Boeing workers’ donations support local nonprofits

Two Snohomish County nonprofits will receive a total of $780,000 from the Boeing Employees Community Fund, a charitable pool fully funded and managed by Boeing workers.

ChildStrive, which provides programs for children and families, received a grant of nearly $280,000 to replace the roof for The Village on Casino Road in Everett. The Village houses more than 20 organizations, including a preschool and a co-op childcare that supports adult education classes.

Evergreen Recovery Centers, which provides inpatient detox services, received a $500,000 grant to help construct a larger residential treatment facility in Everett for low-income pregnant and parenting women. The program serves young families on Medicaid with children in local foster care homes and family reunification plans.

Grants are made twice a year. Recipients include health and human service providers and nonprofits such as food banks, job training programs, shelters, transitional housing, mental health services and low-income medical clinics.

The Community Fund takes requests from nonprofits. An eight member panel, made up of employees, decides how to divvy up the money.

The national chapter of the Boeing Employees Community Fund was founded in 1948. Two years later, the Puget Sound chapter launched. Since it’s founding, the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound has donated more than $630 million to groups in Washington.

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