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Putting it Together: Developing Healthy Bodies and Minds
Afterschool and youth development (AYD) professionals have a tremendous opportunity to present children and youth grades K-8 with afterschool and summer programs that nurture the whole young person. Join us for a jam-packed day of session topics from nutrition to movement to academics to emotional and social development that will help you shape your program and serve K-8th grade children and youth. Click here for more information!
Date: Thursday, March 4th Location: 10727 N. Newport Hwy.
Time: 9 am- 3 pm Contact: Contact: Sherrie M. Belt, sbelt@schoolsoutwashington.org, 206.336.6934 or 1.888.419.9300 (toll free in WA)
Children’s Investment Fund Training for Signature Gathering
This will be loaded with fun as we will provide dinner, do a brief training, and then invite everyone out to collect signatures throughout downtown during First Friday Art Walk. There will be many good people out and about looking at art and lots of opportunity to gather some signatures. We will collect signatures from 6-8pm and then regroup at Westminster for a 30 minute evaluation and Q&A. Thank you all so much and please try to attend if you could not make the last training.
Date: Friday, March 5th
Location: Westminster UCC (411 South Washington Street Spokane, WA 99204-2697)
Time: 5- 6 pm Contact: Contact: Spokane Alliance 532-1688, or info@spokanealliance.org
Cost: Free!
2010 Chase Youth Awards
Each year, the Chase Youth Commission honors our community’s outstanding youth, teens, and adults who are making a difference in our community or making positive choices. The purpose is show our youth we are proud of their actions and to feature them as community role models.
Award categories highlight strengths of character valued by our community including courage, community service, creativity, personal growth, leadership, and diversity. Both groups and individuals are eligible for recognition in each category. Awards are given in three age divisions: Elementary (grades K-6), Middle School (grades 7-8) and Teens (grades 9-12). In addition, the Jim Chase “Asset Builder” Award is given by youth to an adult who has gone above and beyond in bettering the lives of young people.
Over 2,000 individual youth and adult nominees are honored each year by our sponsors and elected officials at a ceremony held in March. All nominees receive a nomination ribbon and a certificate. In addition, award recipients in the Elementary, Middle School, Teen, and Adult divisions receive a medallion and letters of commendation. Top honorees are chosen by our community judges.
Date: Thursday, March 11
Location: Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 1001 W. Sprague, Spokane, WA
Time: 7 pm Elementary and Middle School Celebration – 5:30pm Teen and Adult Celebration – 7:30pm
Contact: contact Mike LeaderCharge at 625-6440
Cost: Free!
Newsong Youth Center Event Saturday March 13th will be our first event with 2 bands!! Should be exciting.. get the news out.. at 7pm is the place to be! Come see what God is doing and be part of the youth revival in Spokane!!!
Date: Saturday, March 13th
Location: 1829 E Mallon
Time: 7 pm
Contact: Karen Fournier, hearth.homes@comcast.net
Cost: Free!
“Celebrate Youth at the Y!”
The North Spokane YMCA is hosting a Youth and Community Leader Event. You are invited to experience and celebrate the talents of Spokane teens and learn about opportunities now offered at the YMC. Information will be available about partnering organizations as well as a chance to meet leaders and youth making a difference in our community. There will be musical performances by local teens, art on display from area schools, films produced and created by the YMCA Film Club, and FREE Food and door prizes!
Date: Thursday, March 18th
Location: 10727 N. Newport Hwy.
Time: 4-6pm
Contact: Christine Brischle 777.YMCA (9622) ext 415 or cbrischle@ymcaspokane.org
Cost: Free!
Compassion in Action
Presented by One Peace, Many Paths & the Universal Compassion Movement
Come to:
- Learn about some of the organizations in Spokane that need your help.
- Find a place to translate your compassion into volunteer action at the Showcase of Community Charities.
- Learn about even more great organizations in Spokane at the Volunteer Fair.
- Meet Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye, a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile and founder of the Universal Compassion Movement.
Date: Sunday, March 21st
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane
Time: 2- 5:30 pm
Contact: onepeacemanypaths@gmail.com
Cost: Free!
Underage Drinking Town Hall
Calling all parents, community leaders, and teens! Free opportunity to learn all about the dangers of underage drinking in your community! Be part of the solution! Topics will include: Alcohol’s effects on youth brain development, speakers with real life experiences, how alcohol companies target teens, and tips for parents. Also enjoy a free pizza dinner, puppet show, community resource booths and raffle!
