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Children of the Valley Announces Partnership with Cascade Bicycle Club

Pedaling with a Purpose: Children of the Valley Announces Partnership with Cascade Bicycle Club to Empower Skagit’s Middle Schoolers with After-School Bike Club MOUNT VERNON, WA (October 2024) – Children of the Valley, a free referral-based after-school program for under-resourced children in Skagit Valley, partners with the nation’s largest statewide non-profit, Cascade Bicycle Club, to…

Children of the Valley program expands into Burlington

Children of the Valley program expands into Burlington BY: JAKE ISOM BURLINGTON — The Children of the Valley after-school program now has the ability to serve more children.   The free referral-based program for those in kindergarten through the fifth grade held a grand opening Tuesday for a site at the Christ The King Skagit…

Children of the Valley after-school program comes to Sedro-Woolley

Children of the Valley Program Expanding to Burlington, Sedro-Woolley BY: VINCE RICHARDSON PHOTOS BY: OLIVER HAMLIN   SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Children of the Valley has brought its after-school program to Sedro-Woolley.   Through a partnership with the Sedro-Woolley School District, Mount Vernon-based Children of the Valley now offers after-school services at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.…

Donations Help Local Child Care Center Expand

Donations Help Local Child Care Center Expand BY: KERA WANIELISTA  PHOTOS BY: OLIVER HAMLIN MOUNT VERNON — When schools first shut their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, local child care providers knew demand for their services would increase.   What they didn’t know was how they’d pull it off. Nearly a year…

Flora Perez-Lucatero

Flora Perez-Lucatero BY: TINA L. KIES PHOTO BY: KELLY CLARE PHOTOGRAPHY Those who choose a life of service share distinct characteristics: perseverance, a drive to create change, and an inner strength of mind.   Raised in a family of farmworkers, Flora Perez-Lucatero learned through observation and the guidance of her hard-working parents that life does not play favorites. Rather,…