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June Newsletter
Did you miss our June Newsletter? Our Top Activity Picks...Kirkland Family Day (The Kid Scoop will be there) & new waterpark Calypso , great Deals & Steals (Change - new bra anyone?) and Fun articles (Wish Beddings gives you the scoop on buying your kids 1st bed). Sign up for our newsletter and don’t miss the scoop!
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Jobs at The Kid Scoop
Can you hit the ground running? Are you fast on your feet and even
faster on the phone? Our dynamic team is looking for 2 Sales people to
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EMSB Volunteer Night
VOLUNTEER NIGHT: The EMSB (English School Board of Montreal) held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Evening on April 21 at the Baron Royal in St. Léonard. Individuals who have volunteered for more than five years attended the reception, representing some 500 people.The Kids Scoop was a proud sponsor...read more (page 4)
http://www.emsb.qc.ca/en/pressroom_en/pdf/fieldingfocus/Focus2010-4.pdf
http://www.emsb.qc.ca/en/pressroom_en/pdf/fieldingfocus/Focus2010-4.pdf
Daniel Panetta Concert Postponed
Daniel Panetta Concert Postponed
(Montreal, February 1, 2010) - Due to the recent events in Haiti, promising young artist Daniel Panetta has graciously agreed to postpone his
upcoming February 13 & 14, 2010 concerts in order to perform in a fundraiser in support of the victims of Haiti. Daniel would also like to
encourage his fans to attend this special concert and to donate to the Haitian people. The HAITITALIA concert will take place at the Centre
Leonardo Da Vinci.
A rescheduled concert date will be communicated shortly by the Centre Leonardo Da Vinci.
(Montreal, February 1, 2010) - Due to the recent events in Haiti, promising young artist Daniel Panetta has graciously agreed to postpone his
upcoming February 13 & 14, 2010 concerts in order to perform in a fundraiser in support of the victims of Haiti. Daniel would also like to
encourage his fans to attend this special concert and to donate to the Haitian people. The HAITITALIA concert will take place at the Centre
Leonardo Da Vinci.
A rescheduled concert date will be communicated shortly by the Centre Leonardo Da Vinci.
Divine Daniel Concert
Win Concert Tickets! Move over Michael Bublé...have you met Daniel Panetta, Canada’s new teen singing sensation. With an obsessive love for Rock, Jazz and Opera this young 17 year old is not only making teens swoon but their mothers too. Guilty! The Kid Scoop is giving away 2 tickets to Daniel’s upcoming concert Feb 13th in Montreal and an additional 10 autographed CDs
Simply email us at info@thekidscoop.com and we will enter you in our Daniel Divine Concert.
See Daniel sing for yourself at http://www.danielpanetta.comLearn More
Simply email us at info@thekidscoop.com and we will enter you in our Daniel Divine Concert.
See Daniel sing for yourself at http://www.danielpanetta.comLearn More
New Year...New Site
The Kid Scoop is relaunching with a brand new look and much improved functionality. In fact, you could say we’ve undergone a mini-facelift and yes we’re willing to admit it! You spoke and unlike your kids...we listened. After a much needed “time out” The Kid Scoop is more simple to use and easier to find what you are looking for.Yup. We’re willing to say it out loud, “We didn’t get it all right”, but we kept what worked and improved on what didn’t. We want to welcome you to a brand new year and a brand new ScoopLearn More
The Kid Scoop Announces New Relationship and Acquisition of The Mommies Lounge.
The Kid Scoop Announces New Relationship and Acquisition of The Mommies Lounge.
MONTREAL – October 1, 2009, The Kid Scoop, Montreal’s first bilingual online reference for kids activities announced today the acquisition of The Mommies Lounge. The combining of these 2 hyperlocal sites establishes The Kid Scoop as the largest lifestyle and database internet site for families in Montreal.
Since launching The Mommies Lounge (TML) in 2006, President and Founder Lindsay Holesh spent the last 3 years building a business focused on providing parenting information and retail offerings to mothers across Canada. With over 2000 registered members, TML members receive monthly e-newsletters, attend exclusive events and benefit from savings with preferred retailers in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.