Sponsored by Spokane Public Schools (GRAA)/ Grant to Reduce Alcohol Abuse and Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council (GSSAC)
Date: Tuesday, March 23
Location: West Central Community Center, 1603 N Belt St., Spokane
Time: 6-8 pm
Contact: Catherine, 509-354-7221
Cost: Free!
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Date: Thursday, March 25th
Location: Contract-Based Education, 115 S University, Spokane Valley
Time: 6-8 pm
Cost: Free!
Kick-Off Breakfast
Sponsored by Spokane Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (SPO-CAN) Council
7:30 AM, Awards ceremony, 7:30 AM honoring corporations and small
Businesses that promote family friendly practices and community Involvement.
8:00-10:00 Conference: Jonah Edelman, Stand for Children
Date: Friday, March 26
Location: Spokane Community College Lair
Time: 7:30 am- 10 am
Contact: Katie Kaiser, kaiserk@gonzaga.edu
Cost: $25
3rd Annual Homeownership Resource Fair
Sponsored by Community Frameworks
The focus of the fair is education and resource information for first time homebuyers and all those wishing to learn more about homeownership or purchasing a home. There will be door prizes, vendor demonstrations related to homeownership, and reusable shopping bag giveaways. Our vendors include Avista, Greenstone Homes, Washington Trust Bank, Banner Bank, Farmers Insurance, USDA, SNAP and many more.
Date: Saturday, March 27 from
Location: Spokane Arena Champions Room
Time:10 am-3 pm
Contact: Melody Kinkead, melodyk@communityframeworks.org
Cost: Free!
Earth Turners Convergence
Sponsored by the Youth Sustainability Council
Bored this Spring Break? Nothing to do? Want to make a difference? Be a part of something bigger this year at the Earth Turners Convergence: a series of workshops, projects, and fun events all focused on getting involved and making Spokane a more vibrant, sustainable city. This three-day session will be jam-packed with opportunities to meet the people making things happen in Spokane and become one of them yourself!
Workshops include: Organic Gardening 101, Re-Fashion Design with local designer Lexi Carr, What it takes to be an entrepreneur with Ben Cabildo, Rights-based Organizing with Brad Read and Kai Huschke of Envision Spokane…and many more practical skills, working sessions, and creative opportunities!
You can pick and choose workshops from the selection offered, but we urge you to try something new and sign up for the whole enchilada. You’ll save $15 and get to be a part of the whole experience, making new friends and having a great time for three days.
Date: Wednesday March 31- Friday April 2
Time: 7:30 am- 10 am
Contact: spokaneysc@gmail.com, www.yscspokane.wordpress.com
Cost: $5 per solo workshop or $52 for the full experience, scholarships are available.
First Friday Art Walk- “Transcendence Project”
Sponsored by Downtown Partnership, Spokane Arts Commission and Our kids: Our business
Matching young artists with private, non-profits serving children & families to create installations expressing the mission of the organizations; A project of Black Rabbit Magic and Spokane Riverspeak Art Collective
Date: Friday, April 2
Location: Downtown Spokane
Time: Night long event
Contact: Naaman Cordova-Muenzberg, naamanc@giin.org Or Jillian Foster, jillian@jillianfoster.org
Cost: Free!
First Friday Kids Art Fundraiser to Benefit Shaw Middle School Visual Arts Program
Kids Art Expression Activities & Silent Auction Hosted by the 2010 New Member Class of the Junior League of Spokane
On First Friday, local children and Shaw Middle School visual art students will exhibit their paintings for auction at Auntie’s Bookstore. Proceeds from the auction will be used to purchase much needed art supplies for the Shaw Middle School Visual Arts Program in Spokane.
All are invited to come have fun on Spokane’s First Friday at Auntie’s Bookstore. There will be face painting, kids music activities, story time, the Tooth Fairy, and more in addition to the art display and silent auction.
Family members have first priority for bidding on the 8 x 10 canvas paintings. Silent bidding begins at $15.00 and a “buy it now” option of $50 will be available. Need not be present to win.
Date: Friday, April 2
Location: Aunties Bookstore, 402 W Main Ave
Time: 5- 8 pm
Contact: Nancy Schmidt, nancy@clizer-schmidt.com, 509-599-3503
Cost: Free!
