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<br />We NEED Supplies!
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<br />To helpcut down on our program expenses, weare
<br />looking to our supporters to help provide these items.
<br />We are currently in need of the following:
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<br />.. sports Equipment- ice skates, hockey sticks, pucks,
<br />basketballs,footballs, soccer balls, kick balls, bats,
<br />softballs, fishing poles, parachute
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<br />· Healthy Snacks* - granola bars, juice boxes, fruit cups,
<br />applesauce, fruit snacks, Chexmix.
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<br />· Video Game Systems - PS2, XBOX,Wii (and appropriate
<br />non-violent games)
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<br />· Electric Pencil Sharpeners (3)
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<br />· Magazine/Newspaper Subscriptions - ESPN, National
<br />Geographic, Time, Newsweek, People, Sports
<br />.IIIustra.ted, Star Tribune
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<br />· NEW School. Supplies- multi-subject notebooks, 3-ring
<br />binders, compasses, protractors, scientific calculators,
<br />handheld pencil sharpeners, scissors, pencil bags
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<br />· Paint & Painting Supplies for the Ramsey neighborhood
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<br />* Some supporting organizations have put a Youth First "snack
<br />box" in their break room/lobby asking people to bring in
<br />healthy snack packs for our programs.
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<br />MIDWEST CAR CARE CHALLENGES OTHER
<br />LOCAL BUSINESSES
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<br />Lastsummer 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.
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<br />Thisyear 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 AndoverNeighborhood Centers!
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<br />Businesses can choose from a variety of programs such as
<br />these:
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<br />$250 - Northern Clay Center, UnderwaterAdventures, Mad
<br />Science, . ArtScraps ScrapMobile
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<br />$400 - Critters & Co., Abrakadoodle Art Program
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<br />Cal/Heidi for more information at 763-421-8530.
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<br />NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM UPDATES :
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<br />ANDOVER The new Andover Neighborhood
<br />Center is coming tq 13733 Crosstown Blvd! We
<br />have signed the lease and met with the contractor
<br />from Meadow Creek Church. Their volunteers will
<br />be doing the demolition and renovation of the
<br />space to turn it into a kid-friendly center. Our
<br />goal is to begin after-school programming after
<br />Spring break.
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<br />ANOKA We are happy to announce that we are
<br />the recipients of a CommunityDevelopment 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 renovations of the "new I
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<br />permanent location in our Anokaneighborhood. :
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<br />RAMSEY 'Our Ramsey middle and high school
<br />kids set a goal for their 2nd quarter of school that
<br />they would all have 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 />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 />We are very proud of them!
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