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Proudly supports the
Week of the Young Child
April 18-24, 2004
Children's Opportunities--
Our Responsibilities
Press
Conference
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South
Plains
Association
for
the
Education
of
Young
Children
April 17, Training Conference for childcare providers and
other professionals involved with early childhood. Official kick-off for
the week.
Week
of the Young Child Press Conference
April 20, see below
The
Salvation Army
April 20, cake and ice cream and a prize for each
child that attends between 6:00-7:30 p.m.,
1111 16th Street.
Bobbie
Gean and T.J. Patterson Branch Library
April 20, Share-A Book, 7:00 p.m,
Each family will receive a free book courtesy of the Lubbock Area
Coalition for Literacy.
April 21, Story time, 11:00 a.m. This is also National Library Week!
There will also be special story hour programs during this week.
Barnes
& Noble Booksellers, KTXT-TV,
Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy, & The Lubbock Avalanche Journal
April 22, South Plains Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest
Celebration, 5:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 6707
Slide Rd. Come meet the
winners and hear their stories. All entries receive a certificate!
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Lubbock
ISD Early Childhood Activities
April 22, March of Dimes Parade, 9:30
a.m.--Ballenger School 1110 40th
Families are invited to visit classes
this week--Mahon School 2010 Cornell
April 22, He and Me
(bring a special male adult and join us for some fun activities)
5:30
p.m.--Martin School 3315 E. Broadway.
Barnes
& Noble Booksellers
April 24, National Poetry Month Story time,
11:00 a.m., 6707 Slide Rd. Enjoy children's poems, including some from
Jack Prelutsky's A Pizza the Size of the Sun
Prevent
Blindness of Lubbock
April
26 and 27 Vision Check,
the LensCrafters Vision Van, a 40 foot mobile unit providing
complete eye exams and manufacture of eyeglasses for youngsters will
be working with public school nurses to refer children that have vision
problems and meet the needs criteria. The Vision Van will be at Asbury Methodist
Church at 2005 Ave. T. For more information: LensCrafter's
806/793-9880 Prevent Blindness 806/797-6701
Domino�s
Pizza:
Free pizza at the following locations: (Lubbock: 5407 4th St.,
5815 82nd & 1617 University Ave., Plainview 2110 West 5th St.).
Buy 1 large pizza at regular price and receive 1 pizza of equal or lesser
value FREE!
Dawners Altrusa Service Organization:
250 children�s books donated for use during the
SPAEYC Spring Conference.
Family
Guidance
and Outreach Center
Blue ribbons to raise awareness of child abuse will be passed out;
Parenting classes are offered during the entire month.
For further information:
(806)
747-5577.
Mahon
Library
Story times Monday-Wednesday:
10:30 a.m.; Thursday 10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Godeke
Library
Story times Wednesday:10:00
& 11:00 a.m.; Thursday 2:00 p.m. (Special session for home schoolers;
story and craft project).
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PRESS
CONFERENCE
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at 10:00 a.m.
Special Guests:
Mayor Mark McDougal (Mayor's Proclamation)
Johnanne Reynolds (SPAEYC President)
Connie Hindman, Executive Director of the
Children�s Advocacy Center,
Sharon Chatham, South Plains College Child Development program,
Christi Smothers, CCS SWIM and Frog programs,
Betty Anderson, 2000 Children�s Advocate
of the State of Texas and Chair for the Child Care
/Youth
WorkSource Board Committee,
Marge Hopper and children from Covenant
Child Care Center.
Location
will be the Children�s Advocacy Center
720 Texas Ave.
Lubbock, Texas 79401
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