Learn How to Become a Foster Parent
Date: Tuesday, April 6 and Tuesday, April 20th at 10:00 am, April 27th at 4:30 pm
Location: Children & Family Services, 1313 N. Atlantic, Suite 200
Contact: 509-363-3473
Discussion of Our kids: Our business and Child Advocacy
Mary Ann Murphy
Executive Director, Partners with Families and Children
Chair, Council for Children and Families
Addy Hatch
City Editor, Spokesman Review
Date: Tuesday, April 6
Location: Gonzaga University Law School
Time: 6:00- 7:30 pm
“From Hope to Resilience “Complex Trauma & Social Emotional Learning: Pathways to Improving Academic Success”
Intensive 2-day training on complex trauma and social emotional learning to improve academic success. Conference participants will be exposed to intermediate level* information about the relationship between early, chronic negative life events, the impact of those on brain development, and effects on the ability to succeed in school.
Date: Wednesday and Thursday, April 7-8
Location: Red Lion Hotel at the Park
Contact: Roy Harrington, harri@wsu.edu
Cost: $180
American Red Cross Youth and Young Adult Corps Monthly Meeting
The Youth and Young Adult Corps is a volunteer program for high school students in and around Spokane. The Corps meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:30pm to plan volunteer projects they will complete with the other students involved in the Corps. If you are a high school student interested in volunteering please join us at the next meeting! More information about the Youth and Young Adult Corps can be found at http://www.spokaneredcross.org/vol_youth.html.
Date: Thursday, April 8th
Location: Inland Northwest Red Cross 315 W Nora Ave Spokane, WA 99205
Time: 6:30-7:30pm
Contact: Llewelyn Johnson at (509) 326-3330 x227 or JohnsonL@SpokaneRedCross.org
Cost: Free!
“Mock DUI Crash”
A simulated car crash to raise awareness of the impact of impaired driving by teens.
Sponsored by North Central SADD/WDFY Club and supported by local law enforcement and prevention partners
Location: North Central High School, 1600 N. Howard
Date: Thursday April 8
Time: 9am-11:15am
Contact: Chuck Filippini, charlesf@spokaneschools.org
Cost: Free!
Gonzaga University “Take Back the Night”
Date: April 8, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Jepson Wolff Auditorium
Breakfast of Champions “The Future is Now”
The Chase Youth Foundation Breakfast of Champions is an opportunity for our community to celebrate the accomplishments of youth in our community, honor those who serve youth, and to raise money to insure that these great efforts continue to move forward. Please mark this event on your calendar and join us in support of this important endeavor. Register for the Chase Youth Breakfast of Champions NOW!
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010
Location: The Lincoln Center, at 1316 N Lincoln
Time: 7:00 am- 8:30 am
Contact: The Foundation welcomes Table Captains and Sponsors. Please contact Chase Youth Foundation President Bryce Wilkinson at 509-353-7042 or bryce.wilkinson@usbank.com for more information.
Cost: Free! Donations encouraged
Rocky Horror Picture Show Fundraiser for Odyssey Youth Center
WHAT: This midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show is a fundraiser put on by Gonzaga Law School’s GSA-Outlaws for the benefit of Odyssey Youth Center (http://www.odysseyyouth.org/), which is the only LGBT youth center in the Spokane, WA area.
AGE: This is an adult showing, therefore anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the entirety of the show.
DISCLAIMER: Dressing up in costume is more than welcome (and possibly the best part about Rocky), but if you believe your costume might be questionable, then please contact the Garland Theater for their rules on appropriate dress. Public nudity will not be allowed and any person wearing a costume that the Garland Theater decides is not appropriate (i.e. exposes parts of the body that should be covered) may be refused entry and/or expelled from the theater. Public intoxication at the Garland will not be tolerated and anyone who is obviously intoxicated will be refused entry and/or expelled. Drinking is not allowed in the Garland Theater.
Date: Friday, April 9th
Location: Garland Theater, 925 W Garland Ave.
Time: 11:45 pm
Cost: $2 (to cover the licensing fee), but donations are highly recommended and greatly appreciated. PROP BAGS: available for $5
Safety Rally
April is sexual abuse awareness month and as a sexual abuse prevention activity, The Partnership at the Arc of Spokane is having its 10th annual SAFETY RALLY for middle and high students with developmental disabilities at the STA plaza. Spokane city council member Nancy McLaughlin is kicking off the Rally with our message “We ALL Deserve to be SAFE”.
Midge Rigsby, area special education educator will be recognized for her years of service to students as Partnership Community Service Award recipient. Students will be dancing to a live DJ and visiting community safety partner booths from area agencies and programs.
