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Assistance League of Phoenix ThriftShop is giving seniors another reason tocome out and shop early everyWednesday. The Thrift Shop, located at7044 N. 7th St., will open its doorsearly and host coffee and donuts forsenior shoppers from 9 to 9:30 a.m.each Wednesday. Seniors ages 60 andolder will continue to receive a 25-per-cent discount every Wednesday with avalid photo ID.

Summer hours of 9:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Tuesday through Saturday are ineffect until Sept. 10. Cleaning out yourcloset? The thrift store needs your gen-tly used items, and will provide a taxreceipt. Donations are accepted duringnormal business hours. Call 602-944-9845 to schedule pick up of large fur-niture.

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Care center receivesnew higher rating

Arizona Grand Senior LivingCommunity’s Care Center, 4602 N.24th St., recently was given a new 4-Star Overall Quality rating fromCenters for Medicare & MedicaidServices (CMS).

This new rating reflects a high qual-ity in staffing levels of nurses topatients and overall exemplary opera-tions of the care center. Arizona GrandCare Center now rates in these follow-ing areas as designated by CMS:Overall Quality, 4 Stars; Staffing, 5Stars; RN Staffing, 5 Stars; HealthInspection, 3 Stars; and QualityMeasures, 3 Stars.

In addition to the overall 4-StarCMS Rating, Arizona Grand CareCenter also has received an “A” QualityRating from Arizona Department ofHuman Services (DHS) for the seventhconsecutive year. And, the Care Centeralso was a recipient of the nationalAHCA/NCAL Bronze Commitment toQuality Award in 2011. Only fourother skilled care centers in Arizonareceived this honor in 2011.

Arizona Grand Care Center offers36 beds of skilled care in a boutiquesetting. The on-site rehabilitation cen-ter offers physical, occupational andspeech therapies seven days a week. TheCare Center is part of a campus thatalso provides independent and assistedliving, and a new memory care com-munity of private studios and friend-ship suites.

For more information or admis-sions, call 602-759-6405, or visitwww.arizonagrand.org.

Kids & FamiliesFamily Fun Day:AZ Mine Inspector

Starting this month, Saturdays areFamily Fun Days at the Arizona StateCapitol with free activities and fun pro-grams. Come see what’s waiting for youunder the copper dome, 1700 W.Washington St.

Families and all other weekend visi-tors are welcome to stop by the Capitolfor the first Family Fun Day, 10 a.m.-2p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, for the openingof the new State Mine InspectorExhibit. Activities include: Make yourown mining hardhat and learn aboutmine safety; meet Arizona State MineInspector Joe Hart; explore hands-onmine safety artifacts; see a recreatedentrance to an abandoned mine; andcreate your own mine safety bill and seeif it becomes a law.

Visitors also are invited to enter theMuseum Store for fun activities like theArizona jigsaw puzzle.

The Arizona Capitol Museum hasvirtual and physical exhibits, events,and educational programs that are freeand open to the public. The ArizonaState Library, a division of the Secretaryof State, is the oldest cultural institu-tion in Arizona, dating to the organiza-tion of the Territory in 1863. For moreinformation, contact Luke Bate, assis-tant museum director, at 602-926-3620 or lbate@azlibrary.gov.

Center seeks donationsfor fall community sale

Beatitudes Agelink IntergenerationalChild Development Center, a nonprofitthat serves children from birth throughpre-kindergarten, is seeking donationsfor its second-annual fall fundraiser, setfor Saturday, Oct. 13.

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Community members are asked toclean out their closets and overstuffedgarages and donate gently used itemssuch as clothes, toys, furniture, tools,household goods, art, and more.Donations can be dropped of at thecenter’s front desk, 1548 W. GlendaleAve. Tax exemption forms will be pro-vided upon request.

If you’d rather take your unneededgoods and make a little cash yourself,the center also is renting vendor spacefor $35 plus 10 percent of sales.For more information, call 602-955-3363.

Sept. 3 rally seeks betterstandards in maternity care

Thousands of men, women andchildren will gather in more than 100major cities around the country onSept. 3 as part of a national movement.Locally, a rally will take place at St.Joseph’s Hospital, 350 W. ThomasRoad.

The rallies are being held forImproving Birth’s “National Rally forChange on Labor Day.” The purpose isto bring awareness to the lack of evi-dence-based maternity care in theUnited States.

The organization is advocating formedical practice standards at both thefederal and the state level that wouldaddress C-sections performed withoutmedical justification and assure moremother-friendly births and fewer med-ical interventions during labor

“Until we get it right, we are need-lessly subjecting mothers and babies tomajor abdominal surgery, the long-term side effects that go along with thatand the unnecessary risk of death forboth,” says Dawn Thompson, founderof Improving Birth.

“Despite the dire situation, this is

not a protest,” she adds. “It is a publicawareness campaign to bring attentionto the outdated practices that havebeen proven time and again to not bewhat is best for mothers and babies.”

For more information, visitwww.improvingbirth.org.

Free pre-K nowoffered at center

Lincoln Learning Center, 303 E.Eva St., offers a free pre-kindergartenprogram to children whose family’sincome is 200 percent or below the fed-eral poverty guidelines.

“Building social, emotional, cogni-tive and physical skills are all key factorsin readiness as children enter the schoolsystem,” said Kathryn Wauters, directorof the Lincoln Learning Center.

A new scholarship grant will beopen to children of families who meetspecific income and age requirements.The program includes free childcarefrom 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, with allmeals and snacks, physical fitness,small classroom sizes and state-certifiedteachers with a background in earlychildhood education. Before and afterschool care is available for $11 a dayper child.

Requirements to enroll include:Children must be a U.S. citizen or haveproof of legal residency; family mustshow proof of income if working; familyincome must be at or below the 200-per-cent poverty level; and children must be4 years old by Sept. 1, 2012. For moreinformation, call 602-943-3731.

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