Upward Bound at Avila University has planned a fall college tour to St. Louis Missouri for current sophomores and juniors. This is an opportunity for students to explore different college options so that they can make educated decisions when selecting a post-secondary institution.
Only 16 students will be allowed to attend this trip. Seats will be reserved on a first come basis as permission slips are turned in.
When: Friday/Saturday, September 28-29
Time: Depart Avila at 7:00am and return Saturday night
On Wednesday September 12 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Upward Bound participants will have the viewing of the movie Mozart & the Whale. Mozart & the Whale is a love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship. After the movie, there will be a short discussion relating to the movie and the themes presented. To sign up for this activity, please contact the Upward Bound at 816.501.2438 or at upward.bound@avila.edu. Below is a trailer for the film.
On Saturday September 8th, from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Upward Bound participants will have a chance to participate in the Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center. This activity is open foronly 10 participants. Street painting was created in Italy many centuries ago and brought to life by artists using pastel chalks as their medium and pavement/brick as their canvas. You are invited to experience the creation of these street paintings, interact with the artist, enjoy street performers, Children's Creative Corridor and Workshops. To learn more about the Festival, go to the Festival's website here or check out the video from the 2010 Festival below. To sign up for this event, please contact the Upward Bound office at 816.501.2438 or upward.bound@avila.edu.
On Saturday, September 8th from 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Upward Bound participants can take part in community service, the annual Walk for PDK. The walk is the only nationally-run fundraising event aimed at finding treatments and cure for polycystic kidney diseases - one of the most life threatening genetic diseases affecting millions worldwide.
The PKD Foundation is leading the fight to bring a treatment and a cure to patients all over the world. Never before have we been closer to getting a treatment into the hands of those who need it most. With your help, we can put a treatment within reach.
The Walk for PKD started in 1998 as a grassroots effort and has become the PKD Foundation’s signature fundraising event, raising more than $15 million for PKD research, education, advocacy, support and awareness. More than 60 walks occur every fall in cities across the United States and Canada, with thousands of PKD patients, their families and friends fundraising and walking together to end PKD. The event is run almost entirely by passionate and dedicated PKD Chapter volunteers.
To sign up for this event, please contact the Upward Bound office at 816.501.2438 or upward.bound@avila.edu.
To learn more about PKD and the Walk for PKD, check out the Walk for PKD website here.
