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Glider shown off at Lafayette Elementary
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Bruce Bulloch |
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On April 6th the playground at Lafayette Elementary School in Seattle looked suspiciously like an airport. There was a real airplane—a glider—parked out by the basketball hoops. But don’t worry; Sea-Tac isn’t trying to sneak in a fourth runway next to California Avenue. It was there as part of the curriculum for Greg Schroeder’s fourth-grade class. The kids have been studying aviation—everything from hot air balloons to the space shuttle—and the glider gave them a chance to hop in the cockpit and get some hands-on experience working the controls. Heinz Gehlhaar, Mark Nyberg, and Bruce Bulloch of Evergreen Soaring towed the glider down from its home at Arlington Municipal Airport and assembled it on the school grounds. As a teaching tool, the Apis 13-meter glider proved to be a great success. “The fact that the glider came to them so they could look at it … kind of brings it to life,” said Mr. Schroeder. “We did the glider before we built our own (model) airplanes and flew them. It gave them some great hands on experience with different parts of the plane that they’d been learning about and seen in pictures of but actually hadn’t got their hands on yet or seen in action.” |
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Recognizes Bluebill Contributions The Volunteer Coordinator at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Susan Greenwood, met with seven Heritage Chapter Bluebills volunteers on June 6, 2008, to recognize the chapter’s significant contributions to SCCA patients and family members. Over the years the Heritage Chapter has donated books, toys, stuffed animals, school supplies, and children’s DVDs. They annually prepare “goodie” bags for the Hutch School, SCCA Child Life Specialist and Gilda’s Club for their Easter, Halloween and Christmas parties. The chapter was also recognized for sponsoring a drive within the Bluebills organization to meet an urgent request for warm caps for SCCA adult patients. The chapter’s drive was conducted this past fall and winter resulting in the collection of 119 new caps including a mix of hand-knitted wool stocking caps, hand-sewn polar fleece caps, new Navy watch caps, and ski caps. These generous donations filled an urgent requirement and were greatly appreciated by the patient recipients. The drive for more caps is continuing. Following the recognition ceremony, the Bluebills in attendance were given a tour of the SCCA clinic and the Hutch School. Those touring the facilities thank the SCCA for their hospitality. |
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