Date: Friday, April 9
Location: STA Plaza
Time: 11 am- 1 pm
Contact: tfears@arc-spokane.org
Cost: Free!
Workforce Development Youth Council
Formal open house for The Next Generation Zone
Date: Friday, April 9th
Location: Next Generation Zone
Time: 2-4pm
Contact:
Cost: Free!
Weaponizing Your Data: Lobbying So Legislators Will Hear You
The event will center on: a discussion about the legal lobbying boundaries for nonprofits and how to use data to inform policy makers, state-of-the-state discussion of key policy issues for children and families in Idaho, and A round-table discussion about the specific issues faced by children and families living in North Idaho (3:30-4:30).
Presenters: Jason Sabo, National Speaker, Lobbying/Political Strategy
LeAnn Simmons, Idaho Voices for Children
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Location: The Kroc Center
Time: 1-4:30
Cost: $5.00/person
Contact: Jessica Godderz at Jessica@kootenaiunitedway.org or 208/667-8112
Our kids: Our business Breakfast 2010
Changing the Future, Investing in Children and Families
Keynote Speaker: Jason Sabo “Jason gets the light bulbs to go off.”
Frontera Strategy
Date: April 14, 2010
Location: Coeur d’Alene Resort
Time: 8am-10am
Cost: $15/Person, $120 Table of 8
Contact: Caryl Johnston, caryl@kootenaiunitedway.org
Native American Junior High and High School Academic Challenge/Leadership Camp
Native American Youth in grades 7-12 are invited to a powerful 2 ½ day leadership/knowledge retreat. The weekend retreat is open to 10 teams of 8, contact your friends and register together. Submit your applications at the NATIVE Project. Learn about making responsible decisions, Indian culture and spirituality, prevention, cooperation, healing, having fun, developing a positive vision for the future and being a competitive team in areas of speech/ writing & sports trophies. Certificates and cash prizes will be awarded to the winning teams. Everyone will receive a prize. Learn to be a: “Warrior, Nurturer, Scholar and Community Activist.”
Date: Friday April 16th- Sunday April 18th
Location: Eastern Washington Bible Camp, Medical Lake
Time: 10am-2pm
Contact: Tara Dowd or Joe Dressler at the NATIVE Project, (509) 325-5502 or CYSinfor@NATIVEProject.org
Cost: $10
Spokane Public Library Clothesline Project & Book Display
Spokane Public Library Sexual Assault Awareness Month Clothesline Project and Book Display will be throughout the month of April at the downtown public library’s gallery and will include a display of t-shirts with stories from survivors of sexual assault in the Spokane community; there will also be a book and poster display highlighting awareness of sexual violence. Free information, resources, and bookmarks will be available. (343-5039)
Date: April 16th-30th, 2010
Location: Downtown Public Library
Get Lit!
Socially-Responsible Teaching with Janet Wong
Janet Wong will lead a workshop for K-12 teachers seeking to infuse lessons of social responsibility into the priceless educational tool of reading aloud. While being the most important practice in encouraging a child’s success in literacy, reading aloud also provides an opportunity for teachers to help children grow into compassionate, ethical citizens. Wong will also address the benefits of incorporating poetry into your classroom everyday. Janet Wong is the author of You Have to Write, a book engaging kids to writing, and Before it Wiggles Away, an autobiographical look at the writing process geared towards teachers.
Date: Friday, April 16th
Location: EWU Riverpoint, Phase 1 Building, room 115
Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Contact: http://outreach.ewu.edu/getlit/1271.xml
Cost: Free!
Get Lit!
K-12 Classroom Publishing Workshop
Ooligan Press, a graduate student-run press based at Portland State University, will be presenting a workshop based on the up-coming book Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers. Educators will learn how to inspire their students to not only write, but to send their writing out into the real world through publishing, whether it’s a blog, wiki, or actual book. The Press adheres to the philosophy that when students participate in the writing and publishing process from beginning to end, they become more engaged with their own writing.
Date: Saturday April 17th
Location: Hotel Lusso, 1 North Pst St.
Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Contact: http://outreach.ewu.edu/getlit/1271.xml
Cost: Free!
Get Lit!
