community winter 2022
The Kids are Doing Alright We all love our kids and want them to grow up to be strong, intelligent, and kind people. Lofty goals. To help us reach that goal, the South Sound is filled with many nonprofit agencies and programs to expand their horizons, test their leadership skills, and sometimes, just let them play! With core beliefs to inspire and Connecting youth to food Students at twelve Tacoma HopeSparks envisions a world enable youth to realize their system education and fostering elementary schools have where all children and families greatness and reach their full a love of plants, animals and onsite access to expanded are safe, secure, and stable. potential, the Boys & Girls nature is one of the many goals learning opportunities like Their mission is to strengthen Clubs of Thurston County of GRuB out of Thurston visual and performing arts, families by inspiring courage has several locations including County. GRuB engages teens/ dance, robotics, STEM, and confidence to make a Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, young adults on the GRuB mentorship, sports, and more lasting change. HopeSparks Rochester and Yelm, plus the Farm and through community through a Greater Tacoma programs serve children and RMAC at North Thurston service to help break cycles of Community Foundation families in Pierce County who High School. The organization hunger, poverty, inequality and program called Tacoma Whole face trauma, abuse, and stands on three pillars: oppression. Youth programs Child, in partnership with the overwhelming life challenges. academic success, character at GRuB include GRuB Farm, Tacoma School District. The Providing counseling and and citizenship, and healthy Tend, Gather and Grow and program—which takes place home visits, HopeSparks also lifestyles. bgctc.org are focused on the themes before, during, and after distributes basic needs through of “Farming Self, Land and school—provides a safe place their HopesCloset program in Community.” for students to learn new skills, a dignified, warm shopping goodgrub.org/youthbuild positive relationships, and environment. hopesparks.org programs connect with their community. vLYNN CASTLE gtcf.org SHOWCASE MAGAZINE
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