Colours of the Rainbow Garden Tour scheduled for June 12!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 11, 2010

Jill Calvert, Director of Development

816-229-3869

Colours of the Rainbow Garden Tour scheduled for June 12!

Five area gardens will be featured on the 2^nd annual Colours of the Rainbow Garden Tours & Outdoor Living Experience to benefit Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders. The gardens, some of them never open to the public before, will also have outdoor living experiences such as demonstrations, music and tablescapes.  Enjoy beauty in bloom at the homes of Digby, Guier, Kinser, Morris and Schneider. The gardens open at 10 am and will close at 4 pm.

Advanced tickets are $12 and are now available through the Rainbow Center website at www.rainbow-center.org. Tickets on the day of the tour will be $15, and will be available at each garden location.

Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit providing day school services for students with special needs from 18 surrounding school districts, and adult habilitation programming for adults with developmental disabilities in Eastern Jackson County. All proceeds will be used to assist with programming expenses for over 120 persons served.

For more information, sponsorship and tickets purchase, advertising in the program, or volunteer opportunities, please contact Jill Calvert at Rainbow Center at 816-229-3869.

Board of Directors John Carlson, Lyndon Davis, Reggie Davis, Mark Fletcher, Colleen Foudree, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Mary Grimaldi,

Greg Grounds, Lydia Jeter, Paul Midtbo, Sarah Soden, MD, Ryan Snyder, Chair, Mike Trollinger, Barry Viesselman, Betsy Wenzel

Ambassadors Mary Adams, Robert K. Barker, Jerry Britton, Vince Burget, Shirley Charde, Leslie Cochran, Emagrace Colley, Laura Fitzmaurice, MD, Jeanine Fletcher, Mark & Kim Foudree, Joe Haney, Michael Harris, Mary Helber-Jamboretz, Danan Hughes, Jim Kennedy, Chuck Kleinhagen, Mike & Jan McGraw, Brooks Rainer, Deryl Roberts, Nancy M. Rogers, Jim Shultz, Steve Silverstein, MD, Bob Walls

Executive Director Marilu W. Herrick Director of Development Jill Calvert Director of Finance George N. Martin Program Manager Louann Garrett

Rainbow Center & Rainbow Options I

900 NW Woods Chapel Road • Blue Springs, MO 64015

Rainbow Center 816.229.3869 • Fax 229.4260

Rainbow Options I 816.228-7900 • Fax 228.7901

Rainbow Options II

3420 NW Kingsridge Drive • Blue Springs, MO 64015

816.228.1373 • Fax 228.1159

www.rainbow-center.org