The two well aligned businesses will now bring together an extensive database of kids’ activities, special offers from vendors, lifestyle content and newsletters under one digital umbrella, The Kid Scoop website, www.thekidscoop.com
“Our combined digital traffic and the consolidating of lifestyle and activity content strengthen our position as the information destination for Canadian parents.” says Ms Holesh. As part of the acquisition, Ms Holesh will assume the position of Director of Sales for The Kid Scoop.
The existing TML will be integrated into The Kid Scoop site headed by The Kid Scoop President, Cindy Fagen. “The combining of The Kid Scoop and The Mommies lounge offers us an exciting business opportunity with great growth potential both within Montreal and at a National level. The partnership strengthens our position in the kids and family online market, increases reach to our target market areas and accelerates our initial plans to roll out The Kid Scoop to other cities across Canada.” says Ms. Fagen. “With Lindsay and her teams experience and the addition of lifestyle content to The Kid Scoop activity platform we can offer more value to our customers so the relationship is a natural fit.”
Since The Kid Scoop’s launch on June 8th, 2009 the website has quickly accumulated the single largest database of up-to-the-minute kids activities in Montreal with over 8000 programs, classes, and special events listed on its website. In its first 60 days of launching, the site has gained a strong following of users and registered members with an average of 6000 visitors per month.
By the end of the year The Kid Scoop plans to roll out new features to the site including a special Member Card offering exclusive discounts with retailers and service providers, a personalized calendar to organize kids schedules and activities and a digital notification system to inform registered users of their kids registration and preferred activities schedule.
About The Kid Scoop
The Kid Scoop is Montreal’s all-in-one reference for kids activities. The ultimate on-line destination for Montreal parents in-the-know, The Kid Scoop is the first bilingual internet site dedicated to providing families with a single place for information on activities, programs, classes and events for children in their area.
About The Mommies Lounge
The Mommies Lounge is the all inclusive site for active, busy and hard-working moms in Canada. Keeping Moms up to date through online advice, articles, e-newsletter, trade shows and events, TML gives Moms the inside scoop on all the latest and greatest products and services that no Mom should be without.
Contact
The Kid Scoop
Jennifer Miller – Communications
jenmiller@thekidscoop.com
www.thekidscoop.com
MONTREAL – October 1, 2009, The Kid Scoop, Montreal’s first bilingual online reference for kids activities announced today the acquisition of The Mommies Lounge. The combining of these 2 hyperlocal sites establishes The Kid Scoop as the largest lifestyle and database internet site for families in Montreal.
Since launching The Mommies Lounge (TML) in 2006, President and Founder Lindsay Holesh spent the last 3 years building a business focused on providing parenting information and retail offerings to mothers across Canada. With over 2000 registered members, TML members receive monthly e-newsletters, attend exclusive events and benefit from savings with preferred retailers in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.
The two well aligned businesses will now bring together an extensive database of kids’ activities, special offers from vendors, lifestyle content and newsletters under one digital umbrella, The Kid Scoop website, www.thekidscoop.com
“Our combined digital traffic and the consolidating of lifestyle and activity content strengthen our position as the information destination for Canadian parents.” says Ms Holesh. As part of the acquisition, Ms Holesh will assume the position of Director of Sales for The Kid Scoop.
The existing TML will be integrated into The Kid Scoop site headed by The Kid Scoop President, Cindy Fagen. “The combining of The Kid Scoop and The Mommies lounge offers us an exciting business opportunity with great growth potential both within Montreal and at a National level. The partnership strengthens our position in the kids and family online market, increases reach to our target market areas and accelerates our initial plans to roll out The Kid Scoop to other cities across Canada.” says Ms. Fagen. “With Lindsay and her teams experience and the addition of lifestyle content to The Kid Scoop activity platform we can offer more value to our customers so the relationship is a natural fit.”