College, Here I Come!- Essay Workshop With Rachel Toor
There are plenty of misconceptions about college admissions. This workshop is designed to help high school students be successful as they apply for colleges and scholarships. Learn how to clearly express who you are and what you are passionate about. Teachers and parents that wish to learn skills for guiding students through this process are welcome. Rachel Toor teaches creative nonfiction at EWU and is the author of three memoirs, including Admissions Confidential: An Insider’s Account of the Elite College Selection Process. She writes a monthly column for The Chronicle of Higher Education on issues in writing and publishing and previously worked in admissions at Duke University. She is a cum laude graduate of Yale University and holds an MFA from the University of Montana.
Date: Saturday April 17th Location: Location: Hotel Lusso, 1 North Post St.
Time: 9:30- 11:30 am
Contact: http://outreach.ewu.edu/getlit/1271.xml
Cost: $20/$30
Earth Day Spokane
Earth Day Spokane 2010 is all about celebration, action, caring, and pushing forward the bigger ideas of how to deal with climate instability, warming, Sixth Mass Extinction, Community Survival, and Neighborhood Development. We’ll look at the bigger picture for Spokane, but also, well look at how to make the APRIL 17 Saturday Earth Day Spokane, Taking it to the Streets, impossibly cool for this River City USA.
We’ll have performers, activities, organizations, and every sort of thing linked to Earth Day 2010 and other events connected to our community tied to celebrating and protecting the earth.
Date: Saturday, April 17
Location: Main St.
Time: All day festivities!
Contact: Molly Callen, mollycallen@hotmail.com Cost: Free!
Pinwheels in the Park
Hosted by Eastern Washington Association for the Education of Young Children
A time to celebrate children in our community! Please come explore the park with children and participate in fun activities and creative projects provided by EWAEYC. *In conjunction with: “Week of the Young Child” The Week of the Young Child 2010 is April 11th—17th. Early Years Are Learning Years™
Date: Saturday, April 17th
Location: Under the scenic picnic shelter at Franklin Park, 302 W Queen Ave and Division St.
Time: 10am-2pm
Cost: Free!
8th Annual Bear the Burden Auction/Fundraiser/Dinner
The Bear the Burden auction is our largest fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds benefitting camp STIX. The 8th annual Camp STIX auction will be April 17th at the Spokane Country Club, offering a warm and elegant atmosphere. The silent auction will begin at 5:00 pm with a buffet dinner at 6 and a live auction following. Special guests, camper testimonials, and skits help to make this a special and memorable event. Please join us for a magical evening benefiting Camp STIX.
Date: Saturday, April 17th
Location: Spokane Country Club
Time: 5:00 pm
Contact: http://www.campstix.org/events
Gonzaga University Our kids: Our business Awareness Week
During the week of April 19-24, 2010, events will be held across the Gonzaga entire to promote awareness for the Our Kids: Our Business campaign throughout the greater Spokane area.
Each day of the awareness week will be dedicated to promoting one of the five promises for healthy children.
Caring Adults: On Monday, April 19, Gonzaga’s Science Club will be putting on a Science Fair for the children and mentors of the university’s Center for Community Action and Service Learning after school mentoring program, Campus Kids. The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Foley Field and is based on the promise to provide Caring Adults.
A Healthy Start: On Tuesday, April 20, the Gonzaga’s Psychology Club will be showing a clip form the movie, Thirteen and facilitating a discussion afterwards from 6 to 8 p.m.
Opportunities to Serve : On Wednesday, there will be a Service Provider Fair comprised of representatives from Mentoring Children of Promise, Odyssey Youth, Peaceful Valley, Salvation Army, Vanessa Behan, Volunteers of America, and Wishing Star. The fair will take place from 6-8 p.m. in the WA/CA room of the COG and is dedicated to the promise to provide Opportunities to Serve.
Effective Education for Marketable Skills: On Wednesday, Human Trafficking Film and Panel Discussion
will be 5:30-8:30pm at the Jepson Wolf Auditorium*Limited Seating* 343-5092
Safe Places and Constructive Activities: On Thursday, April 21, Gonzaga’s Circle K Club will be handing out pinwheels at noon in front of Crosby with facts dedicated to the two goals, Safe Places & Constructive Activities and Effective Education for Marketable skills
Date: Monday, April 19- Thursday, April 22
Location: Gonzaga University
Contact: Molly Johnston, mjohnston@gonzaga.edu
Gang Violence Lecture
Date: Monday, April 19
Location: The Native Project, 1803 West Maxwell Avenue
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Contact: *Limited Seating* 343-5092
Cost: Free!
