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October 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Halloween Party

The Halloween Party was super fun.. Everyone had a great time. We collected tons of food for the Youth and Family Services.

Thank you to all the helpers that came to support us.

Added by Tina Jackson on October 31, 2010 at 8:47am — 3 Comments

This site has amazing resources for kids. Here is a link to the page with a whole bunch of kid friendly games from learning about recycling, cyber bullying, safe internet use, and more. It is really cool. http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/funstuffArchives.html#games : Here is one of their tip sheets for kids, and you will find a game corresponding to it.… Continue

Added by MeLisa Turcott Strongheart on October 29, 2010 at 12:01pm — No Comments

progress on community service explorations

Talked with Mercer Island Youth and Family Services. Got names of three more people there to call about volunteering for programs and projects. Left voicemail and waiting to hear back.

Same at UW: waiting to hear back about Combined Fund Drive volunteer work.

In the meantime, am making my own contributions to the Combined Fund Drive (there are over 2000 organizations that you can donate to through this university fund drive). It's easy: comes out…

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Added by Jan Eveleth on October 24, 2010 at 12:27pm — 1 Comment

Humza's Essay on "Why I want to try out to be a Jido"-- way to go Humza!!!!

Added by MeLisa Turcott Strongheart on October 16, 2010 at 3:13pm — 1 Comment

serving the community

First thanks to all who offered suggestions for community service and letting me know what they did to prepare for their blackbelts. All very inspiring!

Here's where I am in my community service quest: I opted to reach out to an organization that I think does wonderful work for the community: MIYFS. They were an instrumental resource for me when I was looking for resources for my elderly father. That email was sent over a week ago and there's been no response…

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Added by Jan Eveleth on October 12, 2010 at 5:35pm — No Comments