Welcome to Concord Family Network (CFN)!
Join our group for family-friendly events and activities!
Concord Family Network (CFN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer-run group of local parents, based in Concord, Massachusetts working to unite, inform, and engage local families with young children (birth-6 years). CFN organizes many opportunities for member families to connect and have fun in a safe environment.
CFN's Board Members, Event Coordinators and Committee Members plan creative, family-friendly gatherings both in person (outdoors, physically distanced) and virtually via Zoom. Events and activities include holiday parties, farm trips, parent socials, speaker events, brunches, picnics, playdates, and arts & crafts activities. Since the pandemic, CFN has added some on-your-own family activities such as local trail exploration and scavenger hunts around Concord.
CFN utilizes an online forum via Tinyhood to virtually connect members. Events and announcements are posted on the forum and members submit their RSVP to attend CFN functions. On the main forum, members can post questions, ask for recommendations, or share news and information. The Marketplace section allows members to buy, sell, and give away items. Members can also join subgroups based on their children's ages; subgroups are more intimate and members can ask age related questions or arrange playground meetups.
The CFN membership and registration is completed through Tinyhood, and spouses/partners may join free of charge. Please see our Membership page for information on how to become a new member of Concord Family Network. For an inside look at CFN, feel free to peruse our Monthly Newsletters, which detail past events, sponsors, and other organizational announcements.
Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook!
CFN's Board Members, Event Coordinators and Committee Members plan creative, family-friendly gatherings both in person (outdoors, physically distanced) and virtually via Zoom. Events and activities include holiday parties, farm trips, parent socials, speaker events, brunches, picnics, playdates, and arts & crafts activities. Since the pandemic, CFN has added some on-your-own family activities such as local trail exploration and scavenger hunts around Concord.
CFN utilizes an online forum via Tinyhood to virtually connect members. Events and announcements are posted on the forum and members submit their RSVP to attend CFN functions. On the main forum, members can post questions, ask for recommendations, or share news and information. The Marketplace section allows members to buy, sell, and give away items. Members can also join subgroups based on their children's ages; subgroups are more intimate and members can ask age related questions or arrange playground meetups.
The CFN membership and registration is completed through Tinyhood, and spouses/partners may join free of charge. Please see our Membership page for information on how to become a new member of Concord Family Network. For an inside look at CFN, feel free to peruse our Monthly Newsletters, which detail past events, sponsors, and other organizational announcements.
Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook!
Two CFN members completing the 2020 Holiday Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Concord (December 2020).
Exclusive access into the heart of Wright Woods for a CLCT Guided Nature Walk (November 2020).
For Halloween 2020, CFN members enjoyed a family friendly, physically-distanced Halloween Scavenger Hunt in West Concord. Reasons to Be Cheerful partnered with us and gave out free ice cream to CFN members who completed the hunt.
New to Town Sunday Social for parents (February 2020).
Babies and Books for parents with infants at Concord Children's Center in West Concord (January 2020).
Ninjas in Nature event with Umbrella Arts was both educational and fun for dads and their kids (December 2019).
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Revolutionary Concord, Albright Art Supply, and The Concord Toy Box partnered with CFN for the 2020 Holiday Scavenger Hunt.
At Rideout Park, members decorated and assembled Open Table donation snack bags for children in need (October 2020).
End of the Summer (physically distanced) Pool Party at One Stop Fun in Westford, MA (August 2020).
An afternoon of socializing at the New to Town Sunday Social (February 2020).
Decorating gingerbread cookies at the December Holiday Party (December 2019).
Pre-pandemic, our CFN Halloween Party always drew in a large costumed crowd of families. We hope to resume holiday parties after COVID. (October 2019).
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Concord Land Conservation Trust (CLCT) partnered with CFN on three Guided Nature Walks this past fall. This hike is at Corey-Bourquin Loop Trail (November 2020).
CLCT's Laney Widener Wilder showing the three different leaves of a Sassafras tree at October Riverfront Farm (October 2020).
Over 30 members picked blueberries (masked and physically distanced) at Honey Pot Hill Orchard in Stow, MA (July 2020).
Preschool Playdate at The LEAP School in Concord (February 2020).
Our (pre-pandemic) December Holiday Party was largely attended. Children enjoyed arts and crafts, cookie decorating, pizza, and a holiday movie (December 2019).
Halloween games, arts & crafts, face-painting, and fun at the CFN's Halloween Costume Party (October 2019).
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Examining witch's butter at October Riverfront Farm during a CLCT Guided Nature Walk (October 2020).
Feeling New Social for CFN parents, who are new to CFN, new to Concord, or new parents (October 2020).
At the beginning of the Pandemic, we created a CFN Trail Explorer's program to give families information and tips on over 30 hiking areas/trails (Spring 2020).
A table of art activities at the Snow Ball dance (January 2020).
Moms' Night In - Bunco Game Night was a big hit. The moms first socialized and then played this fun, fast-paced partner game (November 2019).
Fire Truck Wash at the Fall Family Fest held annually at the Ripley Playscape (August 2019).
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