Welcome to this edition of the Down Syndrome Support Newsletter!

We're moving!
DS Support's office will now be located inside GiGi's Playhouse Too. Please note the new address: 10052 S. Bode Rd, Unit D, Plainfield, IL 60544. Our phone number will remain the same.

Southwest Activity Center to open soon!
GiGi's Playhouse Too will be opening April 23! More details to come soon. Please email Rebecca at rboms@msn.com if you are interested in becoming a volunteer or able to donate anything. Check out the website for further information: www.gigisplayhousetoo.com

Everyone is invited to a Summer Activities Fair sponsored by SPARK (Special education Parents Accessing Resources and Knowledge) which is a Northwest Suburban Council PTSA committee for parents of kids with Special Needs in District 15 (Palatine) We are sponsoring an Open House for one stop shopping for fun things for your kids to do this summer. See below and please feel free to attend.

Looking for something for the kids to do this summer?
Please join us as we welcome over 45 programs and organizations from the surrounding area (and some from out of state) who would like to share their program information with you. There will be a wide variety of programs represented: educational, team sports, dance and theater, martial arts, day camps and overnight camps to name a few. There are programs specifically for children with special needs as well as programs for those without.

March 15, 2005
7-8:30 PM
Plum Grove Junior High School
2600 Plum Grove Road
Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

Questions? Please feel free to call Lari Barr 847-776-2461
This event is free, open to the public, and sponsored by: SPARK: Special education Parents Accessing Resources and Knowledge, a Northwest Suburban Council PTSA committee.

SPARK, NWSC PTSA, and Community Consolidated School District 15 neither recommends nor endorses any specific program or organization. Participation or exhibiting material does not imply endorsement by SPARK, NWSC PTSA, and CCSD 15 of the programs, organizations, or materials.

Links to interesting articles found on the web:

Child With Down Syndrome Touches Local Author's Life
WBOC TV 16 - Salisbury,MD,USA
SALISBURY- When many people look at Alex Whitehead they see a child with Down Syndrome. Paige Hurley of Salisbury sees more than that. ...

Aberdeen native releases two contemporary romance books
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
... In "For Love of Maggie," Shaff made a character with Down syndrome an integral part. ... "Maggie, Kayla's 5-year-old daughter, has Down syndrome.". ...

If you have a story, event, or happening email it to info@dssupport.net and we can include it in the next edition.

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