1998 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Bryant Family Resource Center—Tacoma, WA $6,000
With this grant, Children’s Trust returns to support the family center at Bryant Elementary School in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, a center which was created through an earlier Children’s Trust project (1993-95). The funds help support the family center’s coordinator, allowing her to spend more time and energy in developing family programs and activities at the center.

First Step Family Support Center—Port Angeles, WA $6,000
Funding from Children’s Trust will enable the First Step Family Support Center to reinstate their environmentally enriched preschool program for 2 and 3 year olds, which emphasizes parents learning to be their children’s “First Teacher” and advocate.

“Gathering Events,” 6 Snohomish County
Family Centers—Snohomish County, WA $6,000
The grant is to be divided among six family centers, each one using the funds to support community-building social events for children and families. The purpose of the events is to foster connections among families and to encourage families to share experiences and “stories” about the strengths they have discovered in themselves. The six centers are the Stanwood-Camano Family Resource Center, the Family Center of South Snohomish County, the Lake Stevens Family Center, the South Everett Neighborhood Center, the Darrington Family Support and Resource Center and Sky Valley Community Resource Center.

Maple Valley Community Center—Maple Valley, WA $6,000
A friendship-building program aimed at improving the self-esteem of 10-12 year old girls will be supported by this grant. The program will include crafts, creative expression, sports and personal improvement, and will involve local community members as volunteers.

North Clark County Family Resource Center—Battleground, WA $6,000
Children’s Trust funds and volunteers will be put to use in the design and creation of a multi-purpose child care room for the center, to be used during parenting classes and parent support groups. Additionally, part of the funding will be used for two monthly activity groups for rural, pre and early-adolescent boys and girls, designed to provide support and positive role models.

North Seattle Family Center—Seattle, WA $5,000
Children’s Trust’s grant will supplement the North Seattle Family Center’s budgeted rent allotment, allowing the overcrowded center to move into larger and more adequate space, thus serving more children and parents. In addition, Children’s Trust volunteers will assist the center in its search for reasonably priced larger space.