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<br />We NEED Supplies! <br /> <br />To help cut down on our program expenses, we are <br />looking to our supporters to help provide these items. <br />We are currently in need of the following: <br /> <br />. Sports Equipmetit - ice skates, hockey sticks, pucks, <br />basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, kick balls, bats, <br />softballs, fishing poles, parachute <br /> <br />. Healthy Snacks* - granola bars, juice boxes, fruit cups, <br />applesauce, fruit snacks, Chex mix. <br /> <br />. Video Game Systems - PS2, XBOX, Wii (and appropriate <br />non-violent games) <br /> <br />'. Electric Pencil Sharpener.s (3) <br /> <br />. Magazine/Newspaper Subscriptions. ESPN, National <br />Geographic, Time, NE;!wsweek, People, Sports <br />Illustrated, Star Tribune <br /> <br />. NEW School Supplies - multi-s.ubject notebooks, 3-ring <br />binders, compa~es, protractors, scientific calculators, <br />handheld pencil sharpeners, scissors, pencil bags <br /> <br />. Paint & Painting Supplies for the Ramsey neighborhood <br />center <br /> <br />· Some supporting organizations have put a Youth First "snack <br />box" in their bre~k room/lobby askIng people to. bring in <br />healthy snack packs fOJ'our programs. <br /> <br />MIDWEST CAR CARE CHALLENGES OTHER <br />LOCAL BUSINESSES <br /> <br />. last summer Midwest Car Care contacted us and wanted to <br />do something special and "fun for. the kids" at the Ramsey <br />Neighborhood Center. They sponsored two special summer <br />activities - we brought in Underwater Adventures and the <br />Northern Clay Center. <br /> <br />This year they would like to issue a challenge to ANOKA and <br />ANDOVER businesses to do the same for the youth at the' <br />Anoka and Andover Neighborhood Centers! <br /> <br />Businesses can choose from a variety of programs such as <br />these: <br /> <br />$250 - Northern Clay Center, Underwater Adventures, Mad <br />Science, ArtScraps Scrap Mobile <br /> <br />$400 - Critters & Co.; Abrakadoodle Art Program. <br /> <br />Call Heidi for more information -ad63-421-8530~ <br /> <br /> <br />-----------------~----------------i <br /> <br />NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM UPDATES : <br />I <br />I <br />********** : <br />I <br />I <br />ANDOVER The new. Andover Neighborhood :, <br />. . - I <br />Center is coming tQ 13733 Crosstown Blvd I We :. <br />have signed the lease andlllet with the contractor : <br />from Meadow Creek Church. Their volunteers will' : <br />be doing the demolition and renovation o~ the' I <br />space to turn it into a kid-friendly center. Our <br />. . . <br />. goal is to begin after-schc;>ol programming after <br />Spring break. <br /> <br />ANOKA We are happy' to announce that we are <br />the recipients 013 Community Development.Block <br />Grant that has enabled us to purchase a home in <br />the Highland Park Neighborhood of Anoka. The <br />. funds will be released in July and we will be able <br />to go forward with the renovationli of the "new <br />neighborhood center". It will be nice to have a ',_ <br />permanent location in our Anoka neighborhood. .: <br />, , <br />, <br />I <br />l . <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />RAMSEY Our Ramsey middle .and high school <br />kids set a goal for their 2nd quarter of school that <br />they would all ha~e passing grades and/or <br />improve their grades by one letter grade. We are <br />happy to report that all of the kids accomplished <br />I the goal! To reward them, we had a pizza party <br />for them on February 13th. 'It was a great way to <br />challenge the kids and to help them take <br />responsibility for their own personal successes. <br />Weare very proud of them! . <br /> <br />********** <br />~--~-------~---------------------- <br /> <br />17 <br />