The
Tukwila Children's Foundation held it's first Annual Meeting
in March 2002. At this meeting, the Executive Committee
and Board of Directors were elected. Over the course of
one year, the Foundation was able to help children and
families in the city of Tukwila in the following ways:
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Provided funding for Tukwila Elementary School Kindergarten
Cadre to assemble literacy kits for children and families
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Provided emergency funds for Cascade View, Thorndyke
and Tukwila Elementary Schools to be used for immediate
needs of students for past two years
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Provided funds for city of Tukwila "Community Chest"
program (funds to be used by police and fire) for past
two years
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Provided funds to purchase books for Zero Hour Tutoring
Program at Tukwila Elementary School put on by the First
Grade Cadre
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Provided funds to purchase books for the Tukwila Elementary
School Read-A-Thon program
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Provided funds for the Thorndyke Elementary School Literacy
program
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Provided funds for Wild & Scenic Institute to be
used for outdoor learning projects for Tukwila children
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Provided back up funding for Tukwila School District
Summer School Program
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Provided funds for Thorndyke Elementary School to purchase
books for their Literacy Night
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Provided partial scholarships for ten Showalter Middle
School students to participate in the Ikawa-Tukwila
Sister City trip to Japan
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Approved seed money for a collaborative effort between
the Tukwila School
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District's
Even Start Program and King County Library system to
provide literacy kits to participating families
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Provided funds for SwissDisks and Handiwriters for Tukwila
Elementary School
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Provide scholarship funds for Tukwila Parks & Recreation
Summer Program
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Provided funds for math/literacy project for Showalter
Middle School
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Provided funding for Tukwila Youth Soccer League
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Provided funds for transportation for Tukwila Community
Schools Collaboration's After School Programs
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Provided seed funds for PATHS to a Violence Free Community
Project for Renton Area Youth & Family Services
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Provided funds to send students from Cascade View Elementary
School to state Choir Competition
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Provided funds for Foster High School Band students
to attend National Band Competition in California
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Provided funds to bring Mawi Asegnom to Tukwila Community
for presentation to schools and community at large
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Provided funds to send Showalter Middle School Steel
Band group to special performance
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Provided funds to send team to the state's Destination
Imagination competition (comprised of students from
Tukwila elementary schools)
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Provide funds for summer school students reading enrichment
program
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Provided funds for community summer band program
