VOL. 8 APRIL/MAY 2019 WHAT'S NEW IN "FIN"LAND In this issue: WILL SPRING EVER GET HERE? Upcoming Events I LOVE Spring!! All the new growth: green grass and hills, Embracing Culture flowers blooming in an array of bright colors. The days start Autism Spectrum to get longer and warmer. It just makes me feel like a kid again. In this edition, we will have an article about the Easter Egg Hunts Autism Spectrum as well as an article regarding Foster Care Month and some upcoming events. I hope you find the Foster Care Month newsletter worth reading. Word Search I hope you all have the best Spring ever! Puzzle Leona Upcoming Events April 2019 APRIL is: *PCV/MANDATORY REPORTING CAR SEAT National Poetry Month, TRAINING Guitar Month, Humor Month, APRIL 10, 2019 Autism Awareness Month, 8:30 TO 4:00 PM Cancer Control and Occupational Therapy Month 1020 W. RIVERSIDE AVE. Animal Cruelty Prevention Month, Books to Brighten Young Minds Months, FIN ROOM 7 Community Spirit Month, LUNCH INCLUDED Confederate History Month, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RSVP Couple Appreciation Month, LEONA # 509-309-3450 OR International Customer Loyalty Month, [email protected] International Legacy Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, *PCV/MANDATORY REPORTING CAR SEAT Lawn and Garden Month, TRAINING - MOSES LAKE Mathematics Education Month, APRIL 17, 2019 National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month, 8:30 TO 4:00 PM National Pet First Aid Awareness Month, National Poetry Month, 831 COLONIAL AVE. MOSES LAKE National Self-Publishing Month, LUNCH INCLUDED National Smile Month, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RSVP National Youth Sports Safety Month, LEONA # 509-309-3450 OR Pets Are Wonderful Month, [email protected] School Library Month, Spring Break Month, *SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS - FREE Straw Hat Month, APRIL 25, 2019 - THURSDAY World Habitat Awareness Month 1:30 TO 3:00 PM EHF EVENT CENTER 1 April Fool's Day 1 International Tatting Day 1020 W. RIVERSIDE AVE. 5 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday SPOKANE, WA 14 Palm Sunday LEONA # 509-309-3450 OR 15 Income taxes due [email protected] 15 Patriot's Day Third Monday 19 Good Friday *PCV PROVIDER MEETING 19 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days. APRIL 24TH @ 1:30-3:00 PM 21 Easter Sunday EHF EVENT CENTER 22 Earth Day (U.S.) 1020 W. RIVERSIDE AVE. 25 Administrative Professionals Day (formerly "Secretaries Day" - date varies) 25 Take Your Daughter to Work Day (4th Thursday of the Month) 26 Arbor Day (always the last Friday in April) Community Events - April 2019 *GED & High School Completion Classes *First Monday Network for Spokane Mon., April 1, 4-8 p.m. Entrepreneurs $10.00 Deer Park Library208 Forest St., Mirabeau Park Hotel1100 N. Sullivan Rd., Students receive instruction in math, science, Spokane Valley social studies, writing, and more. Classes are A networking event held the first Monday of the tailored to the individual, allowing students to month (5:30-7:15 pm), hosting sponsors and complete studies at their own pace. For more speakers who can help business owners and information and to enroll, call 509-533-4600. entrepreneurs in taking their business to the next Spring Quarter is April 1-Jun 14. 533-4600 level. 208-640-1331 *ALSO:GED & High School Completion Classes Cheney Library 610 First St., Cheney *LifeRing Secular Recovery Meetings Call same number as above The Delaney Apartments TV Room 242 W. Riverside Ave. *Showing Up for Racial Justice The secular nonprofit provides peer-run addiction Community Building recovery groups offering support and assistance 35 W. Main Ave., Spokane to people seeking to recover from alcohol and Join PJALS and members of the community to drug addiction, and also assists partners, family continue our work fighting white supremacy, members and friends of addicts or alcoholics. It is supporting racial justice organizing led by an abstinence-based recovery program with people of color, and deepening our three fundamental principles: sobriety, secularity understanding of race locally. and self empowerment. Meets second and fourth Thursday of the Meets Mondays from 7-8 pm 707-304-1947 month,5:30-7 pm. 232-1950 *Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Information *Second Harvest Food Sorting Night Lutheran Community Services Second Harvest Food Bank 210 W. Sprague, Spokane 1234 E. Front Ave., Spokane An information night for anyone interested in Join other volunteers to sort and pack produce becoming a foster family for refugee youth. and other bulk food items for delivery to local LCSNW is looking for families who want to emergency food outlets. Ages 14+. provide a loving and caring environment for these Shift dates and times vary, sign up online. refugee youth coming to the U.S. Second Tuesday 252-6267 of the month, from 5:30-7:30 pm. 381-4945 Community Events Continued - April 2019 *Community Cooking Classes *Introducing Alternatives to Suicide: A New FREE Approach to Crisis Second Harvest Food Bank Wed., April 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 1234 E. Front Ave., Spokane Downtown Spokane Library 906 W. Main Ave., The Kitchen at Second Harvest provides nutrition This event is open to the general public information, scratch cooking skills, budgeting, interested in the latest research and prevention and more. Free hands-on cooking classes in the of suicide. Individuals who identify as suicide kitchen teach low-income families how to attempt survivors and/or people who've struggled prepare nutritious meals while making optimal with thoughts of suicide are encouraged to use of their limited resources. See website for attend. 