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Best of Metro West
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Luke Norman, MWKLC Client, Shares "Spring's
Awakening" Poem
Spring's Awakening
When winter comes, life seems to weep,
But in reality everything is born from sleep.
The Sun no longer absent after months of resting
the long wait for its return is almost testing.
We all feel joy when the green returns
The feeling of ice being burned.
Time is slow when the ice comes
But it's hard to know when spring has come.
The ice has transfigured into rain.
The heat has become winter's bane.
In the day the sun gives every animal a glow.
We see plants start to grow.
We see frost no more.
All we see is birds soar.
The green is present where there was once an icy floor.
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Metro West Client at Walk Now for Autism
Pictured in
Des Moines Register
 Anthony
Kinzie and his aunt, Donna McAninch, are pictured in the Register
during the annual Walk Now for Autism event.
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Metro West Student Recognized for Autism Advocacy
 Zach
Vermillion, a Metro West Client, was recognized for his autism awareness
work in the following article from the Unifier, a publication of SE
Polk Community School District:
For his 4-H leadership project, Four Mile fifth-grader Zach Vermillion
wanted to help raise awareness of kids like him-- kids with autism. He
aligned his projects with Autism Awareness Month and designed 15 posters to
hang around the school. The most ambitious part of his project was to
make over 700 pins out of puzzle pieces for everyone at Four Mile, a task
that took two weeks to complete. A puzzle piece is the logo for Autism
Speaks, a program dedicated to increasing awareness of autism spectrum
disorders and according to Zach "represents putting the pieces for autism
together to find the missing link."
He also read this announcement over the intercom: Autism is a
neurological brain disorder. Autism affects one in 150 children.
Kids with autism may appear different They may have trouble speaking,
trouble making and keeping friends, acting out and immature behaviors.
Kids with autism cannot help these differences, it's just the way their
brain works. You can help make life better for them by being a friend.
Help get the word out by wearing your puzzle pin as many days in April as
you can.
"I want to represent kids who are like me," said Vermillion. "I tried
to include others to let them know what it's about."
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I am always on the lookout for ways to help my son with his
lagging social skills and difficulties processing non-verbal
communication. Metro West has helped him immensely, and
more quickly than I could ever have imagined. School
personnel marvel at the social strides he has made in the last
year. Toni and her staff are caring, understanding of him
and his needs, and they know how to address them. Best of
all, he loves to come to Club CLUE.
-Ruth S.
MWLC Parent
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