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FamilyGuide 2013 Education Activities Health Shop Local Community An AnnualIn Spokane Resource & FREEForN. Idaho Families 2013 Family Guide Editor/Publisher Charity Bagatsing [email protected] Find us on facebook: nwfamilyfunguide 509.928.9664 Layout & Design Elizabeth Casteel [email protected] www.flowerchilddesigns.com Activities ...................... 7 Education .................39 509.928.3342 Health ........................14 Shop Local ................42 Jr. Editor & Distribution Manager Community ...............24 Joellen Doyl Head Photographer On the Cover: Itallia Ad Index Kelly Quashnik Creatively Yours Photography American West Bank .............................................. page 42 Morning Star Boys Ranch ..................................... page 32 www.creativelyyoursphotography.net Asea ............................................................................ page 22 nwwoman.com ........................................................ page 22 Catholic Dioscese School District ....................... page 30 Planet Beach Contempo Spa ................................ page 18 Ceour d’ Alene Tribe .........................................back cover Platinum Limo ......................................................... page 11 Thank You to Our Guest CHER Babysitting Basics ..................................... page 14 Power Woman Networking ................................... page 35 Photographers Creatively Yours Photography .............................. page 24 Rogers Ice Cream & Burgers ................................ page 44 Pennie Collinson, CDA Photography Delivery Boy ............................................................. page 42 Second Chance Ranch ........................................... page 11 www.cdaphoto.com Dids Pizza & Froyo ................................................. page 23 Skyhigh Sports ......................................................... page 13 Family Fun Fair ...........................................................page 7 Sleep Dentistry of Spokane ................page 16 & page 19 Peggy Rushing Mattfeld Family Guide ............................................................ page 46 Southside Montessori School ............................... page 39 Golden Vision Photography Feel Better Fitness ................................................... page 22 Speed of Light Computer Solutions.................... page 42 Flowerchild Designs ............................................... page 13 Spoelstra Family Chiropractic ............ page 35 & page 8 www.goldenvisionphotography.com Froyo Earth............................................................... page 45 Spokane County Library District ........................ page 41 Funflicks .......................................................................page 3 Spokane District 81 .......................................... page 26-27 Veronica Evans, Fossa Studios Girl Scouts ...................................................................page 9 Spokane Grapevine................................................. page 33 www.fossastudio.com Hand to Hand Combat .......................................... page 12 Spokane Indians Baseball .........................................page 6 Holy Names Music Center .................page 10 & page 47 Spokane Teacher’s Credit Union ......................... page 28 The 2013 Family Guide is a 501-C3 Nonprofit International Experience ....................................... page 24 Spokane/CDA Day & Night Out ........................ page 43 Corporation. Our mission is to strengthen and Island Inn .....................................................................page 2 Steelhead Bar and Grill .......................................... page 46 support families, educators, outreach workers, Just Between Friends .............................................. page 46 Step Up and Go ....................................................... page 18 community volunteers and advocates in Spokane Karmony Salon ....................................................... page 44 Susie Q’s Lipomassage ........................................... page 20 and N. Idaho. We carry out this mission through Kelly Elkins .............................................................. page 25 Sylvan Learning ....................................................... page 41 an annual parenting guide. It is a FREE directory Kid Smile Dental ..................................................... page 21 The Dance Center of Spokane .............................. Page 31 designed to provide families with school age Lemongrass Spa ....................................................... page 42 The Fieldhouse Pizza & Pub ................................. page 46 children, a list of parenting programs, support Main Market Co-op ................................................ page 45 Tina Marie Bishop .................................................. page 24 Mobius ...................................................................... page 10 Valley Massage Clinic ............................................. page 17 groups and resources available in the community. I LOVE MY SCHOOL CONTEST! Hey Kids, This is your chance to help out your school! For children 2nd grade and under -- draw us a picture of why you love your school. For children 3rd grade and up -- give us 10 reasons why you love your school. All entries will be displayed at Skyhigh Sports located at 1322 E Front Ave, Spokane, WA 99202. Two winners will each receive a Family Pass from Skyhigh Sports and a $20.00 gift certificate from Froyo Earth Frozen Yogurt and their school will receive a $599.00 Movie Night Package from Funflicks! Don’t delay and get your entries in today! Deadline is May 31, 2013 The first 20 entries will receive a $10.00 certificate from Froyo Earth Frozen Yogurt. Include your name, age, number and email. Please mail entries to: Family Guide Contest 10922 E. 47thAve. Spokane Valley, WA 99206 Contest applies to kids ages 12 and under. Winner will be contacted by June 10, 2013. Find Otto the Mascot! “Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the Indians, If they don’t win it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, At the old ball game.” Otto the world’s only Spokaneasaurus is hiding somewhere in the pages of the 2013 Family Guide! Last year over 180,000 fans visited him at the Avista Stadium. Otto is sponsored by Webster University. For more information about the Spokane Indians Baseball Club please visit www.spokaneindiansbaseball.com Readers who correctly identify the page where Otto the mascot is hiding will be eligible to meet Otto the mascot at a game this summer! Two Contest Winners will receive: • 4 Upper Box Seats to a Spokane Indians game during the 2013 season • 4 t-shirts, 4 hats, 4 baseball, and the opportunity to meet OTTO the Mascot at a 2013 game. Are You Ready To Join The Search? Send us a letter that says: Dear Family Guide, I found Otto the Mascot on page #________! Please include your name, address and phone number on the card and mail to: Otto the Mascot Contest 10922 E. 47th Ave., Spokane Valley, WA 99206 The drawing will be held on June 3, 2013. So grab a pen, start looking for Otto and get your entries in! activities Girl Scouting’s Relevance for Girls Today Written by Susan Joseph Nielsen For more than a century Girl Scouts have been place. Girl Scouts is the preeminent leadership blazing a trail for girls and women in leadership, development organization for girls, the leading rier for girls of all backgrounds. financial literacy and teamwork, technology and authority on girls’ healthy development and is Today’s girls represent humanity’s greatest un- innovation (such as STEM careers), environmen- working with girls and women to transform the tapped talent pool. Girl Scouts has specific out- tal leadership, healthy living and the voice of girls. leadership landscape for girls into the next cen- comes that make up the Girl Scout Leadership Girl Scouts Eastern Washington and Northern tury. Girl Scouts celebrated a centennial during Experience. Through the Leadership Experience, Idaho (GSEWNI) serves nearly 8,200 girls and 2012 with events held throughout the year and girls learn to discover self, connect with others, 2,600 adult volunteers in a region encompassing our council region. take action through service and become leaders. 67,000 miles that includes 20 counties in central and eastern Washington and 10 counties in Transformational Leadership What Are YOU Waiting For? northern Idaho. We know that transformational leadership begins in girlhood. Eight out of 10 Girl Scout JOIN NOW! GSEWNI has troops available for girls in grades The Girl Scout Mission alumnae attributed their personal and profes- K-12. There are many ways to get involved and Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confi- sional success to Girl Scouting. There are 59 mil- stay involved in Girl Scouting. From Daisies to dence and character who make the world a better lion Girl Scout alumnae and many thousands in Ambassador Girl Scouts, and from the Cookie our council region. Join the ranks of Girl Scout Program to international travel, Girl Scouts are alumnae by registering at www.gsewni.org. Some ready for adventure and ready to be tomorrow’s of America’s most accomplished women in pub- leaders. lic service, are Girl Scout alumnae (Condoleezza Our council is seeking adult volunteers