Childhaven Announces Shamrock Box Lunch for Greater Seattle St. Patrick's Day, March 17.SEATTLE -- Childhaven, a non-profit provider of therapeutic child care to abused and neglected children, today announced its 18th Annual Shamrock shamrock, a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day. Box Lunch for greater Seattle, in partnership with Gretchen's Shoebox shoe·box n. 1. An oblong box, usually made of cardboard, for holding a pair of shoes. 2. Something resembling or suggestive of such a box, as a plain, rectangular building or a cramped room or dwelling. Noun 1. Express. Seattle area businesses and organizations can order delicious, fresh box lunches before March 10 for delivery on St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
"The Shamrock Box Lunch event is one of our most popular fundraisers," said Jon Flora, Childhaven CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Last year we raised nearly $50,000. It's a fun and inexpensive way for people to celebrate St. Patrick's Day while helping us reach our funding goals." To order lunches Lunches are $14 each and include a choice of sandwich, Tim's Cascade Chips, a bottle of Athena Purified Water Purified water can come from any source, including spring water, well water, seawater, or municipal water. This source water is then processed by reverse osmosis or deionization to produce a water that is indistinguishable from distilled water from any other source. , an apple and a shamrock cookie. A minimum of 10 orders is required per delivery. Childhaven staff members and volunteers will deliver lunches between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm on March 17. To order online, visit Childhaven.org. Orders must be made by March 10. The Shamrock Box Lunch sponsors are Athena Purified Water, Charlie's Produce, Gretchen's Shoebox Express, KJR KJR Kiski Junction Railroad 95.7 FM, Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips and Joanie's Catering. About Childhaven Childhaven is a local, Seattle non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that provides daily therapeutic child care to abused, neglected and drug/alcohol impacted children ages one month through five years. Most of the 267 children that can be served are referred to Childhaven by Child Protective Service and Child Welfare Service. Childhaven provides daily van transportation, health monitoring, two nutritious meals plus snack each day, developmental assessments and therapies, including speech, occupational therapy, special education, art, play and music therapies. Childhaven operates three child care branches in King County, including the new First Hill Broadway Center, the Patrick L. Gogerty Branch in Auburn and the Eli Creekmore Memorial Branch in Burien. Parent involvement includes Parent Education, hands-on parenting technique and Parent Child Interaction Therapy. |
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