Buddy Break launches on Saturday, May 3!  From 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., we will welcome kids with special needs (ages 3-16) from our community for a fun time of Christian love. For one Saturday each month, families with “V.I.P.” kids will pre-register for this free program, allowing the caregivers a three-hour break from their on-going care-giving responsibilities.  If you love children and have a talent in any of the following areas, we can use you:

· Welcoming children and their families
· Singing or playing a musical instrument
· Storytelling
· Arts and Crafts
· Pet therapy
· Making phone calls to families who’ve registered for Buddy Break
· Persons with a medical background
· People who love kids

No previous experience with special needs is necessary, as training will be provided. For more information, visit the Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break table on the patio, or contact any of our Buddy
Break leadership team: Judy Edmunds (488-8949); Jean McAdam (485-9468); Vicki Peel (484-8283); Ardith Pinner (485-9468); or Chris Romig (488-2258). You can also e-mail us at venicebuddybreak@yahoo.com.