Spirit of the ESD Award Winners for 2022
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:05:45-07:00For those who may have missed our end of the year celebration, the winners of the Spirit of the ESD Awards are below. As a [...]
Congratulations to our gingerbread contest winners!
Melissa Burt2025-01-29T16:22:04-08:001st Place: The Gingerbread Piggybank House This masterpiece was a team effort by Donna Tetrault, Ashley Gabbard, Tiffany Tone, Jody Brown and Sherri Seynaeve. Congratulations, ladies! [...]
Pumpkin & Trunk Decorating Contest Winners!
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:06:08-07:00Trunk Decorating Contest The results are in! We had 85 staff vote this week, and at least that many trick-or-treaters vote on Friday. It was a [...]
Spirit of the ESD Award Winners for 2021
Melissa Burt2025-01-29T16:08:20-08:00For those who may have missed our virtual end of the year celebration, the announcement of the winners of the Spirit of the ESD Awards [...]
Holiday greetings from ESD Connects and Gingerbread Contest winners!
Melissa Burt2024-10-10T16:26:56-07:00Thanks to everyone who colored, pasted, frosted, and sprinkled this December. We loved seeing all your “ugly” holiday sweaters and your gingerbread contest entries. To see [...]
2020 Pumpkin Contest Winners
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:07:00-07:00It was wonderful to see so many entries to our pumpkin contest this year! Students in our REACH program really got excited about it, and we [...]
End of year celebration 2020 re-cap
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:07:28-07:00The ESD Connects committee had this message for ESD staff at the end of year celebration. While we couldn't be together in-person for [...]
2019 Gingerbread artists and winners revealed!
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:07:41-07:00Thank you to everyone who entered our first ever ESD Connects gingerbread contest. It was so fun to see all the colorful and creative structures! [...]
Hootenanny lunch photos and contest winners
Melissa Burt2025-01-29T15:20:21-08:00At an agency full of staff who work on behalf of children, you get a lot of kids at heart, which probably explains why Halloween [...]
2019 Spirit of ESD Award winners
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:08:27-07:00And the 2019 Spirit of ESD Awards go to... Field staff: Helen Stout, Intervention Specialist, Quest Academy "Helen's customer service skills [...]
2018 Spirit of ESD Award winners
Melissa Burt2024-09-25T16:09:18-07:00And the 2018 Spirit of ESD Award go to... Field staff: Krystine Carney, Child Care Aware Specialist Krys has been with [...]
Christine’s Award-Winning Creamy White Bean Chili Recipe
Melissa Burt2025-05-21T12:44:18-07:00From Christine: "This makes a lot of chili, but can easily be halved. Also, I cook by smell and attitude--all amounts are approximate. You do what [...]