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JUNE 21, 2023
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VOL. 104, NO. 25
Local student represents Washington in Children’s Congress
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A gem in every season: The Bellevue Botanical Garden’s perennial border
garden in the country, it’s Free and open 365 days a year, been wowing people since the the 53-acre Bellevue Botanical garden opened in 1992. Garden (bellevuebotanical.org) While it’s called a perennial is already a treasure giving border, the maples, horse people access to beauty yearchestnuts, and hydrangeas round. Within it is an extraadding seasonal support and special gem that rewards structure make it a mixed visiting any day of the year: the border. The border was perennial border. overhauled and nearly doubled Entirely maintained in size to 33,000 square feet in by volunteers from the 2012 by original designers Northwest Perennial Alliance Glenn Withey and Charles (northwestperennialalliance. Erica Browne Grivas Price, known for their love of org), the border showcases the Get Growing color. best of Northwest gardening I recently attended a in a kaleidoscope of color and tour led by NPA president Tere Kalfus, for a texture that shifts at least every two weeks, if not daily for the really close observer. The largest volunteer-tended public perennial GARDEN Page 4
Five students from Washington were chosen by JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, to join a delegation of their peers and celebrity advocates in Washington, D.C., this summer at JDRF 2023 Children’s Congress from July 9-11. Eli Overa, 13, Grace Pilo, 17, Natalie McNichols, 8, Safa Ali, 8, and Wesley McNutt, 17, will join more than 160 other youths from across the country to meet with their members of Congress and other key decisionmakers to inform them of the critical role they can play in supporting the T1D community. Overa is from Magnolia. He loves science and social studies. He likes to spend his free time outdoors, playing golf, hiking, and camping. Eli is a patrol leader in his Boy Scout troop and plans to become an Eagle Scout in the next few years. His goals for the future include getting his pilot’s license, attending law school after college, and one day running for office
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so he can support healthcare issues. Throughout the event, these young people —ages 4 to 17— will participate in leadership and characterbuilding programming, interact with T1D role models, and engage in a number of activities on the Hill, including attending a Senate hearing to share personal testimonies that highlight the challenges of living with T1D and the need for continued Federal funding through the Special Diabetes Program (SDP). Joining the U.S. delegates will be five international delegates traveling from CONGRESS Page 4
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