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Heather Powell, the new CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County, does not lack for energy or enthusiasm. She rolled into Bellingham at 2 p.m. on Halloween after a drive of more than 2,000 miles from Wisconsin. At 4 p.m., she, husband Dan and 10-year-old daughter Gracia were joyfully trick-or-treating in Fairhaven. […]

The vacant 2.5 acres south of the homes Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities is building in east Kennewick represent an opportunity. It’s where Rick Jansons, the nonprofit’s executive director, says Habitat plans to build more homes in the subdivision known as Garden Court, near South Jean Place and Fifth Avenue. It’s also where Jansons and Brian […]

Snohomish County’s branch of the Boys and Girls Club hopes to rebuild its Sultan facility, three years after it burned down on Christmas Eve. Staff have plans for a $2 million, 18,000 square-foot facility, funded mostly by government grants and insurance money. “It’ll be amazing,” said Marci Volmer from Boys and Girls Club, “The kids […]

  A local website is delivering Christmas trees to homes and raising money for a good cause at the same time. Snow Day Farms has pledged 10 percent of the money to the Boys and Girls Club of King County to provide scholarships for kids. It’s a business, but Neil Berquist says the crew gets something […]

  PROSSER — Sebastian Castilleja does not talk like a teenager. He does not begin sentences with “Um.” He does not refer to conflict as “a thing.” And he does not say how things are “like.” He says how they are — in terms so stark and raw they cut through the emotional red tape […]

  As a sixth grader in search of guidance, stability and friendship, Mara Harris went to the Rochester Boys & Girls Club. That initial visit, combined with Harris’ experiences that followed at the club as a student at Rochester Middle School, have been the catalyst for her volunteer and philanthropic efforts within the Thurston County […]