This past Sunday, our monthly Kids Day got a bit spooky. Decorations were scattered around our atrium, and kids were able to craft their own Halloween bracelets, trick or treat bags, pumpkin picture frames and get their faces painted with designs of ghosts, goblins and more. For the first time ever kids were able to jump on a custom hay-ride where Farmer Brown took them around our entire atrium. If you weren’t…
The Wilmette Park District Kindergarten Enrichment Program visited Abt today. This group of 5 and 6-year-olds are well traveled. They go on two field trips per week, visiting local businesses and attractions like The Grove in Glenview and Make-A-Messterpiece in the Glen. The 19 kindergartners were escorted around Abt by Ara B. He showed them some of Abt’s fun, kid-friendly interactive displays. The kids started their day at Abt looking at the…
Friday, a group of 10 Hersey High School special education students, accompanied by three of their teachers, spent the day at Abt. They are participants in a career track program Hersey offers to students who plan to begin working right after graduation or attend a two-year, career oriented school. On the minds of many of these students is the culinary program at Harper College. Many of the student participants currently take food…
Life Source, the Glenview Fire Department, and Abt are teaming up to beat cancer by bringing the Pink Heals Tour to our Parking lot today between 6 and 10 p.m. This cross country tour has been raising money and taking blood donations to support women and all patients with cancer. All registered donors for the event will be entered in a raffle and receive a commemorative T-shirt in honor of the event.…
Sunday, August 23, 2009 Abt Electronics hosted our 6th Kids Day, and what a success it was! The turn out was amazing. We scheduled the event from 12-4 with crafts and goodies planned for all who attended. According to Customer Service Manager Cari Boyk, the event drew over 160 kids from all over the area. She said we ran out of goodie bags by 3:30. For the next event we can only…
