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During the Verdant Health Commission’s recent funding cycle, the board of commissioners approved more than $2.5 million in grants. These funds will be put directly into South Snohomish County to address community health and well-being needs.
The grants listed below will support 14 different multi-year projects or programs run by 13 organizations, totaling $2.56 million (annual budgets for each project are listed):
Cascade Bicycle Club – Let’s Go Edmonds bicycle and pedestrian safety education program for youth – $50,000
Center for Human Services – School-based Youth Counseling Program – $350,000
Compass Health – Community Transitions Program for mental health support working with the South County Fire Community Paramedic Program – $151,627
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The nonprofit Hazel Miller Foundationa has announced grants it has awarded to local organizations for 2020 and 2021
Over the course of the 2020 grant cycle, the foundation approved several grants including Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center: a safe home to serve children up to 18 years of age who have experienced trauma; Concern for Neighbors Food Bank:, which collects and distributes food to homeless and low-income families; and Teachers of Color, which supports people of color pursing teaching careers in the Edmonds School District.
The following organizations received foundation awards during the first grant cycle of 2021:
The Edmonds Art Festival Foundation received a grant to support the Edmonds Art Festival, which has been held every year in June for the last 60 years. The grant will be distributed to the Visual Arts teachers, who will be given discretion to collect art supplies for their own classrooms and students as
Edmonds College Foundation to hold annual fundraising gala virtually April 21-24 Posted: February 28, 2021 253
The Edmonds College Foundation will hold its annual fundraising gala online April 21-24. This is the foundation’s second virtual gala since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 event attracted over 250 guests and raised more than $270,000 for student success. Funds raised this year will help the foundation continue providing scholarships, emergency funding and other investments in educational opportunities.
“The Edmonds College Foundation has continued to adapt and innovate throughout the pandemic to meet the needs of our students,” said EC President Dr. Amit B. Singh. “The second virtual gala comes at a time of great need, as students struggle to continue their education while navigating the many impacts of COVID-19.”
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I recently reviewed food from the Triton Taste, the food truck that is an integral part of the culinary program at our local Edmonds College. I had a chance to have an email conversation and have a few quick chats while waiting for food with Chef Instructor Stacey Schwartz. She’s in place each week supporting the team of students who are cooking and preparing food for hungry customers that visit the truck every Thursday at the Dayton and 4th location in downtown Edmonds.
Edmonds College Café pastry case items
Readers need to know more about the rest of the Edmonds College program. During a recent visit to procure some items from the previously mentioned pastry case, at the café location on the Lynnwood campus, I met Chef Instructor for Culinary Arts Kevin Fogarty. He agreed to a chat on the phone and shared with me the details on the Capstone Project.