324-2025 dates and times; typically meets Tue and Wed from 5:30-7 pm. *5th International Conference on Hate Studies 252-6249 Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center 702 E. Desmet Ave., Spokane - East Community *Protection Order & Safety Planning Clinic This year's theme is "Building Peace through Lutheran Community Services Kindness, Dialogue, and Forgiveness." Events 210 W. Sprague, Spokane include live performances, presentations, A confidential clinic for those who have or are documentary screenings and more. April 2-4; see experiencing non-intimate partner domestic complete schedule online. 313-3665 violence, harassment, assault, sexual assault, stalking, biased/hate crime or vulnerable adult abuse and who feel they may need formal, legal *Mommy and Me Lapsit protection from the abuse or harassment, or Deaconess Hospital 500 W. Fifth Ave., Spokane want help with a safety plan. Tuesdays at 11 am. Track your little one’s growth with weight checks 343-5060 at this twice-monthly meetup with other new moms. Monthly on the first and third Wednesday, *Hearts of Gold: Cardiac Patient Support Group from 1-2:30 pm. 473-BABY St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute 711 S. Cowley St., Spokane If you are a cardiac patient or a family member looking for emotional support, ideas and information from others who understand what you're going through, this is the group for you. Meets at second floor of St. Luke's on the second Tuesday of each month, from 5:30-7 pm. 509-622-2912 Community Events Continued - April 2019 *Spokane Community Observance of the *Diverse Voices Writing Group Holocaust: Student Art Exhibit Spark Central Gonzaga University School of Law 1214 W. Summit Pkwy., Spokane 721 N. Cincinnati St., Spokane A writing group for all experience levels that The Spokane Community Observance of the supports and elevates diverse voices. This program Holocaust committee is displaying art submitted is free thanks to community support. Join us for by middle school and high school students Diverse Voices on the first Thursday of each month competing in our annual contest. This year's at 5:30 pm. 509-279-0299 theme is "Speaking Up for the Other." April 2-15, Mon-Fri from 8 am-6 pm. 747-3304 *Family Dance and Potluck St. John's Cathedral *Drop In & Science 127 E. 12th Ave., Spokane Spark Central Learn easy circle, line, folk dances and contras at 1214 W. Summit Pkwy., Spokane this monthly event. No experience or partner Spark's resident mad scientist shares needed. All dances taught by Susan Dankovich, with experiments from the gross to the glorious, live music by Whirl'd Peas. First Friday of the month inspiring a sense of wonder. All ages are from 6:30-8 pm. 533-995 welcome, but children under 6 years old should be accompanied by an adult willing to *10th Annual Community Multi-Cultural Faire participate with them. Third Saturday of the Sat., April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. month from 3-4:45 pm 279-0299 Lakes Middle School, 930 N. 15th St., Coeur d'Alene Festival, Music Events & Concerts, Food & Drink *Fort Party FREE This event celebrates cultures from around our Sat., April 13, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. community through authentic ethnic food, music, Spark Central1214 W. Summit Pkwy., Spokane artifacts and crafts. Food and drinks are available Team up with friends to build the fort of your for purchase. 208-659-0192 dreams, then play inside the structure you've built. Learn to plan, collaborate and engineer in *Prevent Fraud & Identity Theft a fun, whimsical way. Sign up online. Wed., April 10, 6-7 p.m. Grades K-3. Argonne Library 509-279-0299 4322 N. Argonne Rd, Millwood Spokane Valley Be proactive. Learn how to protect your hard- *Free State Park Days earned money from predators and scams. Sat., April 20, Mon., April 22 and Sat., June 1 Registration required at stcu.org/workshops.509- Summer Guide 893-8260 All Washington State Parks are open for day use without needing to show a Discover Pass; includes access locally to Riverside, Mt. Spokane and Palouse Falls state parks. Community Events continued - April 2019 *Into the Arctic *Round Dance at North Idaho College Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Sat., April 13, 1-5 p.m.