Activities
The following events and activities are scheduled during the communitywide “Our Kids: Our Business” campaign, which runs the month of April. For more community events, lists of agencies and stories, see the “Our Kids: Our Business” site at spokesmanreview .com/ourkids/
Spokane County
April 10 – Proclamation, city of Spokane Valley, 6 p.m., 11707 E. Sprague, Suite 101.
April 11– Community Colleges of Spokane Head Start/ECEAP/Early Head Start will display 1,381 pinwheels (a symbol for the child-abuse prevention campaign) at a dedication event, 9 a.m., Institute for Extended Learning Lodge, 3305 W. Fort George Wright Drive, (509) 533-4800.
April 11 – “You, Your Baby and Massage,” class, 5:30-7:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Children and Family Center, 25 W. Fifth Ave., (509) 325-7667.
April 13 – “Our Kids: Our Business” luncheon, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Davenport Hotel, Grand Pennington Ballroom. Keynote speaker Bob Watt will discuss “The Return on Investment When Kids Thrive.” Register at greaterspokane incorporated.com.
April 15-19 – Pinwheel display in River Park Square; candlelight vigil. Schedule to be determined.
April 17 – Play group for single parents with newborns and toddlers, 4-6 p.m., St. Anne’s Children and Family Center, 25 W. Fifth Ave., (509) 325-7667.
April 18 – City Forum, First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar, 11:30 a.m. Gary Livingston, chancellor and CEO of Community Colleges of Spokane, speaking on “Investing in Children Today Means a Better Spokane in the Future.”
April 19 – “Bringing Up Baby” class for single expectant parents and single parents with newborns, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Summit View Apartments, CAPA office, lower level, 820 N. Summit Blvd., (509) 325-7667.
April 20 – Spokane Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (SPO-CAN) Council Awards Breakfast, 8 a.m.-noon. Followed by Glen Cooper from Marycliff Institute on “Circle of Security: Classroom Edition,” Mukogawa Fort Wright, 4000 W. Randolph Road, $15 for breakfast and registration. Call (509) 535-3155 or dina@vanessabehan.org.
April 25 – United Way Volunteer of the Year Award Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Spokane Ag Trade Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., (509) 838-6581.
April 26 – Candlelight vigil honoring victims of crime and their families, Spokane County Courthouse, 5 p.m., 1116 W. Broadway.
Coeur d’Alene
April 10 – Opening reception for “Rights of the Child” art exhibit, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Human Rights Education Center, northeast corner of Coeur d’Alene City Park across from Memorial Field, (208) 292-2359.
April 26 – Day of the Child and Books (El Dia de los Ninos y los Libros), kid-friendly activities, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Harding Family Center, 411 N. 15th St. Contact Sharon Pritchett, (208) 666-6762.