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Check out this great event happening until 3pm today!
" Are you and your family interested in making a difference, but not sure where to start? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center invites families to Family Day: Kids Can on Saturday, September 28th 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.to experience the countless ways kids can get involved in giving back.
At this free event, kids can participate in a series of arts and crafts, games and activities that use brainpower to make a difference in real time – benefitting local causes across the Puget Sound.
Visitors will also hear inspiring stories from young leaders in community service, get connected with local organizations and enjoy performances that use creative expression to make positive change.
Lineup includes:
• A performance by Massive Monkees, an internationally known breakdancing group committed to fostering creative expression and positive change
• Rena Mateja Walker Burr, 9 year-old founder of the Kids Helping Kids campaign serving homeless youth
• Madi Williamson, 18 year-old founder of Give for the Game and Nehemiah FC, helping local and international teens through soccer
• Callie Lentz, 9 year-old founder of Callie’s Coffee, benefitting the Ben Towne foundation
• Hope by Twelve, a non-profit empowering girls to change the world
• Volunteer & Engagement fair including local organizations Bike Works, Food Lifeline, PAWS, Ronald McDonald House, Shelter Box, and Word Concern.
• World Vision will be on site helping you to fill a backpack with school supplies and personal care items, as well as a note from you so you can help a kid in another country go to school.
• Inocente, a young artist whose experience with homelessness was featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary INOCENTE.
Join us for a memorable day of fun and feel-good activities that will leave your family inspired to give back. "
For more info. go here.
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