National Crime Victims Rights Week: Education/Prevention Resource Fair
We are reaching out to providers that work with victims of crime and provide crime prevention services in our community. This event is free and open to the public; it’s a great way for the Spokane Community to learn about your services.
Date: Monday, April 19
Location: The Community Building, First Floor Lobby, 35 West Main
Set-up: 9am-10am before the fair begins, light snacks are provided.
Time: 10am-2pm, lunch will not be provided.
Contact: Colene Bantz, 343-5092, cbantz@lcsnw.org Space is limited; please RSVP by 3/1/2010.
Cost: Free!
Only 15 spots available
Free Child Car Seat Check
Safe Kids Kootenai County will offer free car seat inspections April 19
Parents: Be certain your children are riding in safely-installed car seats at a free, upcoming safety inspection to be held in Hayden. A limited number of new car seats will be available to those who qualify for a minimum $5 donation. Kootenai Health, Safe Kids and Panhandle Health District are joining forces to host the outreach activity. Kootenai Health is the lead agency of Safe Kids Kootenai County, an all-volunteer organization dedicated to child safety.
Date: Monday, April 19
Location: Panhandle Health District office, 8500 N. Atlas Rd., Hayden.
Time: 1-4 pm
Cost: First come, first serve. Limited number of new car seats available to those who qualify for minimum $5 donation
Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children Training
A workshop for adults on how to prevent and help stop sexual abuse of children. Ruth Willford, an R.N. at Kootenai and program facilitator, will lead the program. The course is free but registration is required.
The workshop follows a national curriculum. Adults will learn about the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse. And they will be taught the most effective ways to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse.
Date: Monday, April 19
Location: Kootenai Medical Center
Time: 6-9 p.m
Cost: Free
Contact: Register online at www.kootenaihealth.org and click on Classes & Events or call 208-666-2030.
Spokane Scholars Foundation Banquet
18th Annual Banquet Honoring Spokane High School Senior Scholars with keynote speaker William Gates, Sr.
The Spokane Scholars Foundation is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to publicly recognize academic achievement among Spokane area high school seniors. SSF was created 18 years ago on the premise that acknowledging outstanding high school scholarly achievement in a public fashion serves notice to all students at all grade levels that academic success is held in high esteem by the community. At this year’s banquet 138 students, representing 25 area high schools (public and private) will be honored in one of six content areas: English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, World Languages and Fine Arts. Students are nominated by their high school principals, counselors, and teachers based on the student’s scholarly accomplishments: overall grade point average, grades in content area, test scores, awards and achievements, and letters of recommendation. Lou Rukavina, President of Spokane Scholars Foundation stated, “Due to the generosity of Spokane area professionals, businesses, and individuals over the past 18 years, we have distributed nearly $800,000 in grants to Spokane’s brightest high school seniors.
Date: Monday, April 19
Location: Spokane Convention Center
Time: 6 pm
Cost: Tickets for the banquet are $30.00 and are available by sending a check to the Spokane Scholars Foundation, PO Box 1278, Spokane, WA 99210 by Wednesday, April 14
Contact: (509)838-8568
Stalking Workshop
Date: Tuesday, April 20
Location: EWU Campus University Monroe Hall
Time:12- 3 pm
Contact: 343-5092
Cost: Free!
Eastern Washington University “Take Back the Night”
Date: April 20th, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Location: EWU—University Mall
Human Trafficking Film and Panel Discussion
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Location: GU Campus, Jepson Wolf Auditorium
Time: 30-8:30pm
Contact: *Limited Seating* 343-5092
Cost: Free!
Capstone Luncheon
Featuring keynote speeches from Gary Livingston, retiring as Chancellor of the Community Colleges of Spokane and Bill Robinson, retiring President of Whitworth University
Sponsored by Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, Spokesman-Review, United Way, Inland Northwest Alliance for Early Learning, SPO-CAN Council.
Table sponsors are welcome!
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Location: Convention Center
Time: 11:30-1:30
Contact: Janice Marich, janicem@unitedwayspokane.org
Cost: $30/ ticket, $400 for Sponsored Table
Human Trafficking Workshop
A series of specialized training programs intended to address the issue of human trafficking in Washington State. Intended to increase awareness of human trafficking among state, tribal and local law enforcement officials, human service workers and other first responders, the training program series was initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Location: Wenatchee Police Department, 140 South Mission, Wenatchee
Time: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Contact: Gabriela Ibarra at 509.854.2800 or gabriela@consejo-wa.org by April 19.
