On Saturday, November 1, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., join us again at the BEST Learning Center for our Living Well classroom series. Are you unsure about how to best manage an ongoing health condition? Are you tired, anxious, frustrated, in pain? Try something new! Join a safe, supportive six-week self-management workshop and discover new, (more…)
The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is thrilled to announce that we have not one, but TWO great classes happening this week at the BEST Learning Center in University Place, Washington. Tomorrow, BEST plays host to the HeadStrong Mentor Training Program which is a program designed to train professionals, family members, caregivers, tutors and anyone living or (more…)
 BESTie and caregiver, Maggie DePuye-Phillips (pictured above), is back with Caregiver’s Corner (and she even provided the BEST Kick-starter Quote of the Week, see below). For this column, Maggie tackles managing the holidays as a caregiver. With the holidays right around the corner, this information couldn’t be more timelier!  Read on and feel free (more…)
Meet Luke and Lola. Luke is a three year old Corgi Pitbull mix and Lola is a nearly two year old Cattle Dog Pitbull mix. Both are rescue dogs and the beloved service animals of BESTies Kevin Phillips and his wife, Maggie DePuye-Phillips. The couples love for the dogs is clear and Maggie puts it (more…)
 Psst….We have the BEST secret that is going to be revealed! Save the date and mark your calendars for the BEST 2014 Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, November 22, 2014 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Our BEST Space and the BEST Learning Center. Meet and greet local artists and craftspeople (more…)
It’s Animal Week at BEST! Here are three great articles we found that we’d like to share with you! Click on the highlighted words to link to each article. This article is about how service dogs can help with brain injury. Here one woman’s personal story. Check out this piece on how animals make great (more…)
