THE ADVENTURE CENTER NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2014

The After School Program will not be held March 31^st to April 4^th due to District 93 Spring Break. We will be open 8-4 for all participants those days. Please call and arrange your transportation accordingly.

4-4-14 is your combination to super fun for Special Olympics at our BINGO BASH! Remember that date and come to our annual Special Olympics team fundraising event of the year. This is your chance to help our hardworking athletes make it to the regional and state games this summer. Bingo cards are $20 a person and you play until you win. Everyone wins! We always have lots of awesome prizes donated by generous businesses and community members. If you or your business would like to donate (cash, gifts or time) we’d appreciate anything. If you need additional information flyers, let us know and we’ll gladly give you some. You can post it at your work or share it with your neighbors. Don’t forget we also have awesome concessions where you can get a great meal for 3-5 bucks. Think hot dogs, nachos, pizza, cookies and candy, etc. So mark your calendar for 4/4 and bring all your friends and family for this excellent night of games and prizes. We’ll be partying and winning from 4-6pm. Call us with any questions!!!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES: Many of our athletes need updated forms for special Olympics. We are in the process of sending those home to be filled out. If you are participating in games this year, please let us know. We will be starting track & field training soon and will give you those details as we have them. Basketball practice will continue at Edgemont every Monday from 6-7. Call Patty at the center if you have any questions regarding Special Olympics.

EASTER SOCIAL – On April 18th we’re having an Easter social from 1-3. It will be a time for mingling with friends while doing some springtime activities and having refreshments. You’re welcome to wear a hat for our Easter “bonnet” parade.

SNL: We’re having an SNL on April 26^th from 3-8pm. Tons of fun for everyone. Movie, games, dinner, crafts, $25 bucks, you can’t beat that. You must RSVP by April 19^th if you want to come. The more the merrier!!!!

Be sure your account has a positive balance on it. We will be unable to provide activities and meals to our clients unless they have sufficient funds available. Let us know if you are not receiving a monthly statement either by mail or email.

Please, please, please put your name on your things. Our lost and found is piling up, and we just hate for you to lose your stuff. All lunches (boxes, bags, plastic sacks) must have your name on them. Even if you know what’s yours, someone else might not know what isn’t theirs. Label, label, label!!! Coats, jackets, hats, swim items, electronics, games, etc!

TACCO Run: Our client organization is hosting its second annual 5K on May 10^th. Register for this event by May 2nd. It’s $20 per person or $60 per household. Registration by May 2^nd guarantees you a commemorative t-shirt. Late registration is available up until 15 minutes before the race, but does not guarantee a t-shirt. The race starts at 9am from The Adventure Center. All proceeds go to The Adventure Center Client Organization and directly help those with special needs. We’ll have a prize drawing and refreshments after the race. A Scentsy fundraising booth will also be there to meet all your Mother’s Day gift giving needs. Call 528-2834 with any questions! So, get outside and start training to make this year your best time yet.

TACCO & SCENTSY: Our client organization is teaming up with Scentsy again for a great fundraiser. We will be sending packets home on April 21^st, and they need to be returned by May 9^th. (If you don’t want a packet coming home with your client please let us know. Please return all packets, even if you didn’t sell.) Top sellers will receive a gift card! This is a great way to get a wonderful product while helping our clients reach their goal of installing a basketball pad and hoop. We’re getting close! Thank you everyone for all of your continued support!!!

Looking ahead to summer: As the days get warmer, we do more outside. We will be going to the zoo again, in small groups, several times throughout the summer months. The cost is $2 per visit, and we’ll take it out of your account if you have one. Let us know if you should not participate in this. Wearing or bringing walking shoes on any given day is a great idea. We never know when and where our feet will take us. We also have a lot of picnics in the summer and walk to the park. Keep your eye for posting of such activities on next month’s calendar. With only have so many nice months here in Idaho, so we’re going to make the most of it!!!

KUNG FU WARRIORS!: Hey everyone! Do you want to learn strength, courage and some awesome moves while having fun? If so, here’s your chance! We are starting classes for martial arts in March. Adaptive Martial Arts is a program run by The Martial Arts Academy and will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 420 Whittier.  The cost is $2 a class, and is at 10am on Tuesdays and 1pm on Fridays. Classes last about 20 minutes, and we will start on the 5^th. Let us know if you’d like to participate in this adventurous new activity. Everyone is welcome to come try it out.

