In Your Neighborhood: Get Involved Puget Sounders: Here's An Event That Helps Families And Children

Monday, April 12, 2010

Get Involved Puget Sounders: Here's An Event That Helps Families And Children

The fine folks our local Big Brothers Big Sisters is at it again: promoting a great event to benefit local children, families, and the community at large. Following are details about the latest and greatest fun activity and YOU can get involved! Whether it's through your business, giving your time and talents, or offering other support, the team needs you and welcomes you to join a great cause. Read on for more details. And thanks in advance Puget Sounders for lending a helping hand to families right here in our backyard.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is organizing our 2nd Annual Evento Familiar, May 16th 2010 at Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton. Evento Familiar is a fun and entertaining day where we invite all the volunteers, mentees and community members to come enjoy free entrainment for all ages.

We would like you to invite you to participate; there are different ways to get involved:

Sponsorships
Donations (food, prizes or gift certificates)
Resource Table available
Performers and entertainers
Volunteers

If you have any additional questions you may contact Veronica at veronica.abraham@bbbs.org or 206-458-0208. For sponsorship opportunities please contact Peter Retztlaff at peter.retzlaff@bbbs.org or at 206-793-9060 x 213.

5 comments:

Stephanie Frieze said...: Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the Neighborhood, Kim.; April 14, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Kim Thompson said...: You're welcome. The organization proactively reached out to me and I am so glad they did. I am learning so much!; April 14, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Anonymous said...: A family event "For the Latino community?" Really? How is this not racist? How is this not divisive?

Next can we have fairs for Northern Europeans? No, wait, how silly, that would be racist.; April 15, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Anonymous said...: This reminds me of Vimax Pills commercial i saw... haha; April 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Lorraine Hart said...: Anonymous actually had my ear...then lost it with adolescent humour.; April 21, 2010 at 8:12 AM

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