News, Events and Highlights
Kindergarten Transition: Easing Anxious Hearts and Minds
Spring is here and that means kindergarten registration is upon us! For some kids the very idea of kindergarten can cause anxiety. When I taught preschool, I noticed children became a bit apprehensive or fearful when we talked about kindergarten-readiness. After all,...
read moreMr. Dabbs’ Fifth Grade Class Sacrifice for Others Every fall for the past 6 years, My Dabbs’ mentions the subject of charity and giving back to his incoming 5th Grade class at Washington Elementary in Mount Vernon. He offers the class relevant information and asks...
read moreYou are the Change
Every April as the tulips are set to bloom United Way staff, Board Members, business and non-profit partners, local government officials and community leaders convene at the Swinomish Lodge. We come together to celebrate our collective success, recognize key partners...
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Managing the Mealtime Madness
Have you heard about Parent Café? Parent Café is every Friday from 11:30-12:30pm at Anna Marie’s Bakery in Mount Vernon. Janna, a home visiting nurse with Nurse Family Partnership, and I, meet with pregnant moms and parents with young kids. The great thing about these...
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Skagit Change Maker Award
The nominee will be recognized at the inaugural Population Health Trust "State of Skagit's Health" symposium on May 2nd, 2019. Terry Belcoe’s action-oriented, boundary-crossing and solution-focused community work inspired the Skagit Change-Maker Award....
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Part 2: Serve and Return
In the Valentine’s Day Blog, I described secure parent-child attachment behaviors. I was reflecting on that blog and felt like there is a part two to that message. I would guess that most parents can recall a moment (or moments) where they have failed to read their...
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