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$450,000
Awarded to Five Organizations in 2007!
On
June 20, 2007 members of the Washington Women’s Foundation
named five beneficiaries to receive grants from the 2007 pooled
fund. Since the foundation's inception in 1995, WWF members
have invested over $7.4 million in the community through individual
and pooled fund awards.
Arts
& Culture: Seattle Arts & Lectures,
$60,000
To
fund expansion of the Writers in the Schools program
that brings professional writers into classrooms to promote
literacy and creative expression through weekly instruction,
mentors, teacher workshops and special projects. www.lectures.org
Education:
Seattle MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement),
$90,000
To fund the Ninth Grade Bridge program
to support 100 girls and students of color every year to achieve
academic success, especially in math and sciences, during
the critical freshman year of high school. www.seattlemesa.org
Environment:
Puget SoundKeeper Alliance, $100,000
To fund the Stormwater Regulation and
Clean Water Act Enforcement Project to protect the health
of the Puget Sound by monitoring toxic runoff and working
with polluters to mitigate their effects on our ecosystem.
www.pugetsoundkeeper.org
Health:
Youth Suicide Prevention Program, $100,000
To fund expansion of the Build Public Awareness project
into 360 schools in Washington state in order to recognize
and respond to depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in
students, and to combat the second-leading cause of death
among youth age 15-24 in our state. www.yspp.org
Social Services: Seattle
Milk Fund, $100,000
To fund the Childcare Program that provides financial
aid to low-income parents so they can complete their education
full-time and achieve economic self-sufficiency more quickly,
while being assured of good-quality care for their children.
www.seattlemilkfund.org
To see
a list of past pooled fund grants, click here.
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