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SATURDAY, JUNE 25
DRIVE – IN MOVIES AT AMERICA’S CAR MUSEUM – “E.T. THE EXTRA
TERRESTRIAL”: Join us for a car themed drive-in on ACM’s Haub
Family Field. Grab dinner at the concession stand and watch in
your car or from a blanket or chair. The drive-in movie is free
to the public, but does not include museum admission. 4:30
p.m. – 11:30 p.m., LeMay – America’s Car Museum, 2702 E. D. St.,
Tacoma.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
SUMMER CRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA: Children of all ages and their
grownups are invited to create with wonderful arts and crafts
supplies. Make a book, string beads and so much more. Free
fun for all ages. 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Lake City Community Center,
12531 28th Ave. NE.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
Urban Games
Bouncy houses were just one of the family fun activities at the biennial Urban Games hosted by The Seattle chapter of Jack and Jill
of America, Inc., with the Austin Foundation, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Treehouse for Kids, Seattle Children’s African-American
Alliance, Starbucks Black Partner Network, Odessa Brown Clinic, AT Peak and Essex Community Outreach June 12. Families were able
to enjoy a multitude of activities designed to promote itness and an active healthy life style including a 3-on-3 basketball tournament,
open swim, obstacle course, face painting, cooking demos, health & dental screenings,a magician, itness and nutrition workshops
including a Zumba/Crossit Class, FREE helmets with itting, DJ, free giveaways, food samples, prizes, dance and musical performances
by ParisAlexa and more.
Seattle News Briefs
Better Business Bureau Warns
Groups Not to Fall for Vanity Scam
The Seattle Public Library Presents
‘Love Is the Message’: a Black Pride
Celebration June 25
Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest has
received numerous reports of an email scam target-
ing small businesses across the country. In the past
24 days BBB Scam Tracker has received 23 reports
from potential victims in the Northwest region. This
ploy is known as the vanity award scheme — one the
BBB has warned about in the past.
The email informs small businesses and nonprof-
its they are a recipient of a “Best of (insert city name)
Award.” But in order to claim their trophy, they have
to pay up. Business owners report being asked to pay
anywhere from $149 to $229 to claim the honor and
receive a personalized plaque. Some of these emails
list a Seattle address as the place of business, however
BBB investigators believe that is likely false informa-
tion meant to deceive potential victims.
The names attached to the emails include: The
Award Program, Business Recognition and Award
Connections. The websites the email recipients are
being directed to are awardconnections.org, existial.
org, cortist.org and encountry.org.
BBB serving the Northwest recommends the follow-
ing tips to avoid falling for these types of scams:
Ask questions. Learn everything you can about who
is giving the award. If it is coming from a mystery
company, chances are they simply want your money.
Businesses and organizations that ofer legitimate
awards will usually be willing to provide detailed
information on why a speciic company received the
award.
Know the nomination process. Find out who nomi-
nated your business for the award. If you didn’t apply
for it or the group cannot tell you how you were nom-
inated, chances are the award is not legitimate.
Don’t pay. Most legitimate awards do not come with
costs to the recipient. If there is a cost, scrutinize it
closely. If there is a fee for winning or for receiving a
certiicate or plaque it could be a scam.
Do your research. Check the company’s BBB Busi-
ness Review at bbb.org to ensure the ofer is legit.
Many of the business owners who reported the scam
to BBB did their own investigating and found we’ve re-
ported on this scam in the past. Companies that have
fallen victim to these or other scams are encouraged
to report their experience to Better Business Bureau
at (206) 431-2222 or at bbb.org.
During Seattle’s Pride weekend, The Seattle Pub-
lic Library will co-host “The Family Hour,” a spoken
word program to kick-of the Black Pride party “Love
is the Message” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June
25 at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave, Suite 100.,
(206) 325-8773.
Library events are free and everyone is welcome.
This event is appropriate for all ages. Tickets and reg-
istration are not required for the Library-sponsored
portion of this event; paid tickets will be required to
attend ater 8:30 p.m.
