children's village

Thursday is Miracle Treat Day. How can you help? By helping yourself to a Blizzard and knowing that $1 of that sale will go to the Children's Miracle Network.

Starting at the Moxee Hop Festival, then at various locations around Yakima in the weeks to come, you'll see this one-on-one racing video game you can play for a chance to win a Playstation 4. See it in action as John Riggs (that's me!) races against Extra Life-Yakima's own Daniel Thompson...

My daughter is part of a 'kids club' at Children's Village that keeps kids occupied all summer long with fun field trips. Wednesday was a visit to Yakima Maker Space. Even I couldn't wait for this one, as I'm such a huge fan of who they are and what they do.

My son, Jaron, has autism. If he's not interested in something, he's quick to move on to the next thing. Even his most favorite TV shows only keep his interest for a few minutes. He'll rarely get through half an hour of anything, let along a full-length feature film. Then you have to add that we're in a strange places surrounded by strangers. Thanks to Children's Village and the Yakima Theaters, m

Over the month of May you heard us talk about Team Eli and his story and all of the fun ways we raised money during the month to give back to Children's Village and the Children's Miracle Network. We DJ'd live for 107 hours, we did a book reading at the library, we had the Clydesdales at Valley Mall and so much more. The fruit of our labor happened today when we were able to present a check for $

Traditionally, Father's Day is kind of treated as a 'throwaway' holiday. It's a day where you honor your father for all he has done for you. This usually means he gets a new necktie and a homemade certificate for a free massage. But this year Father's Day fell on the same day as my daughter's ballet performance.

Wednesday morning we did a three-hour radiothon to help raise funds for Children's Miracle Network. Thanks to your love and support, as a collective, you helped raise $7,405! Thank you!

Every year the Children's Miracle Network elects one 'miracle child' to represent their respective state. This year, Yakima's own Camery Broers is representing Washington State which includes a trip to Orlando, Florida and she'll visit Washington D.C.

Every year Gymnastics Plus and Kids Castle open their doors to kids with autism to let them roam free, play on the equipment and be amongst their friends. This day is one of the highlights of my son's year. I can't thank Gymnastics Plus for doing this.

For the next few weeks you'll hear us share stories about our new friend, Eli, his mom and others who have similar stories are helping raise money for Children's Miracle Network.

'Tis the season of giving and Children's Village is doing something fun along with Dutch Bros. From November 25th through December 3rd, for every donated toy you drop off at Dutch Bros. Coffee on 65th and Nob Hill, they'll hook you up with a free coffee of your choice!

My son Jaron, as you may or may not know, has autism. Last year we went through a horse therapy course at Pegasus Project and he absolutely loved it. We started back up this week and, as you can tell by this picture, he was more than overjoyed to be back!