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2017 ASHA CONVENTION

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Sponsored by ClinicSource

Community Service in the Caring Square
Thursday, November 9
11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday, November 10
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 11
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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From Thursday through Saturday during
the ASHA Convention, the Caring
Square will offer a fun and unique
way for attendees to give back to the
Los Angeles community. The Caring
Square in the Exhibit Hall will be open
all day, and activities are designed so
that participants can jump in whenever
they have some free time. Projects will
include:
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Creating no-sew superhero capes for
adults, benefitting Literally Healing,
a program run at the Children's
Hospital Los Angeles, with special
guest television actress Katie Leclerc!

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The Literally Healing program
uses books to lift the spirits of Los
Angeles Children's Hospital patients
and their families.
Creating no-sew superhero capes
and badges for kids, benefitting the
Speech and Hearing Developmental
Departments at Rady Children's
Hospital.
Making and decorating child-sized
wooden storage lockers and creating
handmade learning rugs, benefitting
No Limits for Deaf Children. No
Limits teaches deaf children the
skills to succeed in school and in life
through its national theater group
and educational centers.

Children's playsets, benefitting the
Speech and Language Development
Center, a non-profit school and
therapy center for children and
adults with special needs.
Decorating meal trays, benefitting
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. Their
mission is to prepare and deliver

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nutritious meals to homebound
seniors and other vulnerable
residents across Los Angeles,
regardless of age, illness, disability,
race, religion or ability to pay.

Decorating surfboards to benefit
Operation Amped, whose mission
is to share the "stoke" of the surfing
community and the healing potential
of surfing with seriously ill, injured,
or disabled U.S. military veterans
and their families.

The Caring Square is a meaningful
way to take a mental break from all
the intensive learning in the education
sessions. An enthusiastic professional
facilitator will be on hand throughout
to provide guidance and instruction to
participants as well as to make sure that
everyone has fun!
Sponsored by Life Care Centers of America
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