Tucson Weekly: Kids (August 26 - September 1, 1999)

Kids
Events This Week
HOMEWORK HELP. The Tucson Pima Public Library offers free homework help for first through 12th graders at 41 locations. Call 791-4391 for information.
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Stone Ave. 792-9958. Learn about candlemaking from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 28 and Sunday, August 29. Enjoy Teens 'n Tots Storytelling at 11 a.m. Sunday, August 29. Admission is $5, $4 for seniors and $3 for children.
Announcements
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. Sabino Canyon needs volunteers to work with children in their desert ecology program. Call Deb at 760-8807 for information.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. The Girl Scouts are looking for volunteers for as little as two hours a week. Call Emily at 327-2288, ext. 167 for information.
YOUTH CENTER. 35 E. Toole Ave. The Pima Prevention Partnership and T/PAC sponsor the new Toole Avenue Youth Center, housing programs such as ArtWORKS at Toole, Pima County Teen Court and the Full Court Press Youth Center. Call Dian Magie (624-0595, ext. 11), or Harry Kressler (791-0771), for information on Youth Center programs.
Parents' Corner
CHILDREN TO CHILDREN. 3922 N. Mountain Ave. Children to Children is a grief support center for children and families who have experienced the death of someone they love. They provide support services in a caring environment and currently have space available in their groups. They are also looking for volunteers to become support group facilitators. Call 322-9155 for information.
PARENTING 101. Compass Health Care. 1230 E. Broadway. The Tucson Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence presents the following free classes to give families an informed edge: BASICS (Building A Strong Independent Child) provides classes, activities, discussion and support for parents and their children, infancy through adolescence, with the goal of learning to help children become healthy, substance-free, caring individuals. Classes meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, and from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays. Enrollment is open. Call Linda Yuguchi at 620-6615, ext. 22, for registration and information.
PARENTING SUPPORT. The Give A Parent Support Group (G.A.P.S.) needs mentors to make home visits to first-time moms. Participants should be experienced, loving parents with the ability to donate one to two hours per week. Training and on-going support for volunteers is provided. Call G.A.P.S. program 293-4620 for information.
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS. Parents Without Partners, Inc., is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to the entire single-parent family. They offer Saturday night dances, camp-outs, picnics, skating, meetings, potlucks, games, house parties, movies, hikes, volunteer and community service opportunities, and much more. Orientation for new members meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. Call 622-8120 for information.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. The Pima County CASA program is seeking volunteers to become court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children. Call the CASA program office at 740-2060 for information.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. The Arizona Foster Care Review Board seeks dedicated volunteers to serve on behalf of abused and neglected children in Pima County. Foster Care Review Boards advocate for permanent, safe homes for children in foster care. Volunteers serve on five-member boards which meet one weekday a month. Volunteers also spend five to 10 hours at home reviewing case information in preparation for the monthly meeting. Board members are provided with orientation and ongoing training designed to make them effective advocates for the children they serve. Contact Susan Liechti, Foster Care Review Board, Community Outreach Specialist, for information at 628-6415; or e-mail sliechti@supreme.sp.state.az.us.