Providence awards $50K to local causes that benefit children

Published 1:30 am Thursday, April 6, 2017

Sales at two volunteer-run gift shops and proceeds from fundraisers added up to a lot of help for local causes.

At the end of its fiscal year, Providence General Children’s Association had awarded a total of $50,000. Recipients were Mari’s Place ($10,000), Arlington Kids Kloset ($5,000), Providence Medical Center in Monroe to start a Reach Out and Read program ($4,000), Providence Pavilion for specialty infant car seats ($400), Providence Regional Medical Center Everett for neonatal monitors, Kloz 4 Kids in Marysville ($7,000), Domestic Violence Services art therapy camp and classes for shelter children ($6,600), Whidbey Island Nourishes backback program ($7,800), Housing Hope Child Development Center ($1,600), and Campfire’s Mega Club Program ($1,600).

Learn more about ways to volunteer or support the Association at http://tinyurl.com/locfcbg.

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