Since The Kid Scoop’s launch on June 8th, 2009 the website has quickly accumulated the single largest database of up-to-the-minute kids activities in Montreal with over 8000 programs, classes, and special events listed on its website. In its first 60 days of launching, the site has gained a strong following of users and registered members with an average of 6000 visitors per month.
By the end of the year The Kid Scoop plans to roll out new features to the site including a special Member Card offering exclusive discounts with retailers and service providers, a personalized calendar to organize kids schedules and activities and a digital notification system to inform registered users of their kids registration and preferred activities schedule.
About The Kid Scoop
The Kid Scoop is Montreal’s all-in-one reference for kids activities. The ultimate on-line destination for Montreal parents in-the-know, The Kid Scoop is the first bilingual internet site dedicated to providing families with a single place for information on activities, programs, classes and events for children in their area.
About The Mommies Lounge
The Mommies Lounge is the all inclusive site for active, busy and hard-working moms in Canada. Keeping Moms up to date through online advice, articles, e-newsletter, trade shows and events, TML gives Moms the inside scoop on all the latest and greatest products and services that no Mom should be without.
Contact
The Kid Scoop
Jennifer Miller – Communications
jenmiller@thekidscoop.com
www.thekidscoop.com
Sweetmama
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Friday July 10, 2009
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Press Release - Launch
The Kid Scoop launches new website for kids programs, classes, events and activities in Montreal.
MONTREAL – June 8, 2009. The Kid Scoop announced today the launch of their website thekidscoop.com: an all-in-one reference for kids programs, classes, events and activities. This free interactive site allows parents with children under the age of 15 to find, plan and register on-line for all their kids’ activities across the island of Montreal.
The Kid Scoop website has Montreal’s largest database of up-to-the-minute activities and programs that parents can quickly search with a flexible variety of criteria including neighbourhood, child gender, age and personal interests. Upcoming features to the site available early fall include a handy calendar that allows parents to organize their kids’ schedules and activities and an option to register and pay online for those activities. A special Member Card also offers parents exclusive discounts with retailers and service providers, as well as access to special family events available exclusively to Kid Scoop Card Members.
President and co-founder Cindy Fagen remembers her own experience as a busy Mom looking for things to do with her family; “I was busy running around Montreal with two young kids, trying to find the right age-appropriate activities for each of them, and hoping that I hadn’t missed the registration deadline,” Having spent the last few years in the trenches of "parenting boot camp" while juggling her career, Ms. Fagen realized just how much time was involved in pulling together all of the information required to organize her family’s activities. “Where do you start when you have a toddler and a new baby and it suddenly dawns on you that Starbucks is not considered a kids activity? Where do you go? Who do you ask? I realised there had to be an easier way.” Ms Fagen joined forces with her business partner Lorne Schwartz, a successful software entrepreneur and father of 2 young children to shape the ideas behind Kid Scoop. A collaboration with K3 Media, one of Canada’s leading Web Development Agencies leveraged the technology to enable Kid Scoop’s platform. “Where other family related sites offered basic, static information, The Kid Scoop has up-to-the-minute complete detailed information on activities across the city with the unique ability to register and pay on-line.” said Mr. Schwartz.
With plans to roll out access to other cities across Canada early next year, The Kid Scoop will quickly become parents’ website of choice for family-related community activities.
The Kid Scoop website will officially launch June 8th, 2009, with scheduled promotional appearances planned for Kirkland Family Day June 13th, Hampstead Family Day June 17th, Montreal West Canada Day, July 1st and Beaconsfield Canada Day, July 1st.
About The Kid Scoop
Cindy Fagen, President & Co-Founder
Fagen is a senior professional with more than 13 years of experience driving business and marketing direction for high technology companies such as Canon Canada, Momentum Business Systems, OnX and Dassault Systems.
Lorne Schwartz, Co-Founder
In 1993, at the age of 25, Mr. Schwartz co-founded Momentum Business Systems. As President and CEO of Momentum Business Systems, Schwartz led the company into one of the dominant Travel Expense Management software companies in North America. Momentum grew to employ over 125 people, and was named to the list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in 2000. That same year, Momentum was sold to OnX Incorporated, a publicly traded Canadian e-business solution firm. Schwartz currently serves as CEO at MEI Inc, a Montreal-based software company with over 40 employees.
