Project 2 - Neighborhood House (3/8)

Location: 905 Spruce Street, Seattle, WA 98104
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

From I-5 heading north
Take the DEARBORN ST. / JAMES ST. exit- EXIT 164A- toward MADISON ST.
Take the JAMES ST exit.
Turn RIGHT onto JAMES ST.
Turn RIGHT onto 9TH AVE.
Turn LEFT onto SPRUCE ST.
End at 905 Spruce St

From I-5 heading south
Take EXIT 165A toward JAMES ST.
Stay STRAIGHT to go onto 6TH AVE.
Turn LEFT onto YESLER WAY.
Turn LEFT onto 8TH AVE.
8TH AVE becomes SPRUCE ST.
End at 905 Spruce St
Go to the Epstein Administrative Building

What the agency does:
For decades, Neighborhood House has provided free, high-quality Head Start preschool for children aged 3 to 5. Our Head Start classrooms are located in four convenient sites. Our Early Head Start program, headquartered at the NewHolly community, offers home-based support and education for expectant mothers, families and children from birth to age 3. Our Parent-Child Home Program at Rainier Vista and Yesler Terrace provides home-based instruction for children aged 2 to 3, preparing them for school success by increasing language and literacy skills.

What we'll be doing: The team will be focusing on three tasks:
1.Assembling summer learning packets for each of our 174 Head Start kids to take home at the end of the school year. This includes creating blank journals, sorting and counting the items that will be included, putting together the packets. (3-5 people)
2. Creating two home learning activities for the Head Start 08 -09 school year. These are the materials that go home during the school year for parents to use with their children. Details are similar to those above. (2-3 people)
3. Doing a (massive) clean out/reorganization of our storage space in the basement of our administration building. Trucks will be loaded with items for the Goodwill and the recycling center (staff will transport the filled trucks) and the basement spaces will be sorted, stacked and made more accessible to our staff. Heads up...this is apt to be dirty, dusty work. (5-7 people)

Check Neighborhood House's website for more info:
http://www.nhwa.org/

Afterwards: Jillian's for snacks and games!!! 731 Westlake Ave N