Hi everyone:

Well, we’re busy with the final edits on the five health programs. Pilot programs begin on June 10th!! We are all so excited. There are still spaces left for kids to be a part of our first programs. They need to have graduated from the 6th grade to attend these first programs.

We are all so busy fundraising. As you know we do not charge kids to go through the programs and rely on your help to underwrite them. If parents can afford to pay, then, of course, we do ask for a donation.

We have new volunteers to help with everything from marketing to fundraising to working on our big Gala on November 5th. Thank you! There is so much progress and forward motion, but there is also still so much to do. We don’t rest on our laurels for long.

We desperately need educational props (anatomical models and such) and they require funds to purchase!

If you can help, please-we need you.

Call or email.

Thanks!

Patty

patty.james@directionfive.org

707-888-1103

Tanya

tanya.scott@directionfive.org

Hi everyone:

We’re busy preparing for the Pilot Programs that begin on June 10th. So exciting! We really need funds to underwrite the programs as we don’t charge the kids. It’s $580.00 per child and just think how good you’ll feel knowing you made such a difference in the life of a young person. A difference that will last a lifetime.

We’re finishing the final edits on the course material, while researching aprons-the cheapest, environmentally friendly aprons we can find. We have found aprons for $4.50, but I can only imagine where they are made and who made them. That is not our message and what we stand for. Organic cotton aprons can be as little as $8.00, plus screen printing. We need 13 of them. Working hard trying to find someone who will help with that cost.

We have a gym (details soon) that is going to donate a free pass to all the kids going through the pilot programs as part of the Fitness program. So cool!

A local printer, Sprint Copy Center, is going to give us deep discounts on the printing, but we need help with that cost as well.

Basically, any help you can give will be put to good use! A little check or a big check. It all helps!

It’s almost here! More very soon. Great progress, but we truly need funds to finish this.

Thanks so much,

Patty

If you would like an email of the flier sent to you either for yourself or to pass out, please email us at info@directionfive.org and we’ll send it right to you.

Every day there is progress! We’re wrapping up the five health programs, trying to find a printing company who will print for free (you never know until you ask!) and working on some fun and educational teaching aids for the first four programs. The ‘props’ for the fifth program-Culinary- will be the food! Pizza! Salads! Ice Cream! …all taught with health in mind. Yes, we make ice cream and pizza as well as roasted veggies, sushi and lots of other great foods that almost all kids love and have asked to learn how to make.

It’s all about choices. If I eat that, this is how it affects my body. Ice cream is not something we make frequently and along with dairy ice cream, we make frozen yogurt and non-dairy alternatives too. The one ingredient that is always included is fun!

The Pilot Programs are for the first 10 lucky kids to sign up! Email or call us to register..soon!