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Every child deserves to have fun, and you do too!
Join Treehouse for special events throughout the year. Have a great time while you do a great thing for kids in foster care.
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Posted on Aug 10, 2010
The Treehouse Tea Parties at the exclusive Norcliffe Estate in The Highlands are an annual tradition. It's an unforgettable experience for attendees and raises more than $150,000 for Treehouse programs that give foster kids a childhood and a future. This year the Tea Parties will be on November 7 and November 14 from 1 pm to 4 pm. Details here.
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Posted on Aug 03, 2010
Most kids have butterflies on their first day of school. Foster kids have helicopters. Your Back-to-School donation drive will give more than 1,500 kids confidence so they can go back to school fitting in, feeling great, and ready to learn. Here's how you can help.
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Posted on Jul 09, 2010
Help Treehouse win a $100,000 grant through the Walmart Associate Choice Program. Do you shop at Walmart or Sam’s Club, or know someone who works there? Learn how to help.
VOTE FOR TREEHOUSE: Walmart Associate Choice Program
July 7 – August 13Help Treehouse win a $100,000 grant through the Walmart Associate Choice Program. Through August 13, Walmart and Sam’s Club employees can vote for one of five organizations to win the grand prize!
For Walmart and Sam’s Club Associates:
Vote for Treehouse! You can help Treehouse give 5,000 foster kids a childhood and a future with programs that help them succeed in school, meet key material needs, and provide experiences that every child deserves. From July 7 to August 13, log onto www.mywalmart.com to cast your vote!You can also print out the flyer about Treehouse and the Walmart Associate Choice Program and pass it along to your colleagues!
How Treehouse Supporters Can Help:1. Know an employee at Walmart or Sam’s Club? Ask them to vote for Treehouse
2. Do you shop at Walmart or Sam’s Club? Tell associates that they can help give more than 5,000 foster kids a childhood and a future by voting for Treehouse.
3. Spread the word. Paste the following statement into an email or on Facebook:
“Treehouse is a local organization I support that gives more than 5,000 foster kids a childhood and a future. Their programs help foster kids succeed in school, fulfill key material needs, and provide childhood experiences that every kid deserves. Together we can help them win a $100,000 grant!
Through August 13, employees at Walmart and Sam’s Club can vote for one of five local nonprofit organizations to win $100,000 through the Walmart Associate Choice Program. If Treehouse wins, that's enough money to provide 2,000 Little Wishes—sports, music, dance or school activities—to help foster kids explore interests, gain confidence, develop role models, and just feel like a regular kid.
Only employees can vote, so be sure to remind your friends or family members who work at Walmart or Sam’s Club to vote for Treehouse.”
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Posted on Jun 23, 2010
It's where happy hour meets mini-golf. Don't miss it.
July 21st at Interbay Golf Center.Happy Hour & Registration at 6pm
Mini-golfing at 7:30pm
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Posted on Jun 22, 2010
Janis Avery Named Chief Executive Officer in Recognition of 15 Years of Innovative Leadership
(June 22, 2010) SEATTLE, Wash. – Janis Avery has been named Chief Executive Officer of Treehouse effective immediately, the organization announced today.The promotion recognizes Ms. Avery’s visionary leadership over the past 15 years and reflects the Board of Directors’ strong vote of confidence and respect.“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am extremely pleased to announce that we have promoted Janis Avery to Chief Executive Officer in recognition of her exemplary leadership. The Board views Janis as a true partner in accomplishing the mission of Treehouse and meeting the educational and enrichment needs of our community’s foster youth,” said Judy Marczewski, board president. “We are hopeful that formalizing the role that Janis has played for so many years will empower her and Treehouse to continue leading the way in services for foster youth in our community.”Janis Avery has served as Executive Director of Treehouse since 1995. Under her leadership, Treehouse has grown from serving 950 foster kids to over 5,000 foster kids annually. Programs have expanded to include innovative educational success programs including cutting-edge Educational Advocacy and College and Career Planning. As a result of these expansions, the organization has grown from $450,000 to $6.5 million and from 10 staff to 60 staff.During her tenure, Ms. Avery has developed a reputation for partnering and collaborating across the community to provide both simple and complex resources foster youth need to have a normal childhood and become self-sufficient adults. Ms. Avery has worked tirelessly to raise awareness that foster children can and should succeed in school among state legislators, state agency leadership, community partners, families and youth. In part because of her leadership and advocacy, Washington is a national leader in education policy and practice to help foster youth achieve academic success. In 2010, she led the way on successfully advocating for an innovative public-private partnership with the State of Washington to ensure that foster youth continue to receive cutting-edge educational interventions despite severe State budget cuts.Ms. Avery has served on the Children Youth and Families Advisory Committee, the Children’s Alliance Public Policy Committee, and the Child Welfare Advocacy Committee. She is respected leader in improving educational outcomes for children in foster care and has co-chaired the statewide Educational Oversight Committee for Children and Youth in Foster Care. -
Posted on Jun 18, 2010
A great article explaining the importance of creating an educational pipeline that supports kids living in foster care through college. Treehouse is an important part of two of the projects mentioned. http://bit.ly/cB3mAe
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Posted on Jun 14, 2010
Cirque de Soleil presented Sabas with his award in a surprise performance at his high school. Watch the video and read about the event in the West Seattle Blog.
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Posted on Jun 04, 2010
"The kids in our program didn’t get to have a say about the type of life that they would be put into. What is the Justice in that? I believe, the TTC (Treehouse Tutoring Corp) brings justice by being the bridge that provides a safe place for these kids. It is only fair that there be some sort of agency to help them and to me that is the work that I am doing." Seattle University tutors share their experience working with Treehouse youth. Read the article, it's on page 6
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Posted on Jun 01, 2010
Last week we had an event celebrating and honoring foster youth who are aging-out. It's an annual event called Passages. At the event youth "taking flight" wrote some of their dreams and hopes on paper airplanes. Here are a few of my favorites: "To be an artist", "I want to buy my Mom a house", "I hope for my family to be happy", "I see myself with my PhD", "I dream to make a wonderful family"
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Posted on May 27, 2010
Our Wearhouse is in need of bathing suits of all shapes and sizes. Our Little Wishes program could really use gift cards to local sports stores so kids can get equipment that fits them just right. Why not pick up an extra while you are out enjoying the weekend?
Foster Care Fact
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Foster youth who move through many home placements are 5 to 10 times more likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system than their peers in the general population.