SNL Blimey, it’s St. Patty’s time again! Come follow the rainbow to the Adventure Center on March 9^th for our annual Luck O’ the Irish Saturday Night Live! We’ll have games, food, crafts, and a movie all Leprechaun inspired. If you’ve never come to a SNL before, you don’t have to turn green with envy. Just RSVP and join your friends for a fun and festive time. The cost is just $25 for 2pm-8pm awesomeness.

CPR There’s CPR & First Aid training on March 12^th @ 5:30pm. It’s $60 for care providers and $70 for anyone else.

DAY TRIPPER: Start thinking about coming on our Day Trips this summer. Our first one is to Lagoon on July 13^th. The cost is $150 and it is never too early to register and start making payments.

EASTER SOCIAL: Friday, March 29^th we’re having an Easter get-together from 1-3. We’ll have dancing and refreshments. Wear your favorite hat or cap for our “Easter Bonnet Parade”.

B-I-N-G-O! The Adventure Center Dragons have a Special Olympics Fundraiser and BINGO BASH is its name-O!

Our Annual Bingo Bash fundraiser, on APRIL 5^th from 5-8, is the event of the year and your chance to help our hardworking athletes make it to the regional and state games this summer. Bingo cards are $20 a person and you play until you win. Everyone wins! We always lots of awesome prizes donated by generous business and community members. If you or your business would like to donate (cash, gifts or time) we’d appreciate anything. We will also sell tickets for our yummy concessions where you can get a great meal for 3-5 bucks. So mark your calendar and bring all your friends and family for this exceptional event.

TACCO: Our client organization is hosting its first annual 5K Fun Run/Walk on May 11^th. Mark the date, more info to come soon.

CALIFORNIA-OR-BUST: We’re getting quite the troop signed on for our west-coast trip. We’re excited to have all our travelers on board. If you’ve been thinking you want to come soak up the sun with us, then sign up today! The cost is $1500 and we’re leaving on November 5^th. Call Mary if you want to come, or for more information.

AT THE MOVIES: On March 22^nd we are going to the paramount to see a movie. The bus will pick us up at 9:15 and the show starts at 10am. Please be at the center by 9am if you want to go with us. If you are here and do not want to go to the show, let us know that too! The cost is $4 and includes a popcorn and drink.

EMAIL LIST: If you don’t currently get this newsletter by email, please send an email to tacloris@hotmail.com and ask to be added to our list. By doing so, you can receive updated information on all our activities and other important information. We also have a website at theadventurecenter.org. Also, if you currently are not getting statements of your client’s spending there at TAC, please let us know.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thank you to everyone who made the holidays so special here at TAC. TACCO’s canned food drive was a HUGE SUCCESS! We were able to deliver several truckloads of food to the soup kitchen. Your contributions will help them greatly in the coming months, thanks everyone! Also our Affiliates party was amazing. We’re glad so many of you came. Thanks Kathi and Madeline for another great time!

SATURDAY NITE LIVE

Come on the 26^th of January for our Super Saturday Extravaganza! We will be doing something awesome that you won’t want to miss. The party goes from 2-8. It costs $25 for crafts, games, movie, and dinner. You must RSVP so we can have enough staff and supplies. Everyone is welcome to sign up to come.

CPR

We’re having a CPR class on January 8^th at 5:30pm. The cost is $60 for providers and $70 for anyone else.

FRIENDS AT FILMS

We are going to the Paramount Theater on Friday, January 18^th. We will let you know what the show will be when it gets closer. The cost is $4.00 which includes popcorn and a drink. The show starts at 10am, and we ask that you get to the center by 9:15 so we can get everyone other there in time.

CALIFORNIA DREAMING!

Wishing you could get away to some place warm? Want some memories to last a lifetime? There is still room to come on our California Adventure Trip in November! We will be going to Disneyland, the San Diego Zoo, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and the beach. The cost is $1,500 a person and chaperones can be arranged (for a fee). Let Mary know right away if you want to come!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING

Ok bowlers, it’s almost here! The Eastern Idaho Bowling Competition is on Saturday, November 10^th. It’s going to be at Fat Cats in Rexburg (475 North 2^nd East, Rexburg) Opening Ceremonies are at 9:00, and competition begins at 9:30. There will be a healthy snack provided for the athletes, but there will be no lunch provided. The Adventure Center will not be providing transportation to or from this event (unless you are attending SNL, see below.)

