FOUNDATION E-CONNECTIONS
Winter 2019
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CHANGING LIVES THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
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Join us for the 6
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annual
Celebrate!
The Love of Community
event on:
Thursday, February 27, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. doors open for beverages and our non-profit showcase.
5:30 p.m. hearty hors d’oeuvres buffet and desserts
6:30 p.m. program begins
Renton Pavilion
233 Burnett Ave. South, Renton, WA 98057
Join us as we celebrate individuals and organizations alike who are making positive change in our community. We will also be honoring the following League of Extraordinary Givers:
Lifetime of Giving Award
Lani Cavit
Ted Rodriguez
Judi Schafer
Patron(s) of the Year Award
Tom and Karen Easton
Public Spirit Award
Robin Abel
Rising Star Award
Chad Cashman-Crane
Go here
to purchase your $50 ticket.
If you are interested in being a Corporate or Table Sponsor, or if you have general questions, please contact LeAnne Moss, Executive Director, at
lmoss@rentonfoundation.org
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Many thanks to our sponsors to date: Valley Medical Center (Lead), Alaska Airlines, Banner Bank, US Bank, State Farm/Jim Sullivan, Baylis Architects, Saxton Bradley, Valerie & Michael O’Halloran, Angie Benedetti, Aaron Easter-Edward Jones.
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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF
RENTON & TUKWILA
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It’s no secret that surrounding a child with support will help them thrive in school and life. Fortunately, in our region we have an organization committed to that mission. Communities in Schools Renton-Tukwila (CISRT) has been an anchor to thousands of students over its 24-year history, ensuring that kids have what they need to forge a bright future.
Working directly inside 18 schools in Renton and Tukwila, CISRT delivers a unique model of Integrated Student Supports to address the identified needs of each school and its individual students who are facing non-academic barriers to success. Students are referred for a variety of reasons, including issues related to poverty, such as hunger and homelessness; physical, social, behavior and/or mental health issues; and family trauma.
CISRT has had a close partnership with the Renton School District and City of Renton over those two dozen years, which has helped make it a successful model. Some of the components of the CISRT model include:
- Family Liaisons who work with elementary students and families dealing with crisis and connect them to a comprehensive range of community services.
- Student Success Liaisons who work in secondary schools to address the identified needs of students who are facing non-academic barriers to success.
- A Mobile Case-Manager who helps unaccompanied minors (those not living with a parent or guardian) stabilize their lives. The case-manager works with students in all four Renton high schools and helps them get the resources they need while also working with them to develop post high school plans. Last year, another RRCF Fund, the First Financial Northwest Fund, made a grant to CISRT to help get this program off the ground.
- Targeted empowerment groups for middle school students.
- School-based mentoring to provide social and emotional support.
Mentors meet with students for one-hour a week during the school-day. CISRT is one of Renton Regional Community Foundation’s longstanding funds, having established an agency reserve fund in 2000. This money generates a larger return by being pooled with RRCF’s other funds. We are proud to be able to partner with CISRT in this way.
If you are inspired by CISRT’s mission, please contact Kathy Ulrich, Development Director, at
KUlrich@Rentonwa.gov
to learn how you can be involved as a mentor, a coordinator for a specific school drive, or in other ways.
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The Practice of Giving Thanks
We all know that November is particularly a month where people think about gratitude, but did you also know Philanthropy Day falls in November? On that day, November 15
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, we hosted a Gratitude Lunch to appreciate and recognize our Friends of the Foundation and those in our Legacy Society. These generous individuals support our general programs and services and/or have designated RRCF in their will. We couldn’t do our work without them!
If you are interested in learning more about being a Friend or part of the Legacy Society, contact LeAnne Moss, Executive Director, at
lmoss@rentonfoundation.org
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Do you enjoy quality music?
On
January 25
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Key to Change is hosting an event featuring its Director, Dr. Quinton Morris, and collaborative pianist Joseph Williams for a very special concert benefiting the
Empowering Youth for Change Fund
. Key to Change just opened that fund here at RRCF. The program features wide-ranging music by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and William Grant Still. Here’s the information:
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 2-4 pm
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S 2nd St,
Renton, WA 98057
Tickets: $15 for general admission | $5 for students
If your organization has an event coming up, let us know and we’ll do our best to include it in our newsletter, space permitting.
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THANK YOU TO
OUTGOING
BOARD MEMBERS!
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We are grateful for the commitment and dedication of our board members.
At the end of 2019, we are bidding farewell to Robert Cugini, Valerie O’Halloran, Bob Raphael, Bob Reeder, and Marlene Winter. Each of them have brought their own unique gifts and talents, which we will miss.
Thank you for your service!
Top Photo: Valerie O'Halloran & Marlene Winter
Bottom photo: Bob Raphael &
Robert Cugini
Missing in photos: Bob Reeder
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CONSIDER A BEQUEST
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oin our Community Legacy Society and leave a permanent legacy for yourself or a loved one by naming RRCF in your will. Please contact LeAnne Moss, Executive Director at lmoss@rentonfoundation.org or go to our website for recommended bequest language.
Click Here
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Interested in establishing a fund and making a difference?
Contact LeAnne Moss,
Executive Director. Lmoss@rentonfoundation.org
or call (425) 282-5199.
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Renton Regional Community Foundation
P.O. Box 820
Renton, WA 98057
www.rentonfoundation.org
425-282-5199
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