"Last Saturday" Special Needs Matinee

On the last Saturday of each month, the North Bend Theatre is proud to offer a Special Needs Movie matinee for families with children with special needs.  The next matinee is Saturday, April 24, 11 am - 1pm. 

The lights in the auditorium will be on and the volume will be lowered to make this an event the entire family can enjoy.  $5.00/person. Location: North Bend Theater, 125 Bendigo Boulevard North, North Bend. Phone: 425.888.1232

By Beth Angelo
Chairperson, LWSD PTSA Special Needs

Hot off the press! Toys 4 Tots!

Hot off the press!

Any child that receives any kind of benefits from DSHS (Food Assistance, Medical Assistance, Cash Grant, Child Care) can receive a toy from the Toys 4 Tots Program.

Families can go to a DSHS office between 9:00am and 4:00pm on the date listed below to receive a toy.

Monday December 21, 2009

King North CSO: 907 NW Ballard Way Seattle, WA

Auburn CSO: 810 28th NE Auburn, WA

White Center CSO: 9650 15th Ave SW Seattle, WA
 
by Beth Angelo
Chairperson for the LWSD PTSA Special Needs Group

Volunteers Needed to Work With Children in Schools

My Lunch Buddy, Dallas

LINKS (Looking Into the Needs of Kids and Schools) is a volunteer program of the Lake Washington School District (LWSD).

With the school year well underway, the need for LINKS mentors, academic support and Lunch Buddies in our schools is growing.  LINKS has 70 open requests for academic and social mentors district wide.

Do you have one hour each week to act as positive role model?  If so, LINKS has a place for you!
To learn more about how you can help, contact Nanci Wehr at links@lwsd.org  or (425) 702-3410.

Nanci Wehr
LINKS Program, LWSD
425-702-3410
links@lwsd.org

*photo of Dallas on BMX bike approved by parent

LWSD PTSA Special Needs Group

"If you would like to be part of the LWSD PTSA Special Needs Group email distribution list, please contact the Chairperson, Beth Angelo 4bangelo3@verizon.net  and she will add you to this private list. You will then receive resource and meeting info emails."

posted by Bob Yoder

UPDATED: Scoutmaster mom writes about successfull Cub Scout food drive

On March 14th the Sammamish Trails District of the Boy Scouts of America collected over 20,000 items for the Redmond and Kirkland food banks. Annually this event, known as Scouting for Food, makes an important impact for communities across the country. This year with hard economic times upon us the need is even greater. The Sammamish Trails District had over 300 Scouts with the assistance of over 200 adults collect this food in just one day. Most importantly the Scouts would like to thank our friends and neighbors for making these donations that made this event a success.

For more information about Boy Scouts contact the Sammamish Trails District Chair, Lisa Wylie at 425 868-5104. How to Join Scouting!

CUB SCOUT PACKS 591 AND 557 had a busy food drive for Hopelink!


Bob,

The photos above are from our Cub Packs (557 and 591) as we collected our items, sorted and delivered to HopeLink.

The Redmond and Kirkland Cubs and Boy Scouts participated. Cub Scout Packs 591 (Redmond) & 557 (Kirkland) put flyers out the first weekend in March and collected the donated food the 2nd weekend in March. They then sorted the food into bags of 10 items (for ease of counting) and we deliver them to the local food banks (in Redmond's case we deliver to Hopelink across from Jack in the Box). The Boy Scout Troops take shifts and sort out the donated food into the food bank designated areas for local families to use.

Thanks!
Paige
Cub ScoutMaster Pack 591

ATTN: Eastside Cub and Boy Scout troups and prospective scouts.

Meeting places and contacts for all Eastside troops in the Sammamish Trails District are here! And....

Redmond Parks & Recreation has teamed up with the professional naturalist staff Nature Vision Inc., a local nature education non-profit organization, to offer scouting organizations a way to use Redmond parks for scouts to get badge work accomplished. The following is a list of offered programs.

• Animal Science, Farrel-McWhirter Park
• Bird Study, Redmond Watershed Park
• Environmental Science, Redmond Watershed Park
• Fish and Wildlife Management, Idylwood Park
• Forestry, Redmond Watershed Park
• Mammal Study, Redmond Watershed Preserve loot
• Nature, Redmond Watershed Preserve
• Soil and Water Conservation, Farrel-McWhirter Park

Cost: $125
Group Size: Up to 30 children with a minimum of 2 adults
Age: 1st-6th graders. Program Length: 1 hour
Scout groups may register for any of these Scout Link programs by visiting http://www.naturevision.org/ or by calling 425-836-2697.