community & Family Resource Center is being built around one simple belief: families should have a voice in the services, resources, and support available in their community.

That’s why we’re inviting parents, caregivers, and family members to join our Parent Advisory Committee (PAC).

We want to hear from YOU about what families actually need.

✨ What resources are missing in our community?
✨ What makes it difficult to find or access help?
✨ What programs and supports would make a difference?
✨ How can the Resource Center better welcome and support families?

As a PAC member, your lived experience, ideas, and feedback will help guide the Community & Family Resource Center, from the programs we offer to the resources we connect families with and the ways we make support easier to access.

No professional experience is needed. Your experience as a parent, caregiver, or family member is valuable.

This is more than an advisory committee. It’s an opportunity to have a voice in building a Resource Center with families, for families. 💛

📣 Interested in joining? Comment “PAC” below or send Arrows Family Services a message to learn more.

Know someone whose voice needs to be at the table? Tag them or share this post!

📧 [email protected]

08/20/2026

Pop up Market

07/28/2026

What a great resource for our community.

🌿 Exciting News! A New Partnership Rooted in Community 🌿

We are thrilled to announce that Arrows Family Services is partnering with the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls as the first community service organization to provide direct services through their Community Hub.

Beginning September 1, 2026, we will proudly serve children, individuals, and families from our new location on the Franciscan Sisters campus. This partnership reflects our shared commitment to strengthening families, fostering hope, and creating a more connected community.

📍 New Location
Franciscan Sisters Campus
116 8th Avenue SE
Little Falls, MN 56345

How to Find Us:
➡️ Enter through the Northeast Entrance (left side of the Center building facing St. Gabriel Hospital)
➡️ Take the elevator to the 3rd Floor

Our new Community & Family Resource Center will continue offering services that support children, parents, caregivers, and families across Central Minnesota in a welcoming and compassionate environment.

We are incredibly grateful to the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls for their vision, hospitality, and commitment to serving our community. We look forward to this exciting new chapter and can’t wait to welcome you beginning September 1!

📞 320-983-2001
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.arrowsfamilyservices.org

07/24/2026

upcoming class opportunity

07/21/2026

Join us for our final Summer Circle of Parents gathering! ☀️💛

Parenting can feel overwhelming at times, but you don't have to do it alone. Circle of Parents provides a welcoming, supportive space where caregivers can connect, share experiences, and encourage one another.

📅 Wednesday, August 5, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

This will be our last Summer Circle session, and we would love to see both familiar and new faces join us as we wrap up the season together.

Come enjoy meaningful conversation, build connections with other parents and caregivers, and leave feeling supported and encouraged.

✨ Because strong parents build strong families and strong communities.

For questions or childcare needs, please contact us at [email protected].

06/22/2026

🚧 Something New is Coming to Helping Hands 365! 🚧

While shopping at the Tiniest Thrift Store in Town, you may notice a little construction taking place. We're excited to announce that beginning July 1, 2026, we'll be opening a brand-new section called the FREE SHELF!

This special area will be stocked with a variety of items including clothing, dishes, knick-knacks, food, and much more — all available FREE for the taking. We encourage everyone to stop by often, as items will change regularly.

We simply ask that you please be considerate of others while visiting the Free Shelf so that as many community members as possible can benefit.

And remember, every purchase you make in our thrift store helps support Helping Hands 365 and the programs we provide throughout our community. Your support truly makes a difference!

We can't wait for you to check it out! ❤️

06/16/2026

Have you ever noticed how your child’s mood can shift the moment yours does? Before you’ve said a single word, they already sense it.

That’s not a coincidence; it’s biology.

Children are constantly reading the nervous systems of the adults around them, and they regulate accordingly. If you’re anxious, rushed, or on edge, your child’s body picks up on that and responds in kind. If you’re calm and grounded, even in the middle of a hard moment, that steadiness becomes something they can lean on.

This is why your own nervous system regulation isn’t a “nice to have” or something that comes after the real parenting work.

It IS the parenting work.

Here’s what makes this even more powerful: research on intergenerational patterns shows that the way we respond to stress, conflict, and big emotions is often something we absorbed from our own childhoods, long before we had any say in it. Without realizing it, we can pass those same patterns on to our children.

But the reverse is also true. When you do the work to regulate your own nervous system, when you learn to pause instead of react, to breathe instead of escalate, to stay grounded instead of spiraling, you are quite literally changing what gets passed down.

This isn’t about being calm all the time; nobody is. It’s about recognizing that every time you choose to regulate yourself, even imperfectly, you’re rewriting something for your child before they even have to experience it themselves.

✨ Your nervous system is your parenting tool. When you heal yourself, you change what your child inherits. ✨ 💜

06/04/2026

Tomorrow!!! Don’t forget.

🌞 Summer Kick-Off Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser – June 5

Looking for a fun way to support local families? The Community & Family Resource Center, through Arrows Family Services, is hosting a Summer Kick-Off Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser this Friday at the Little Falls VFW.

🍝 Spaghetti Feed
4:30 PM – until gone

🛍️ Silent Auction
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

🎶 Live Music by Trent Bergeron

Proceeds support programs that assist families right here in our community.

📍 Little Falls VFW
💲 Suggested donation: $8 per person
👶 Children 3 and under eat free

For questions, contact Arrows Family Services:
✉️ [email protected]
📞 320‑983‑2001

❤️ Good food. Great people. Strong community.

05/25/2026