Category Archives: Awesome in Action
Local Authors Shelf goes live at Loveland Public Library
The AiA team is so thrilled to be living in a community where the arts and sciences are valued. The City of Loveland puts its resources into its local artisans. Case in point, take a stroll downtown one morning, enjoy breakfast between the one ways (Cleveland and Lincoln), have a cuppa joe or an herbal tea and a pastry, but make a point to stroll a little further east down 4th street to the Loveland Library, and ask one of the many extraordinary librarians for directions to the Local Authors Shelf.
It is upon this shelf that you will find some things, but not other things. You will most likely not find an elf, for example. You will, however, find books written by authors living here in Northern Colorado. This singular shelf is the result of the Local Authors Showcase I enjoyed back in September of last year. The Showcase offered local authors a day to set up in the library and entertain interested readers.
Small towns just have the most magical feel to them when they highlight local talent.
Enjoy phase II of the Local Authors project and thank your City of Loveland leadership and the library district for giving honor to the locals in their own town!
Awesome time at Peak Parent Center’s 2016 Conference on Inclusive Education!!
Great People, Great Ideas, Great Speakers…who could ask for more?
Audrey, Cynthia, and I loved attending the Peak Parent Center’s Conference on Inclusive Education as a vendor and self advocate. We met so many dedicated educators , parents, and advocates for differently-abled people
We cannot tell you how exciting it was to find extensive energy and ingenious ideas in one hotel!
Nicholas of The Consortium, offering health care to students with special needs:The Consortium
Getting ready to sign a book!
Cynthia Hampton, my job coach we made it!….through day 1
Bronwen Buswell, Conference, Communications, and Tech Coordinator, of Peak Parent Center and volunteer super talented guitar player, Adam Goldstein (with an authentic Irish hat!)
Audrey and I discussing serious concerns on inclusion
We found an essential part of marketing at this conference was to try on the new hat I bought for my baby niece!
O.k….so maybe we had a bit of down time!
Posing with my new friend, Chris Luby, owner of Bottom Line Financial, LLC
Maxwell Orland, Key note speaker for the conference, took a moment before his speech to chat with me!
Peak board member, Brandi Young, was a great advocate! She bought my book for her young son, Clay, and found me the “I could be president” tag for my name!
Zach Woods, rival children’s book author of The disability gang series, Chris Luby, and I hang at the end of the conference! The 3 amigos!
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