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April 10th, 2005

AREA KIDS USE FLOWERS TO HELP "FEED BABIES"

Students in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade at Madison Elementary School are teaming up with Skagit County Community Action's Women, Infant, and Children Nutrition program (WIC) to help ensure that young babies and their moms are healthy. The 90 K-2 students are participating in a service-learning project that involves the children growing flowers in their classroom, decorating flowerpots, and selling the potted plants to raise funds that will be donated to Community Action's WIC program.
The young students learned about the various ways Community Action helps out in the community and voted on the program that they felt was the most important. Funds for the WIC program will be raised through the sale of the children's artwork and flowers. The public is encouraged to visit the presale at the Cinco de Mayo celebration from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6 at Madison Elementary School. The sale continues from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7. Featured items will include, hand-painted terra cotta pots filled with flowers planted by the students, stepping stones, clay pockets and ornamental plant markers, all of which will be made by the children. For more information about this event please call 428-6131. For more information about Skagit County

Community Action Agency call 416-7585, or visit www.skagitcap.org.

JOIN THE FLOWER POWER KIDS as they use flowers to make a difference in their world!