Submitted by Community Youth Services
Although Friday marks the 12th Annual Have a Heart for Kids Breakfast, it’s the FIRST visited by a feathered Seahawk!
Blitz, the official mascot of the 2014 Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, will be swooping in to help get the Community Youth Services “Breakfast for Champions” under way.
It all begins EARLY, at 6:30 a.m. at the Red Lion Hotel, 2300 Evergreen Park Drive SW. Blitz will be posing for photos with fans before the program begins, from 6:30 to 7:15 a.m. About 500 guests are expected; seating is by reservation only and space is very limited.
It’s a “championship” week for the 44-year-old child welfare agency serving more than 3,800 youth and their families annually. Not only is this its oldest and biggest annual fund-raiser, it also marks a major expansion of CYS facilities.
Rosie’s Place, the daytime shelter serving more than 50 youth daily, is moving to the agency’s new facility at 520 Pear Street, the Brighter Futures Youth Center, where several CYS programs will now be based, including Rosie’s, the Young Adult Shelter, Street Outreach and Gravity High School, which helps youth get their GEDs.
An official “grand opening” of that facility is set for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 28. For more information about photos or articles regarding the breakfast, please contact Barbara Wakefield, CYS development coordinator, at 360-918-7844 or bwakefield@communityyouthservices.org. Limited seating available and reservations are required by Thursday.
