Winter Celebrations

As winter settles in and we say goodbye to 2025, The Hub wishes you and your family peace, comfort, and joy.

Inside, you’ll find helpful updates and resources, including:

• Upcoming OHP changes in Lane County
• Links to winter holiday events and community resources
• Fresh parenting posts
• Curated holiday book lists to enjoy with your children

Take good care, and thank you for being part of our community. We’re so glad you’re here.

Oregon Health Plan Member Listening Sessions

The Oregon Health Plan is changing in Lane County. OHP members covered by PacificSource will have a new CCO: Trillium Community Health Plan. 

Learn more about these changes at: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/Changes.aspx

Please register for a listening session, either in person or virtually, to learn more, ask questions, and share your feedback on this transition. Food and childcare will be provided at the in-person location.

• Eugene/Springfield: Thursday, December 11, 6–7:30 p.m. at the Graduate by Hilton Eugene. 

Winter Holiday Resources & Family Fun Activities

The 2025 Winter Holiday Resources List for holiday food, hot meals and toys/gifts is here.

Our Family Fun page is filling up with winter holiday activities in Lane County. Find a light display, meet Santa or find a handmade gift at a local bazaar.

Books You May Like

Parenting Blog Posts

Understanding ADD and ADHD

"We know that your love for your kid is indescribable. At the same time, we can be exasperated by their seeming constant high energy or forgetfulness. If you are parenting a child with a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD, or if you are noticing your child has symptoms, you may be wondering what you can do to support them. Understanding that their brain works differently can help you have more compassion for their experience and patience as you navigate home life together."

Check out our latest blog post, written by Oregon Parenting Education Collaboratives's Megan McQueen.

The Gift of Difference

"Here we are in November, hurtling into the holiday season. For many reasons, this season brings a multitude of emotions and relationships, in its most ideal form, a sense of togetherness. Yet multiracial families raising Black children, the season can surface particular complexities. The experience of othering, of being marked as different by the outside world, is not an abstract concept but a lived reality. In our simple society, there's a pervasive practice of assessing value based on difference: if I believe differently than you, or light my candles on a different day, somehow one must be deemed "most" important. This is unfortunate, yet easily remedied."

Check out the latest blog post from guest contributor Ayisha Elliott

Therapeutic Services for Children

Adventure!'s Enchanted New Year

Join Adventure! Children's Museum for an Enchanted New Year!

• Exhibit of seven years worth of dragon and mermaid art created by our guests

• Magical Science demonstrations

• Face painting

• Enchanted Toy Takeover (mermaids in place of Barbies, unicorns in place of horses, and more)

• Magical Wall of Costumes

• Bejewel your own crown craft

• Mystical Story Time

• Bubble countdown to the New Year at noon on 12/31 AND 1/1

. . . and more!

**This event is INCLUDED with your regular admission or membership thanks to community partnerships and donor support. **

Located in the Valley River Center.

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Thanks to Crosscultural Now for Spanish translation. Deep appreciation to Xana Newsletter edited by Lisa Milton.