SATURDAY NITE LIVE

Also on November 10^th we will be having a Saturday Nite Live. Feathers will fly as we have a gobble of a good time. We will be making turkey crafts for thanksgiving, and enjoying turkey treats. We might even play some turkey bowl. Come from 2-8 for dinner, games, movies, & treats! RSVP now for this great night of fun with friends, only $25. If you are competing in the Special Olympic bowling earlier in the day, we will gladly bus you over to SNL afterwards. We’d love to get a whole rafter of turkeys out to this activity so RSVP today.

CALOFORNIA DREAMIN’

Our California Adventure trip is just one year away! We still have plenty of room for more if you want to come with us. It’s not too late to start saving. Just give Mary a call and say “sign me up!”

TRAINING

There is also a First Aid and CPR Class on November 20^th. The class costs $60 for both certifications or $40 for just CPR or First Aid. Class begins at 5:30 and last until about 7:30.

FESTIVAL OF TREES

On November 13^th and 14^th we are singing at the Festival of Trees. We’ll be singing at 11:00 AM on Tuesday and 10:30 on Wednesday. Be sure to be at the center an hour before the performance time if you are going to sing with us. Please wear a solid red, white, or green shirt. Family and friends are welcome to come and watch you perform; they will just have to pay the standard admission fee for the festival.

HOLIDAY HOURS

We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but open the day after from 6am-6pm. We will have a pancake breakfast until 9am, and have fun and games all day long. Please let us know if you will be attending that day.

We have decided to be OPEN on Christmas Eve until 2PM. Please let us know if you plan to attend that day as well.

We are closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We are open New Year’s Eve.

SAVE THE DATE

Dec 11: Affiliates Inc. Christmas Party 6:00pm. Refreshments served.

Dec. 21: Daytime Christmas Party at the center, 1:00-3:00.

Dec. 28: Eve of New Year’s Eve Late Nite 5-8, $6.

We have put in a new order for Adventure Center Purple T-Shirts. They should arrive in about two weeks. The cost for a t-shirt is $10. They come in sizes small to 2XLarge. If you dont have one for our upcoming Special Olympic Bowling Tournament now is the time to get one. They are also great for ” Purple Shirt Friday” here at the center. If you have any question please call Corrie or Lori.

• Kathi Hirschi and Melodie Hansen present:

Becoming a Love and Logic Parent

• A six-week parenting program designed by Love and Logic
• This parenting program is designed to give you practical skills that can be used immediately!!!
• Get answers to “How can I stop my children from fighting? How do I get my children to help with chores without an argument? How do I get him to stop spitting his peas and whining at dinner?” And many other day-to-day parenting challenges…
• Dates: Every Wednesday starting 10/3/12 for six weeks.
• Time: 7:00pm
• Location: The Adventure Center- Adult building
• 775 Lincoln Drive (between 9th street and John Adams)
• Cost: $40 per couple or $35 per individual (plus the cost of the book $8, if you want to purchase it)
• Please note: We love this program and want to make it as affordable as possible.  Most Love and Logic classes cost anywhere from $40-$60 per individual.
• Please call to RSVP 528-8639
• Please do not bring children to this class.

Remember we are closed Monday, Sept 3^rd  for Labor Day. Have a great day off everyone.

It might be back-to-school for the kiddos, but for us it’s BACK TO THE FAIR! On Wednesday, September 5^h we are going to the Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot. We will leave at 9am and be back by 3pm. The cost is $8 for transportation, plus whatever you want to spend on lunch, treats, trinkets, etc.

Come y’all to our Western Hoedown. We’ll be fixin’ up some chicken, dutch oven potatoes, baked beans, and root beer. Don’t forget the cobbler for dessert. Then we’ll kick up our heels and have some fun. For all you country folk, wear your best western duds. As for all you city slickers, y’all can come as you are! (If we aren’t sure if you are staying for the party, we will send you home with your transportation, so RSVP and plan your ride accordingly.)

CPR/First Aid class will be held on September 18^th @ 5:30 pm. The cost is $60.

We are going to the movies on Tuesday, September 25^th.  It will be at the Paramount in the morning. We will let you know the show time and selected movie as soon as we can.

There is a Saturday Night Live on Saturday, September 29th. It is from 2-8pm and costs $25. We will be playing games, watching movies, making crafts, eating dinner, and just having fun! Please RSPV if you want to attend!