K3 Media
Founded in 2002, K3 Media is one of Canada’s leading Web Development Agencies. K3 Media brings the technical, strategic and creative expertise to their client’s web designs and solutions. K3 Media has successfully created projects for popular clients, Le Canadien de Montréal, Radio-Canada, RDS, Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles and Beiersdorf Canada (NIVEA, Eucerin and Elastoplast).
Contact
The Kid Scoop
Jennifer Miller – Communications
JenMiller@thekidscoop.com
MONTREAL – June 8, 2009. The Kid Scoop announced today the launch of their website thekidscoop.com: an all-in-one reference for kids programs, classes, events and activities. This free interactive site allows parents with children under the age of 15 to find, plan and register on-line for all their kids’ activities across the island of Montreal.
The Kid Scoop website has Montreal’s largest database of up-to-the-minute activities and programs that parents can quickly search with a flexible variety of criteria including neighbourhood, child gender, age and personal interests. Upcoming features to the site available early fall include a handy calendar that allows parents to organize their kids’ schedules and activities and an option to register and pay online for those activities. A special Member Card also offers parents exclusive discounts with retailers and service providers, as well as access to special family events available exclusively to Kid Scoop Card Members.
President and co-founder Cindy Fagen remembers her own experience as a busy Mom looking for things to do with her family; “I was busy running around Montreal with two young kids, trying to find the right age-appropriate activities for each of them, and hoping that I hadn’t missed the registration deadline,” Having spent the last few years in the trenches of "parenting boot camp" while juggling her career, Ms. Fagen realized just how much time was involved in pulling together all of the information required to organize her family’s activities. “Where do you start when you have a toddler and a new baby and it suddenly dawns on you that Starbucks is not considered a kids activity? Where do you go? Who do you ask? I realised there had to be an easier way.” Ms Fagen joined forces with her business partner Lorne Schwartz, a successful software entrepreneur and father of 2 young children to shape the ideas behind Kid Scoop. A collaboration with K3 Media, one of Canada’s leading Web Development Agencies leveraged the technology to enable Kid Scoop’s platform. “Where other family related sites offered basic, static information, The Kid Scoop has up-to-the-minute complete detailed information on activities across the city with the unique ability to register and pay on-line.” said Mr. Schwartz.
With plans to roll out access to other cities across Canada early next year, The Kid Scoop will quickly become parents’ website of choice for family-related community activities.
The Kid Scoop website will officially launch June 8th, 2009, with scheduled promotional appearances planned for Kirkland Family Day June 13th, Hampstead Family Day June 17th, Montreal West Canada Day, July 1st and Beaconsfield Canada Day, July 1st.
About The Kid Scoop
Cindy Fagen, President & Co-Founder
Fagen is a senior professional with more than 13 years of experience driving business and marketing direction for high technology companies such as Canon Canada, Momentum Business Systems, OnX and Dassault Systems.
Lorne Schwartz, Co-Founder
In 1993, at the age of 25, Mr. Schwartz co-founded Momentum Business Systems. As President and CEO of Momentum Business Systems, Schwartz led the company into one of the dominant Travel Expense Management software companies in North America. Momentum grew to employ over 125 people, and was named to the list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in 2000. That same year, Momentum was sold to OnX Incorporated, a publicly traded Canadian e-business solution firm. Schwartz currently serves as CEO at MEI Inc, a Montreal-based software company with over 40 employees.
K3 Media
Founded in 2002, K3 Media is one of Canada’s leading Web Development Agencies. K3 Media brings the technical, strategic and creative expertise to their client’s web designs and solutions. K3 Media has successfully created projects for popular clients, Le Canadien de Montréal, Radio-Canada, RDS, Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles and Beiersdorf Canada (NIVEA, Eucerin and Elastoplast).
Contact
The Kid Scoop
Jennifer Miller – Communications
JenMiller@thekidscoop.com
