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Special Olympics Soccer Team Issaquah Spirit to Represent WA State at Summer 2018 USA Games

12/12/2017

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Coach Mike Quinn is Northwest Center VP of Business Development
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Northwest Center is proud to announce that the Issaquah Spirit, a Special Olympics soccer team coached by Northwest Center VP of Business Development Mike Quinn, has been selected to represent Washington State at the summer 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, July 1-6, 2018 in Seattle.

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Nurturing Every Child’s Potential at Northwest Center Early Learning

12/4/2017

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Anthony and his mom Sara
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Anthony looks at the world a little differently—and often beautifully.

“When Anthony goes up a hill, he says it’s heavy because it makes his body feel heavy,” says his mom Sara. “What a unique way to describe that feeling.”
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Still, Sara and her husband Jason struggled to find a preschool that would nurture Anthony’s potential the same as any other child.

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A Foot in the Door at Amazon—then Something More

12/4/2017

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​By Richard Solomon, Lead Employment Support Coordinator
“One second.”
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Conlan holds up a finger and furrows his brow, focused on the screen in front of him. He’s working as a Problem Solver at Amazon’s Prime Now warehouse (UWA1) in Kirkland, a job he found through Northwest Center Employment Services. The warehouse is a hub for Pacific Northwest fulfillment, with a torrent of inventory that gives him plenty to do.

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Hospital-to-Home Project Blazes Trails for Premature Babies

12/4/2017

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​The program that Northwest Center Early Supports for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) has pioneered in collaboration with the University of Washington Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (UW NICU) is not only making a huge impact on families whose babies are beginning life in the UW NICU; it’s also making one statewide.

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The Path to Employment: Golden Hearts Luncheon Raises $60,000 for School-to-Work

12/4/2017

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​Our 2017 Golden Hearts Luncheon raised money for a more inclusive working world. Host Dennis Bounds, former King 5 news anchor, kept things lively as he shared success stories like that of Devin, who found his career through Northwest Center School-to-Work. Devin’s story was captured on video and shared at the event by featured speaker Chris Ulmer of Special Books by Special Kids, whose popular videos of conversations with children and adults with disabilities were an event highlight.

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Another Home-Grown Innovation that Delivers: Partnerships to Benefit the Local Community

12/4/2017

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By Gene Boes, President & CEO, Northwest Center
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Value Village & Northwest Center 
Few regions have seen as much change in recent years as the Pacific Northwest. A technology-driven boom has propelled growth in the Puget Sound region, with Seattle earning the status of fastest-growing city and undisputed construction crane capital in the nation.

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