City of Shoreline studies adding a dog
park to Fircrest School property
May 16, 2012
The City
of Shoreline is in the process of talking to the owners of two proposed dog park
sites. A third site is owned by the city. Once a certain level of
approval from the property owners, including Fircrest School, is achieved the
city can move forward with a public meeting, and a City
Council review and approval process. Further meetings are planned.
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Cowboy Buck and Elizabeth wow the crowd at
Fircrest performance
March 29, 2012
Friends of Fircrest
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(3 minutes)
Fircrest School is a residential center located on
85 acres of wooded and open spaces, within the
city of Shoreline, Washington.
Fircrest School serves a diverse population of about
220 individuals with developmental disabilities who require
skilled nursing care and
 intermediate care. The nursing home program is the
only federally certified skilled nursing facility in
Western Washington licensed for the
long term care of people with developmental
disabilities and Intellectual disabilities. It provides individualized
health care and activities to individuals with unique medical challenges. The
program was named one of the nation’s top nursing
homes by the Consumer’s Research Council of America
The Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with
Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) provides
individualized habilitative services that support
and enhance individual skills and strengths.
Short-term respite care and crisis intervention
services are also available.
Fircrest School is close to major medical and
educational facilities that support the individuals
who live at Fircrest School. Its location allows
residents the opportunity to participate in many of
the sporting, cultural and outdoor events held in
the Seattle area.
Admission to Fircrest School is coordinated through
DDD Region 2 Field Services staff.
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and
the blind can see."
-- Mark Twain
Friends of Fircrest is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization
advocating for the rights to quality living choices for
all people with developmental disabilities.
Fircrest School
15230 15th NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
(206) 361-2990
June 3
2:00
p.m.
Friends of Fircrest monthly meeting.
June 9
10:00 a.m.
Action DD and Friends of Fircrest will meet with Gubernatorial candidate
Rob McKenna in Belleview. Location not yet determined.
June 30
10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Action DD holds it's summer meeting at the Yakima Valley
School in Selah. It is being sponsored by our union
friends in Yakima.
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