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       Innovative Services NW Newsletter                         February 2010
In This Issue
On a Path to Competitive Employment
8th Annual Caring Heart Awards
If the Shoe Fits
Volunteering to Hokey Pokey
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Check Your Craft Drawer!
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Innovative Services NW Childcare staff is involved with the Vancouver Early Childhood Center "Discovery Day" and would appreciate donations of the following items:  
 
  • Paper towel tubes, about 100
  • Toliet paper rolls
  • Ziploc bags - gallon, quart and small
  • PVC pipe connectors and elbows
  • Newspaper
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Wax paper
  • Straws
  • Yarn
  • Fishing line
  • Rubber bands
  • Gallon Milk jugs, about 300 
  • Film canisters 
  • Aluminum foil
  • Alkaseltzer tablets
  • 10 Gallons of Glue
  • Food coloring
     
To donate items, drop them by our front desk or contact Tammy Dunn at 360-892-5142. 
 
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On a Path to Competitive Employment
Group Supported Employment Participant BillyCan you remember how nervous you were on your first job?  Billy Centers has Bipolar disorder and struggles with anxiety.  In September of 1996, at the age of 26, Billy became a participant in the Innovative Services NW Custodial group supported employment program as a compensated trainee.  Billy had never worked before coming to Innovative Services NW.  
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Announcing Caring Heart Award Winners
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Boy holding orthoticIf the Shoe Fits
Innovative Services NW
Pediatric Therapy Orthotics Clinic
An orthotic, commonly known as a brace or splint, is an orthopedic device that is worn on the body to provide support, protection and/or improve function.   Innovative Services NW's Pediatric Therapy offers an orthotics clinic to serve families in the Vancouver area.  Read More...
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Judy Walters reading to a childVolunteering to Hokey Pokey
Whenever Judy Walters walks into the Innovative Services NW Childcare toddler room, the first thing she hears is "Pokey, pokey, pokey!"  The little faces light up as their favorite volunteer leads them in a rousing round of Hokey Pokey or Ring Around the Rosie.  Judy was introduced to Innovative Services NW when she accompanied her daughter and granddaughter to their pediatric therapy appointments.   Read more...
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Innovative Services NW is a non-profit organization that values, assists and supports children, adults and families in our community who have disabilities or other types of disadvantages. 
We do this through offering a continuum of services including therapy and childcare for children; employment training and job support for teens and adults; intervention, education and support for families; and adult day health services for seniors and other adults who need daytime assistance.
Having our newsletter online allows us to save more than $12,000 a year in printing and mailing costs; funds which can now go to support our clients and programs. 
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,

Susan Veneruso
Marketing Manager
Innovative Services NW
Innovative Services NW | 9414 NE Fourth Plain Road | Vancouver | WA | 98662