Encompass readies to open new facility in North Bend
September 21, 2011
Encompass is expanding next month.
The children’s and family services organization is opening a satellite office in downtown North Bend. The new facility will offer two categories of services: Pediatric therapy programs and family support.
Pediatric therapy programs include in-home therapy for infants and toddlers and in-clinic therapy for children ages 3 to 18. Encompass has offered the service since 2008.
North Bend parties in feast of sunshine
July 25, 2011
A little sunshine, a little music and North Bend goes bananas.
A few bananas, a few wheels and the children of North Bend have a blast, too. Read more
Census: Immigrants have changed the Snoqualmie Valley’s complexion
March 3, 2011
It is no surprise that Snoqualmie has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. Snoqualmie Ridge has expanded at a rapid pace, with forests being replaced by wending streets lined with homes.
But the once sleepy city isn’t the only part of the Valley that has seen dramatic change in the past decade.
All of the Snoqualmie Valley has changed. Its complexion has darkened. While still predominantly white, the Valley has a growing minority population.
Encompass offers parental respite
February 2, 2011
For four hours, it’s a date, and a playdate.
Children at Encompass who show up on Saturdays for a four-hour play session at the preschool build a network of friends that lasts for years and a stronger, closer family at home.
Just ask parents who are getting four child-free hours almost 50 Saturdays a year.
“Pretty much every Saturday night, it gives my husband and I four hours to have a date night or just quiet time together,” said Deb Bayley, mom of a 5- and a 7-year old. “We love it.”
Snoqualmie Tribe sends $350,000 to community organizations from casino mitigation money
August 4, 2010
NEW — 6:27 p.m. Aug. 4, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley groups received more than $350,000 from the Snoqualmie Tribe in its first disbursement of mitigation money from the tribe-owned Snoqualmie Casino.
The payments were based on the casino’s proceeds from its opening in November 2008 through 2009. They are required as part of the tribe’s compact with Washington state.
Representatives from the tribe, Snoqualmie, King County and the state evaluated the applicants.
The tribe was able to provide money to all of the groups that applied, according to Tribal Administrator Matt Mattson.
The payments were audited by the Washington State Gambling Commission.
The following organizations received money: Encompass ($40,000), Mount Si Food Bank ($20,000), Mt. Si Senior Center ($59,638), Snoqualmie Valley Community Network ($35,200), Snoqualmie Valley Transportation ($85,243) and the future Snoqualmie Valley YMCA-operated community center ($116,667).
Matt Hasselbeck delivers pass — and check — at Encompass
May 5, 2010
NEW — 1:45 p.m. May 5, 2010
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck tosses a Seahawks football with 4-year-old Jaxson McGehe, of Fall City, at Encompass, where he presented a check for $2,000 from Bonneville International. (Photo by Clay Eals)
If symptoms of Seahawk’s fever include sporting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck jerseys and getting high fives from Blitz, the Seahawk’s mascot, then Encompass might have the highest Seahawks temperature in all of the Snoqualmie Valley.
Tip the glass and pass the hat for Encompass
March 11, 2010
NEW — 2:20 p.m. March 11, 2010
Snoqualmie residents Krista McManus (left) and Tracie Miles watch as Lindsey McKay of Sagelands Winery of Wapato pours McManus a glass of wine during the March 6 Sip of Snoqualmie. The event, which drew around 350 people to Snoqualmie Casino, benefits Encompass, a family-services organization in Snoqualmie Valley. (Photo contributed by Clay Eals)
Get fine wine and cuisine with Encompass
February 18, 2010
NEW — 10:36 a.m. Feb. 18, 2010
Explore fine wine and cuisine while simultaneously supporting Encompass. The North Bend family-support nonprofit is holding four Winemaker Dinners as part of Sip of Snoqualmie. Each dinner costs $150 and begins at 6:30 p.m.
Encompass to offer free parenting classes
February 5, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. Feb. 5, 2010
Parents often send their children straight to timeout after an incident, but that should be a last resort, Encompass Family Support Program Manager Kerry Beymer said. Read more
Boeing Classic will benefit medical research
January 30, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. Jan. 30, 2010
Boeing Classic officials just named its new charity beneficiary — The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Read more
