CONTENTS
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SPECIAL SECTION:
Back to
school
INSIDE COSTCO
101 Costco Services: Intuit
Federal income tax information
for small businesses.
By April Maguire
105 Pharmacy Update
Flu vaccine and antioxidant support.
108 What’s New
A sampling of what’s in the
warehouses now.
113 Special Events
Exciting products offered for
a short time.
113 Focus on:
Kirkland Signature™ baguette
The secret behind this popular
Costco Bakery item.
By Christina Guerrero
Look for recipes and serving ideas for
the season’s fresh bounty in our advertising
section (following page 76).
OUR DIGITAL EDITIONS
Check out these videos in The
Costco Connection digital editions.
(See page 9 for details.)
21 Successful Toastmaster speakers share
their thoughts on the program.
35 How mentoring can break the cycle
of generational poverty.
35 Mentoring’s positive effects.
41 Students discuss their Holocaust
Center experiences.
47 One school shows how the Box Tops
program helped out.
116 Costco member Colbert Nembhard
sings “Five Speckled Frogs.”
30 College prep, in high school
Steps to take in one’s junior
and senior years.
By Lynn F. Jacobs and
Jeremy S. Hyman
33 Homework help
Tutelage tips.
By Lisa Rabasca Roepe
34 Meaningful mentoring
These mentoring
programs offer a
lifeline to students.
By Christina Guerrero
37 Kids and phones
When is the right time
to give your child a phone?
By Erik J. Martin
39 Back to school: A mom’s take
A humorous and touching
look at those back-to-school moments.
By Elke Govertsen
41 Healing through history
Students learn compassion
by studying the past.
By Shana McNally
DEPARTMENTS
7 Front End
By Sandy Torrey and Tim Talevich
9 Member Comments
Letters from our readers.
11 For Your Business
Small-business tips from
experts.
13 Tech Connection
By Marc Saltzman
15 Travel Connection
By Peter Greenberg
18 Informed Debate
Are shorter school days
a good idea?
116 Member Connection
Every Costco member
has a story.
43 Detangling dyslexia
A dyslexic author discusses
this learning challenge.
By Don M. Winn
45 Big Fat Notebooks
School lessons written by the
smartest kids in class.
By Christina Guerrero
Holocaust Center for Humanity 41
Travel to
Jamaica 15
College prep 30
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