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Spark Grant Recipient Helps Provide ‘Showers of Dignity’ for Homeless Neighbors
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They say some of the best ideas come while you’re in the shower, but for Spark Grant recipient Christine Dodson, the shower itself was her big idea. Her program, Showers > Continue Reading
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GTCF Spark Grant Recipient Tackling “Period Poverty” at Local Schools
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Sharon Chambers-Gordon was first exposed to the issue of “Period Poverty” through her own daughter’s experience. “She was in Middle School when it happened for the first time, and > Continue Reading
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Sparking Change Starts With Seeing The Need
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Seventeen year-old Caleb Kamalu was volunteering at F.U.N Food Bank in his hometown of University Place when he noticed food bank staff struggling to explain something to a customer. > Continue Reading
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Local Girls Connect with Nature and Career Possibilities through Environmental Justice Camp
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When T’wina Nobles walked into her office on a recent Monday morning, she couldn’t wait to tell her co-workers about the Environmental Justice Camp she hosted for a group of > Continue Reading
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Spark Grants: Creative Solutions from Grassroots Leaders
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While volunteering with elementary school students in Tacoma’s Eastside neighborhood, Chelsea McElroy saw a lot of girls fighting and getting into trouble at school. Wanting to help, she brought > Continue Reading