Past Monthly Meetings

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Barstow's DS Support Group Reaching For The Stars

Our next meeting will be in Barstow on June 20, 2009. For more information call Georgia at (760)256-5847 or in Spanish call Vanessa at (760)424-6032.

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Monthly Meetings 2006

Monthly Meetings 2007

August 2008

At this meeting we had a Back To School theme. We handed out pencil boxes with crayons, pencils, erasers, glue, ruler and sample work sheets, comic books, and coloring books. We were going to have a water slide but the wind picked up and it was suppose to rain, so we played in the house. Some of the kids played on computers, others played with toys. We talked about our upcoming Special Christmas party. We also handed out Food 4 Less cards so that when we shop we scan the cards and Food 4 Less donates a percentage to our group. Every penny helps. We also introduced our Special Autism Awareness Bracelets.

Adrian concentrating on a toy and feeling the sun on his face.

Denise and Erik playing on the computer.

Randy just checking out the house.

Tori smiling pretty for the camera.

July 2008 (2nd meeting)

This meeting was also an Ice Cream Social for Barstow people. We had water fun too. We had a water slide, wading pool and some really large buckets full of water to play in. We did get some thunder so we had to shut it down outside and run inside. It was fun trying to round up the kiddos and get them inside before the storm hit. We had the children make their ice cream sundays in the house this time. We discussed our fund raiser options and also discussed having our Down Syndrome and Autism Awareness event in Victorville Mall. This event will be on August 9th between 10am and 2pm.

Tori cooling off in the pool.

Jacnell going down head first and loving it.

Gable, Joey and Davone waiting in line for the slide.

Manon chilling in the shade.

July 2008 (1st meeting)

This meeting was our Ice Cream Social and swimming party in Apple Valley. The kids had a wonderful time. They played in the pool and out of the pool. The children got to make their own ice cream sundays and eat as much as they could. They got messy and they loved it. We had a couple new members show up and some of our old members. Joined us was Riley with his parents Tammy and Richard, also was Zoey with her mother Kristen and grandmother Vickie.

Riley playing with his daddy.

Ulyses smiling for the camera.

Andrew wondering what were looking at.

Jacnell posing for her picture.

June 2008 (2nd meeting)

This meeting was our Old West Theme. We had a couple new members come. We had Sara who is autistic and Nicholas who is also autistic join. Some of our other members came too. Manon brought her brothers to play too. We got cowboy/cowgirl hats, bandanas and water guns to help us keep cool on a hot summers day. The children also enjoyed a water slide. We all got to learn a little more about Autism today it was great.

Manon enjoying the waterslide.

Manon's brother Devon helping Tori climb the slide.

Devon and Cristian in a kodak moment.

Andrew in his cowboy attire.

June 2008 (1st meeting)

This meeting was the twins second birthday party. Yes it's true they are 2 now. This meeting was in Apple Valley and their was a pool party/birthday party. We had Pinatas and lots of food. We also had two new members, one is Julianna and the other is Sienna. Everyone had a good time. We also got to meet Ulyses and Alejandro's new puppy dog the size of a horse. It was a beautiful day.

Cristian thinks it's real important to take care of the birthday boy, Ulyses.

Big two year Ulyses taking off his shoe.

Little Fernando and Alejandro really get into their cake.

May 2008

This meeting was our first puppet show. We were going to have a waterslide and water toys, but the weather didn't agree with us. So, we had to change the theme at the last moment. Vanessa built a puppet show box and we helped the children make their own sock puppets. We made the best of a bad situation and still had a blast.

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Favio helping his mommy make a hand puppet.

What, I'm not getting into anything.

The first puppet show for us.

Can you guess whos hands these are?

April 2008

This meeting we had a build your own pizza party. All the kids loved the pizza building. They only got a little messy. We also had a new member join, her name is Manon. We had some neighborhood kids come as well. All the kids played in the fun house as well. We all had a great time.

Manon our newest member.

Heather, Izzy and Gable enjoying their pizza.

Tori and Manon making their pizzas.

Isaiah very proud of his masterpiece.

March 2008 (2nd meeting)

This was our Easter meeting. We had a visit from the Easter Bunny and we all got pictures too, courtesy of the group. We had an Easter Egg hunt and all the children had a blast. We discussed our 501-c3 and let everyone know we are now officially a non-profit organization. We are trying to find a building now to house all of our special equipment and have a fun, safe place to play.

Adrian and his family finding Easter Eggs.

Vanessa showing the kids how to accomplish their craft.

Eliza sliding.

Joey swinging.

March 2008 (1st meeting)

This meeting we had our meeting at Eliza's house. We had a birthday party for her, she turned 7 years old. Hard to believe shes getting older. We talked about orthopedics and their little feet. We ate healthy snacks because Eliza and her brothers wanted to eat healthy. Good for them! We played out back on her 3 story playhouse, it is amazing.

Eliza looking into a bag almost bigger than her.

Andrew swinging with daddy helping.

Tori swinging with Steve's help.

Eliza loving a moment with her mommy.

February 2008

The meeting we put together Valentines cards and created hearts out of tissue paper and construction paper. We had a good meeting at the PAL Center. We got to use the new tent and tunnel set the PAL Center purchased for our kiddos. They really enjoyed playing with each other after having a month off.

Tori and Andrew playing Foose Ball.

Molly helping Eliza with her Valentines.

Sharon watching Jacnell work on her Valentines.

Eliza and Tori playing on the floor together.

January 2008

This month we decided to take a break. Our Christmas party was a blast and everyone was tired. Tori also had some problems, she was hospitalized for having pnemonia for 7 days. Here are some pictures from our Christmas Party.

Juliana won the girls bike at the Christmas Party.

Landon won the boys bike at the Christmas Party.

Last updated: March 2010

Barstow, CA * USA * 92311

Email: Barstow_ds_support_group@verizon.net (760)256-5847

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