Encompass launches series for young, expectant parents
May 1, 2012
Parents looking for a smarter way to parent their young children can get step-by-step, in-person help during a new workshop series developed by the Talaris Institute and presented by Encompass starting May 7 at Swedish/Issaquah.
Swedish/Issaquah hosts string quartet’s community concert
November 5, 2011
NEW — 6 a.m. Nov. 5, 2011
See the Sammamish Symphony String Quartet inside the airy atrium at Swedish/Issaquah during a community concert Nov. 9.
The family-friendly concert runs from 6-8 p.m. in the main lobby at the hospital, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive. The event is free and open to the public.
Listeners can browse the boutiques at The Shops at Swedish — the retail offerings in the lobby — and grab a snack at Café 1910, the health-conscious eatery on the premises. The concert attendees can stop in and meet the chefs.
Parents can receive childcare services during the concert from Adventure Kids Playcare. Call 313-7093 for reservations.
Call the Swedish/Issaquah concierge desk at 313-7913 to learn more about the concert.
Costume swap offers ‘green’ twist on Halloween
October 4, 2011
Dana Verhoff and her children, all decked out for Halloween. Verhoff supports an eco-friendly costume swap for this year’s Halloween. Contributed
Spider-Man still would do whatever a spider could. Tinkerbell would still grant you three wishes. They would just save their moms a few bucks while at it.
Three Issaquah businesses have helped organize a costume swap for Halloween. The swap encourages parents to trade in their children’s old costumes for used ones, instead of buying new ones each year.
The swap will occur Oct. 8, all across the country, including in Issaquah and eight other spots in Washington.
Dana Verhoff, co-publisher of the online newsletter Snoqualmie Valley Macaroni Kid, said the website for Green Halloween, www.greenhalloween.org, inspired her to bring the costume swap to Issaquah.
The idea for a green Halloween started in Issaquah in 2007, with Lynn Colwell and her daughter Corey Colwell-Lipson.
“My daughter was taking her kids around for Halloween,” Lynn said, “and she noticed the kids seemed to be more interested in bubbles and stickers than in candy.”
Family spearheads benefit to raise money for tumor research
October 26, 2010
The Lynch family — Kirstin, Hayden, Brendon and Charlotte — is working to organize a fundraiser that will support tumor research, and, in turn, their son Hayden, who has neurofibromatosis 1. By Lynette Huffman Johnson
In the delivery room, doctors noticed Hayden Lynch’s large birthmarks, called café au lait spots. Furrowing their brows, they told his parents, Kirstin and Brendon Lynch, that the spots could be a sign of neurofibromatosis type 1, called NF1.
In addition to the spots, the disease causes neurofibromas — tumors that can grow anywhere in the body, especially just under the skin, in the brain or on the spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic. Usually, the tumors are benign, but they can put pressure on surrounding areas, causing pain or loss of function, such as blindness, deafness and cardiovascular problems. Still, many NF patients can lead full, productive lives, according to the Mayo Clinic. Read more
Women fall into winter Wednesday at Encompass benefit
October 11, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. Oct. 11, 2010
Women can get spoiled rotten at the Women Fall into Winter event, from 6-8p.m. Wednesday at Evergreen Ford, 1500 18th Ave. N.W.
Admission is free for women visiting the more than 60 area merchants, including those providing massages, waxing, hairstyles and manicures. Prizes valued at $50 will be given out every five minutes. Local restaurants will serve free samples, and wine-tasting and beer tickets will be sold for $5 each.
Entertainment will be provided by musicians and the emcee, comedian Todd Southwick.
Adventure Kids Playcare will offer free childcare nearby, at 775 Gilman Blvd.
Swap Halloween costumes Saturday, and make the holiday ‘greener’
October 7, 2010
NEW — 10 a.m. Oct. 7, 2010
Halloween costumes get worn once — maybe twice if a younger sibling is willing to try the costume another year.
Why not pass along costumes from Halloweens past on National Costume Swap Day, Saturday, in Issaquah?
Snoqualmie Valley Macaroni Kid, a family-oriented website, has joined Issaquah businesses Small Threads and Adventure Kids Playcare to bring the national event here.
Through the efforts of the grassroots nonprofit organization Green Halloween, families in the area can take a “greener” approach to the holiday by recycling and reusing old costumes.
Walk, run, spring into summer with a women’s night on the town
May 11, 2010
As the days get longer, it’s time to shape up, so on May 12 you’ll want to sprint to the Women Spring into Summer! event sponsored by Evergreen Ford of Issaquah.
“It’s going to be a really fun event with lots of great things to do,” organizer Lynn Rehn said.
“We’re really excited about any event that promotes local businesses,” Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matthew Bott said. “This event is really helping consumers rediscover some of the great businesses that we have here in Issaquah.”
Massages, nights out on the town with dinner, pedicures, drinks and cocktails — 60 Issaquah businesses are pulling out the stops to entertain the women who come to the event, Rehn said.
The free event runs from 6-8 p.m. at Evergreen Ford, 1500 18th Ave. N.W.
Each of the night’s sponsors has created gift packages worth $50 or more and there are so many prizes, Rehn said, she’ll give one, or several, away every five minutes during the two-hour event.
Walk, run, spring into summer with a women’s night on the town Wednesday
May 9, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. May 9, 2010
As the days get longer, it’s time to shape up, so on Wednesday, you’ll want to sprint to the free Women Spring into Summer! event sponsored by Evergreen Ford of Issaquah.
“It’s going to be a really fun event with lots of great things to do,” organizer Lynn Rehn said.
“We’re really excited about any event that promotes local businesses,” Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Bott said. “This event is really helping consumers rediscover some of the great businesses that we have here in Issaquah.”
Massages, nights out on the town with dinner, pedicures, drinks and cocktails — 60 Issaquah businesses are pulling out the stops to entertain the women who come to the event, Rehn said.
Hop to it: Groups host Easter egg hunts
March 30, 2010
Trevor Jordan dashes to the far end of the field for treasures as a horde of youngsters pick up prizes near the starting line at the 2009 Easter egg hunt and carnival in the Issaquah Highlands. — By Greg Farrar
With Easter less than a week away, several community organizations will host egg hunts the day before the holiday and on Easter.
The annual Easter egg hunt in the Issaquah Highlands, called Highlands 4 Haiti, will be at Grand Ridge Elementary School, 1739 N.E. Park Drive, on April 3. Proceeds from the event will go to World Vision, a nonprofit relief organization based in Federal Way that’s helping children in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.
Wristbands, sold for $5 at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, in the days before the event, will also be available at the event gate. The event runs from 10 a.m. – noon.
About 1,700 people turned out for the Sammamish Family YMCA Eggstravaganza last year. Organizers expect about 2,000 attendees when the event returns April 3.
The event will be 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The event will include carnival games, face painting, inflatable obstacle courses and a visit from the Easter Bunny. The event will be at the YMCA, 4221 228th Ave. S.E. Call 391-4840 for more information. Read more