Cost: Free!
South Perry Spring Pick Up
This Earth Day, join one of the teams of community volunteers who will walk throughout the neighborhood picking up loose debris. Help cleaning South Perry, Grant Park and as many residential streets possible. Refreshments will be served and early event volunteers will receive a free commemorative t-shirt.
Date: April 22
Location: Emmanuel Family Life Center, 631 S Richard Allen Court, Spokane, WA 99202
Time: 2- 4 pm
Contact: www.eflc.org, info@eflc.org
Cost: Free!
“In Her Shoes”
Date: Thursday, April 22
Location: Whitworth Campus, University HUB
Time: 1- 3 pm
Contact: *Limited Seating* 343-5092
Cost: Free!
National Crime Victim’s Rights week- Candle Light Vigil
The Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Victim/Witness Unit invites you to join in a Candle Light Vigil remembering and honoring all victims of all crimes and acknowledging their decades-long struggle for justice.
Date: Thursday, April 22nd
Location: 1026 W Broadway Ave, Commissioner’s Hearing Room: Public Works Building, Lower Level
Time: 5:30 pm
Contact: Major Crimes/Gangs—Annette Ingham 477-3640; Major Crimes/Special Assault—Heidi Wehde 477-2888; Property—Dawn Aman 477-3681; Juvenile—Lory Miller 477.2525; Domestic Violence— Chanci Lopez 835-4550; Child Special Assault– Stephanie Widhalm 477-2802
Cost: Free!
Children Are Our Flowers
As the weather is beginning to warm are you thinking about working in the garden? Before you buy your plants, please consider supporting “Children Are Our Flowers” and purchase them from Plantland Nursery in the Valley (15614 E. Sprague). The weekend of April 23-25 in support of National Child Abuse Awareness month, Plantland will donate 10% of their green sales to Lutheran Community Services Northwest’s child abuse programs. Tell them you are there for “Children Are Our Flowers”!!!
Date: Friday, April 23rd- Sunday, April 25th
Location: Plantland Nursery, 15614 East Sprague Avenue Spokane Valley
Time:Business Hours
Contact: www.plantlandnursery.com , 509-922-7618
Hope Hustle 5K Charity Fun Run/Walk
Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Spokane Drug Endangered Children Program through GSSAC. The Lewis and Clark High School’s Washington Drug Free Youth Club (WDFY) members are sponsoring this event to help promote a healthy drug-free family activity while giving back to protect the children in our community. Their moto for the Hope Hustle is” Every Chance, Every Child, Every Day.”
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Location: Manito Park
Time: Race start time 9 am
Contact: Christine at 354-7023, christinem@spokaneschools.org or Cathy at 777-4405
TSAC (Teens Against Substance Abuse Campaign)
A project in which 7th & 8th grade students create Radio, TV, or Print advertisement with Drug Free messages. Last year a record number of students were involved and bigger numbers are expected this year! Deadline for entries is April 13th.
Date: Tuesday, April 27th
Location: SFCC Auditorium
Time: 6:30 pm
Contact: Chris Cody at cc@ad-gha.com
CHECK Yo Self Before You WRECK Yo Self
Central Valley High School will have an all school assembly April 28th at 12:55 just in time for prom. The presentation is by Dennis Mitchell www.yesyoucansucceed.com The event is put on by Washington Drug Free Youth a part of GSSAC.
Date: Wednesday, April 28th
Location: Central Valley High School
Time: 12:55 pm
Contact: Deanna Ristau, 228-5128, dristau@cvsd.org
Partners in Justice
A Sexual Assault Awareness Month event recognizing criminal justice officials, medical professionals, and community members who have provided excellent service to survivors of sexual assault will be on April 29 at 5:30pm. Gonzaga University Jepson Wolff Auditorium. Reception to follow. (343-5039)
Date: April 29, 2010
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Gonzaga University Jepson Wolff Auditorium
Topic: Manhole Cover Student Design Contest – Deadline: April 30, 2010
As part of the replacement of the manhole covers throughout the City of Spokane, the Spokane Arts Commission and the City of Spokane Wastewater Management invites all students age 18 and under to participate in an art-design contest to design new manhole covers for the City of Spokane. The manhole covers selected will be cast and used at the start of the 2010 summer. The selected artist(s) will receive $100 and their design on manhole covers throughout the City of Spokane for up to 50 years. Students interested in submitting a design are invited to download the prospectus below
Download File: Manhole-Cover-Student-Design-Contest.pdf (108410 bytes)
Date: Deadline is Friday, April 30th 2010 at 3 p.m. PST.
