Snack Packs and School Supplies
Your donation has provided snack packs and school supplies for youth in our community. Thanks to individual volunteers and corporate support we have provided 1,600
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Left: Michaela Scheer, United Way
Right: Marsha Matte, American Indian Community Center
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snack packs and 600 school kits filled with pens, pencils, sharpener, folders, crayons, glue, scissors, notebooks, and highlighters. Both of these efforts help students come back to school ready to learn. It takes both food for mental preparedness as well as
physical supplies
to be a success in the classroom. We know that well fed kids can focus easier and when children go to school with the right supplies their educational experience is better.
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Snack Pack assembly at New ESD 101.
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Thank you for providing a great first day experience for children throughout our community!
A special thank you to the companies who provided additional financial support and staff volunteers in building the snack packs and school supply kits:
Avista |
Clearwater Paper |
Guardian Life |
NEW ESD 101 |
Numerica Credit Union |
Pitney Bowes |
STCU |
Whitworth University |
Youth Succeed with Summer Program
This summer, thanks to Williams continued financial gift and volunteerism, we provided over 2,000 low-income youth with engaging educational activities to prevent summer learning loss. AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates were recruited and trained by United Way to work with youth at existing free meal sites throughout our community. This partnership provides positive summer learning opportunities, mentorship, and combats hunger.
Here's what a couple of the service members had to say about the kids and their experience:
"I was surprised how behind some of these kids are in reading, "it's crazy". But in reflecting on what went really well is that students can really improve their reading in a few weeks over the summer. Spending one on one reading time with a 2nd grader that was supposed to be in 3rd grade-reading was his least favorite thing to do, but by the end of the summer it was evident how much he had improved." -A.O., Summer Associate
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"This might be one of the best jobs I've ever had-most meaningful, most worthwhile, because of the relationships I've built, the perspective I've gained and the kids. It was really meaningful watching how the Marshallese students we played and hung out with, began to learn more English."
- A.C., Summer Associate
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ks to this summer program more students are ready for their big day today!
To help support this effort with Williams, mark your calendars and join us for Cosmic Bowling!
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Saturday, November 9, 2019 |
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6 - 10 PM |
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Lilac Lanes & Casino - a special thank you to Lilac Lanes for your kind donation year after year of event space and proceeds. |
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