“ Hi! I want this meetup so that I can meet other homeschool families and share ideas and homeschool life with. ”

“ I want to meet great friends and share support for each other. I want my children to be social and meet great friends. I want this to be a great experience for my whole family and familys we meet. ”

“ Hi I have been homeschooling my four children for the past 3 years & would love to network with other home schoolers in the area. My personal needs are a more structured (not sky rocketed cost) PE program for my children. I am will help where I can! ”

“ We are moving to the Amanda in Aug. Iam so excited abou this group and would love to be involved as much as possible. I will start homeschooling my children 4 and 6 starting fall 2009! I hope to meet of other parents that will share all their ideas. ”

“ We just moved to Ohio from Michigan and I would like to meet other homeschool families in my new area. ”

“ Would love to meet up with others who are homeschooling teens who would like to play competitive sports through high school. ”

“ Hello, We are new to homeschooling and looking to get connected with other families! Pam ”

“ I want to meet other people near where I live who share my interests. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to meet other Sonlighters. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am just getting started and would like some support from other parents who are homeschooling, as well as, my children having the opportunityto make friends with other children in the homeschooled environment. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I plan to homeschool our children. I would like to meet and get to know some people that are already doing it. I don't have a background with it so meeting some experienced people would definitely be a comfort. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I would like to interact with other homeshcool mom's and for my children to begin prosperous relationships with other children who school at home! ”

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“ Love museums, love art, love spending my days off at parks and museums of all kinds. I work almost all the time and am new(ish) to the area so I am trying to use meetup to make some more local friends. ”

“ I want local Homeschool Meetups because I am homeschooling my special needs grandson who desperately needs some friends... ”

“ I want local Homeschool Meetups because support and new ideas. ”

“ Hi everyone. My name is Katherine. I have a 8 year son, and a 5 year old daughter. I have been homeschooling for 3 years, with Ohio Virtual Academy, and we love it. ”