Our
next membership meeting will be:
Sunday, September 20th,
2009 at Rainier School
in the Bill Leonard Room at 11:30 am.
The agenda will include:
A serious discussion of the many changes and
proposed changes at Rainier School since
our last meeting in May.
Besides house closures and program
curtailments, there are layoffs, and terminations. Terminations include the Chaplain’s
position and all the Social Workers positions. The Adult Training Program staff
also has a large reduction. The Bonney
Lake Thrift Store has been closed and the staff reassigned. This means the
program designed to give Rainier residents community integration work ,
developed
and implemented in response to the DOJ’s
call for more client interfacing with the community, has been stopped. There’s a lot more . Lawsuits filed
challenging service cuts. At the meeting we will share what we know. We’ve also asked Supt Crowley to share with
us his latest data on items of relevance.
The August 27th Focus
Group meeting on the 250 RHC bed Reduction study . Norm
Davis, lead partner in the consulting
firm Davis Deshaies held a focus group
meeting at Rainier School on Thursday,
August
27th at 6:30 pm. This was a limited invited group of
30 that included parents,
guardians, siblings, the Buckley mayor, and the WFSE president. Some one came ,no
one knew, who shouted some strange comments from the front row an left, shortly
afterwards. Those attending will share
their perceptions of this meeting and suggest
actions we should take. Note the
Action RHC meeting notice on the next page.
Dues and Contributions
It's that time again. Please send us your dues. Use the enclosed addressed envelope. FOR dues are
$25. per family. Send
more if you can. $100.00 or more
would be great. We exist because of your strong financial support in
dues, and additional contributions. We are very grateful for those of you who
have already sent us dues and donations this year. Your dues fund our newsletters, our website, the great picnics, legal expenses, and special
projects this year such as Summerfest. Over the past 29 years, besides using your
dues and donations to keep you informed, they have funded our legal challenges
to two major Federal lawsuits!! Each would have closed Rainier School. Your donations also fund the monitoring of the WAC (Wash.
Administrative Code) revisions by DSHS. Previously,
our attorney was able to challenge a DSHS WAC revisions and won. With all the changes taking place at Rainier
School , and possible other changes
proposed, your financial support is
more important now, than ever . To all our supporters we say THANK YOU!! We wouldn't exist with out your support.
Again, Your donations are tax
deductible. We are a Federally approved
501 (c)3 non profit. Our ID # is 91-1028074. We also are UGN
approved for payroll deductions.
Won't you please help our cause and contribute. Thank You. –
Your FOR Board of Directors and Officers
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