Encompass Blog

Dear Moms – your skills, time and energy are valued!

September 12, 2014 | Parenting, Volunteers | By Encompass

While the officers of Moms strive to build community, they also hope to inspire every mother to know she has skills that are appreciated and needed! If you are a mom that wants to refresh your skills or learn new ones, Moms and Encompass are interested in your contribution of time, energy and creativity. Lisa Yeager, Manager of the Volunteer Program at Encompass, would love to chat with you to explore ways you might use your interests, hobbies and skills to nurture children, enrich families and inspire community. You can contact her at lisa.yeager@encompassnw.org or call 425-888-2777.

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Get Involved in Your Child’s Classroom to Support Learning!

September 9, 2014 | Preschool, Early Learning, Volunteers | By Encompass

Parents are welcome in their children’s classroom at Encompass! Volunteer sign-up sheets are outside of each classroom. You can join us to be a mystery reader or stay for the day as an extra pair of helping hands. To ensure you feel comfortable during your time with us, we want to share these guidelines for […]

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Help Children Dream Big, Move Mountains & Go Great Places in Life

August 28, 2014 | Community, News and Announcements | By Encompass

Every child has the potential to move mountains. Encompass warmly welcomes you to get involved with the 2014 Autumn Gala. Your generous donations of time, energy, creativity, auction items and financial contributions directly make it possible for children and families in our community to dream big, move mountains and go great places through Encompass programs […]

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Back-to-School at Encompass! Be welcomed, ready, involved and connected!

August 26, 2014 | Preschool, Early Learning | By Encompass

It is my hope that your family not only takes full advantage of the programs offered by our early learning program, but also utilizes the many programs at Encompass that include parenting support groups, parenting education workshops and coaching, toddler playgroups, pediatric therapy, parent nights out, and more.

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Help Your Family Thrive by Attending Parenting Workshops

August 20, 2014 | Parenting, Family Enrichment | By Encompass

By Kerry Beymer, parenting education and support manager at Encompass Frustrated, stressed out, angry, depressed—feeling unable to handle their children’s behavior. Many times in a day, I hear from parents in our community who want help with parenting because they are literally at the end of their rope and experiencing these and more feelings. Let […]

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL REMINDER – Prepare Your Student’s Comfort Kit

August 19, 2014 | Preschool, Early Learning | By Encompass

As part of the Encompass Preschool Emergency Preparedness Plan, we would like each student to have a personal comfort kit. These kits will be stored by class in bins with our emergency supplies and will be returned to students on the last day of class. Encompass maintains ample stores of food and water for emergency […]

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