This event will celebrate Seattle’s queer and trans
people of color. The spoken word program will in-
clude recent videos highlighting local black queer lu-
minaries such as The Lady B and DJ Riz Rollins. There
will also be youth activities, art by Kelli N. Wimb-
ley-Dinh and dancing.
This event is presented in partnership with
Groundswell Arts Collective, Equal Rights Washing-
ton, Velocity Dance Center, Queer Black Alliance of
the South Sound, Center for MultiCultural Health,
Pride Foundation and Seattle LGBT Commission.
For more information, call the Library at (206) 386-
4636 or Ask A Librarian.
Free Summer Meal Program for
Youth Starts June 29
Thousands of Seattle children ages one through 18
will enjoy free breakfasts and lunches this summer
through the Seattle Human Services Department’s
Summer Food Service Program. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture-funded program, formerly known as
“Summer Sack Lunch,” is open to children at qualify-
ing sites. From June 29 through Aug. 26 meals will be
served at approximately 100 sites across the city—in-
cluding designated community centers, Seattle park
playgrounds, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCAs and YW-
CAs, and other community sites throughout Seattle
and parts of King County.
The majority of sites will ofer meals to the public
and all children 18 years old and younger can come to
have a meal.
Some of the meal sites (about 30) ofer the food
program to children enrolled in speciic activity pro-
grams, where free meals will be served to all children
enrolled in the program.
Families who think they may meet the income cri-
teria are encouraged to apply at http://www.seattle.
gov/humanservices/services-and-programs/nutri-
tion.
HHS awards $4,244,999 to Health
Centers in Washington to Expand
Oral Health Services
This week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec-
retary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $4,244,999 in
funding to support 12 health centers in Washington.
The funding will increase access to integrated oral
EVENING FARMER’S MARKET AT PIKE PLACE! This summer, Pike
Place Market is excited to announce a new evening farmer’s
market to provide downtown Seattle residents, families and
workers a convenient opportunity to shop after work. 5 p.m. – 8
p.m., Pike Place Market, 93 Pike St.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
PARK IN THE HEART: This is a children’s workshop at the park
under a caravan tent. Kids learn techniques and participate in
projects using diferent materials. They will also learn a little
more about a featured artist. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Ballard Commons
Park, 5701 22nd Ave. NW.
SATURDAY, JULY 2
56TH ANNUAL BAINBRIDGE ROTARY AUCTION & RUMMAGE SALE:
World’s largest garage sale. Items include antiques, books,
clothes, tools and much more. Free admission! 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.,
Woodward Middle School, 9125 Sportsman Club Rd NE., Bain-
bridge Island.
health care services and improve oral health out-
comes for Health Center Program patients. Nation-
wide, today’s announcement includes nearly $156
million in funding to support 420 health centers in 47
states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This
funding enables health centers to expand integrated
oral health care services and increase the number of
patients served.
With these awards from the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), health centers
across the country will increase their oral health
service capacity by hiring approximately 1,600 new
dentists, dental hygienists, assistants, aides, and tech-
nicians to treat nearly 785,000 new patients.
Oral health problems can be a sign of illness else-
where in the body. Additionally, lack of access to
preventive and routine dental care for underserved
populations can result in dental conditions requiring
more costly emergency dental treatment.
Today, nearly 1,400 health centers operate approxi-
mately 9,800 service delivery sites in every U.S. state,
D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Paciic
Basin; these health centers employ more than 170,000
staf who provides care to nearly 23 million patients.
In 2014, health centers employed over 3,700 dentists,
more than 1,600 dental hygienists, and over 7,400
dental assistants, technicians and aides. They served
about 4.7 million dental patients and provided nearly
12 million oral health visits.
To view the list of the awardees, visit http://bphc.
hrsa.gov/programopportunities/fundingopportuni-
ties/oralhealth/fy16awards.html
To learn more about HRSA’s Health Center Pro-
gram, visit http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/index.html
To ind a health center in your area, visit http://ind-
ahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/
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