Speakers

Empowering youth through action based education to build resilient rural communities and ecosystems encompassing the Glacier Peak region.

www.glacierpeakinstitute.org 

A simple invitation change a life, even save a life. We’ve all seen it happen. We invite someone to an organization we belong to as a guest. They join. They connect. They become engaged. Their life is changed forever. And so are many lives around them. Come hear a touching and inspirational story from Rebecca’s childhood that ends with a call to action we all need to hear. A simple reminder that each of us can change the world though something as simple as an invitation to try something new.

"Camano Center is 100% self-funded and through our events, activities and revenue from the Thrift Shop, we are able to provide Meals-on-Wheels to shut-ins, medical rides for the elderly and disabled so they can get to doctors’ appointments or go on a grocery run, support services such as Alzheimer’s Groups and Adult Care.  This has been the mission of the Center for almost 50 years now, but as our residents grow older and face mounting medical difficulties, the need for these services increases.  Funding, meanwhile, is on the decline.  We receive no funding from state and local government." - Tim Spencer  Come hear about all the great things the Camano Center is doing.

Lance Morehouse is the Executive Director of Sherwood Community Services, a non-profit in Lake Stevens that provides services to children and adults with disabilities in Snohomish County. Sherwood Community Services has been around for almost 60 years.

 

Lance moved to Lake Stevens about 6 years ago following his wife. Lance and his wife both had sons that had disabilities and caring for people with disabilities became a passion for them both

 

The founder of Sherwood Community Services was Hazel Vernables. She had a daughter with a disability and was a public care nurse that worked with other families with developmental and intellectual disabilities.  They were looking for a way for their children to learn because children with disabilities were not required to have education.  8 families started Sherwood so that children could have education.

https://www.goskagit.com/scnews/news/camano-program-puts-tentative-walkers-back-on-their-feet/article_f0bd253a-5fd4-11e9-91e9-d74e88d76115.html?fbclid=IwAR05DdNt5qoKyc8rXhO6JmLJoxsJkTPMDz9H0wE6QSD8VAQC4gWakJB1Iig