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Special Olympics seeks athletes |
If you are a child or adult with intellectual disabilities and would like to be on a team, play sports, compete or just have fun, why not join Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ). SOAZ has teams throughout the state of Arizona or you can work with your family, friends, school, day program or local park district to start a new team. If you are interested and need assistance, e-mail athlete outreach coordinator Deb Randazzo, at Deborah@ SpecialOlympicsArizona.org or call 602-230-1112. Summer Camp Fair set for Feb. 25 Raising Arizona Kids Magazine’s 9th annual Camp Fair has everything parents need to plan their child’s summer. The 2012 Camp Fair will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Tesseract Middle and Upper School campus in Phoenix. The event is free and open to the public. Day and overnight camps from Arizona, throughout the Southwest and across the country will be represented. Families can meet with camp staff and directors, pick up registration information, ask questions and figure out which camps are best suited to their child’s interests and their family’s budget. Tesseract Middle and Upper School is located at 3939 E. Shea Blvd. The 2012 Camp Fair, sponsored by Raising Arizona Kids magazine and Tesseract School, complements the magazine’s Overnight Camp and Day Camp special issues, featured respectively in the March and April issues. For more information, call 480-991-KIDS (5437) or visit www.campfairaz.com.
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Rancho Solano hosts Open House |
Join the principal, teachers, parents and students at Rancho Solano Private School, Missouri Campus, for tours of the campus during an Open House on Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Families who attend should expect to have a personalized experience, talk with parents who currently have their child enrolled and meet students,” says Sheryl Schmidt, Rancho Solano’s principal. The campus continues its 58-year tradition of educating preschool to eighth-grade students in an intimate, family-oriented environment. Offering a compulsory strings program that begins in first grade and a foreign language education beginning in preschool, the non-sectarian private school defines well-rounded education that creates critical thinkers in a classroom that is no larger than 20 students. The campus is located at 240 W. Missouri Ave. Contact Schmidt at 602-274-4124 to reserve your spot for the event. For more information, visit www.ranchosolano.com.
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Build-A-Bear seeks ‘Huggable Heroes’ |
Build-A-Bear Workshop is searching for the 2012 Huggable Heroes class. This group will be made up of inspiring young leaders who have a commitment to serve, help others, and make a difference in their community. Kids, ages 8 to 18, can be nominated through Feb. 27 by visiting buildabear.com/huggableheroes. Ten winners will each receive a prize worth $10,000 ($7,500 in the form of an educational scholarship from Build-A-Bear Workshop and $2,500 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation to be donated to the charity of their choice). The new Huggable Heroes also will each receive a trip for themselves and one parent, or legal guardian, to St. Louis, home of Build-A-Bear Workshop World Bearquarters, where the winners will be celebrated for their work, participate in a photo shoot, and take part in a community service project. To read the stories about the Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes and learn more about the program, visit buildabear.com/huggableheroes.
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