A+26 April 21 - May 4, 2007
Spirituality
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Find your Heart’s Desire at VUU Event aids state’s only
Want someone to serenade your sweetheart at a romantic dinner? How about
Christian Montessori
a 12-course Chinese dinner for eight for $50 per person? Or perhaps your heart’s
A silent auction and Italian dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. Sat. April 28 will help
desire is to have a mountain getaway in northern Arizona, Sedona or even a week
Montessori Christian Academy (MCA), a nonprofi t entity, raise funds to convert a
in Hawaii for an opening bid of $100 to $200?
house at Cooper and Chandler heights roads into a school that offers an extensive
All are available now through an online auction and a silent auction from 6 to 9
outdoor environment were children can grow and tend to gardens, care for
p.m. Sat., April 28 at the Valley Unitarian Universalists’ fi rst annual Heart’s Desire
animals and come to understand, love and respect nature and working within
auction and major fundraiser.
a community. Funds will also provide scholarships to children who wouldn’t
Maybe your heart’s desire is four hours of spring cleaning. Opening bid is $70.
otherwise get to experience this type of education.
Singing lessons with the VUU’s musical director is up to $70. There are tickets to
MCA, which opened its doors fi ve years ago and currently provides a “Montessori
the Phoenix Zoo, Heard Museum and many other fun items.
education in a Christian environment” to children ages 2 1/2 through kindergarten,
Visit
www.vuu.org to see a list of the items currently up for bid.
hopes to add fi rst-grade classes next year. To accommodate its plans and growing
enrollment, the school purchased a house on 1.25 acres in Southern Chandler. The
school is accredited by the Associate Montessori International and is one of only 10
AMI-accredited schools in the state, as well as the only one that is Christian.
Tickets to the event, being held at MCA’s current location inside Hope Covenant
Church at 1770 S. Dobson Rd., will be on sale at the door or available for purchase
during school hours. Cost is $25 each, two for $40 or six for $90. Business owners
can also sponsor a table for $200, and their tax-deductible donation allows them a
link to their business on MCA’s website, and display of fl yers or business cards at
the dinner.
Themed gift baskets up for auction start as low as $25 and include items like
exercise equipment, Disneyland passes, D-Backs autographed pictures, Coyotes
memorabilia and more.
To learn more about the school, call 480-205-0290 or visit www.
montessorichristian.org.
LOC holds preschool open house
An open house for Light of Christ Christian Preschool will be held 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Sat., May 5
The event is for prospective or enrolled families of preschoolers there. It
will be held at 1500 W. Germann Rd., in Chandler. Call 480-899-1400 for more
information.
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