Location: All submissions should be sent to Manhole Cover Art Contest, Attn: Gary Kaesemeyer, City of Spokane, 909 E. Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202
Contact: Questions on the submission process or the project may be addressed to: Gary Kaesemeyer, City of Spokane Wastewater Management (509) 625-7909 or Karen Mobley, Arts Director, City of Spokane (509) 625-6050. Deadline is 2010 at 3 p.m. PST.
Kids Fish-IN at Clear Lake
An annual spring fishing event for kids is at Clear Lake in Spokane County. For $5, kids age 5-14 will get a t-shirt plus rod and reel to take home. Then the kids get a 45-minute shot at catching rainbow trout stocked off the beach. The 2010 Kids’ Fish-In is sponsored by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife with generous help from five area sportsmen and fishing clubs, the White Elephant stores and fishing manufacturers. Volunteers will rig rods for up to 1,000 kids who will fish in smaller groups assisted by their parents or guardians and event volunteers.
Date: Saturday, May 1
Location: Clear Lake, Fairchild Air Force Base Recreation Facility
Time: Time slots reserved; pre-register by April 15
Contact: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Office, 2315 N.
Discovery Pl. in Spokane Valley, (509) 892-1001, or download registration forms at http://www.gopaw.org/kids_fish-in_program
Cost: $5 for kids 5-14
Spokane is College Bound!
Attend this event to sign your 7th or 8th grade child for the COLLEGE BOUND SCHOLARSHIP! Eligible students could receive college tuition for up to four years! If your child is already signed up, attend this event to learn more about support services and preparing to access the scholarship.
Date: Saturday, May 1
Location: Spokane Falls Community College, Student Union Building, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr.
Time: 9 am- 12 pm
Contact: Keith Slim Tolagi 251-3787 or kslimtolagi@collegesuccessfoundation.org
Cost: Free!
Princess Party “Dream…Again”
A time to honor the princess in all of us. All princesses have dreams, goals, passion, desire and the need to accomplish something important in their lives. Wear your pretty dress and tiara. Everyone is invited to affirm the dreams, passions and goals of women and girls.
Date: Saturday, May 8
Location: Emmanuel Family Life Center 631 S Richard Allen Court Spokane, WA
Time: 3-5 pm
Contact: info@eflc.org 509-535-1645
Cost: Free!
Walk & Rock to benefit The Tears Foundation
The Tears Foundation would like to invite you, your family and your friends to their signature fundraising event, “Walk & Rock” on Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. at Riverfront Park (North Bank Shelter) in Spokane, Washington . The Tears Foundation provides financial assistance to help pay for babies’ funeral expenses and offers free ongoing emotional support and bereavement services. Since the organization began, it has assisted over 30 families in Eastern Washington. This is a community event where individuals form teams and collect pledges to “walk” at Riverfront Park and to “rock” in rocking chairs. Our goal is for each walker to raise $200 through sponsorship. To create your own donation page please go to http://www.firstgiving.com/tears. Each person must register. Registration fee is $10 and includes an event t-shirt. Please see our website at www.thetearsfoundation.org for more information or call 253-200-0944. Who will you walk for?
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Riverfront Park (North Bank Shelter)
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Contact: Stephanie Serventi – 253-200-0944
Cost: $10
Sage Memorial 5K White Rose Run
Please join us for Sage Memorial 5K White Rose Run on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Newport City Park in Newport, Washington. The event consist of a non-competitive and a timed chipped (managed by Across the Line Timing) competitive 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk for adults at 8:00 am. In addition there will be two separate children’s runs, Sage’s Dash, age 5 and younger at 7:30 am; ages 6-12 at 7:35 am. Silk roses to place on memorial wall in memory of a child, with donation. Learn how to sponsor a Rose Mile Marker at: http://www.sagememorial5k.com. Register on line at www.active.com. Early registration $10. Day of Event registration fee is $25.For more information, please call Cindy at 509-671-3326. Proceeds benefit Northwest Infant Survival and SIDS Alliance (NISSA).
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Location: Newport City Park, Newport WA 99156
Time: Sage Dash for Kids-7:30 am 5K/Walk/Strollers-8:00 am
Contact: Cindy Campbell, 509-671-3326
Cost: Early Registration: $10 Day of Event: $25
