TULALIP – The Tulalip Tribes gave out nearly $800,000 to 44 organizations, government programs, public agencies and charities on Thursday.
State Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, general manager of Quil Ceda Village, presided over the celebration lunch at the Tulalip Casino’s Cabaret Room. About 130 people attended.
“This is one way of showing that Tulalip is a responsible community member, in that our friends in and around the Tulalip community have needs and Tulalip Tribes is more than happy to respond to those needs,” he said.
The $794,000 the Tulalips distributed for the second quarter of 2004 is in addition to $2.5 million the tribe handed out in 2003.
“It’s a broader range and more (organizations) because of the downturn in the economy. … More and more people are in need,” McCoy said.
Each quarter, the Tulalips contribute money to charities and programs that assist people in need or help tribal members become self-sufficient. The tribe also donates 2 percent of table game revenues to the Community Impact Fund, which goes to various government programs and law enforcement agencies.
The grants were:
* $118,000 to Tulalip Bay Fire District 15.
* $100,000 each to the YMCA of Snohomish County and Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.
* $99,000 to the Tulalip Home Computer Program.
* $43,750 each to the Washington State Patrol, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, Marysville Police Department and Marysville Fire Department.
* $25,000 to the Snohomish County Economic Development Council.
* $17,000 each to the Tulalip Church of God and Quil Ceda Parent Teacher Student Association.
* $10,000 each to Providence Hospice and 911 Media Arts Center.
* $8,000 each to the Assistance League of Everett and People for Puget Sound.
* $7,500 to Families and Friends of Missing Persons and Violent Crime Victims.
* $6,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Washington chapter).
* $5,000 each to Bridgeways, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Jim Lambright Niemann Pick Foundation, Makah Tribal Council’s Thumbprints Inc., Marysville Historical Society, Operation Call Home, Skagit Preschool and Learning Center, South Wind Native Arts &Education, Squaxin Island Museum Library &Research, Village Community Services, Volunteers of America and Western Coalition of Alaskan Natives.
* $4,000 to the Foundation of Hope.
* $3,000 each to the Arlington Education Foundation, Center for Career Alternatives, Native Student Association in Cheney and Sherwood Learning Center.
* $2,500 each to the Marysville Youth Cheerleading Association, Marysville Basketball Booster Club, Express Broncos Youth Club, Child Abuse Prevention Foundation and Cedar Spring Camps.
* $1,500 to the Electronic Communication &Information Exchange.
* $1,000 each to the Totem Girl Scout Council, Snohomish Artist Guild and Camp Fire USA of Snohomish County.
* $500 to the Granite Falls Junior Athletic Association.
Reporter Cathy Logg: 425-339-3437 or logg@heraldnet.com.
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