Hearts for Kids
Initiative of Northwest Leadership Foundation
Empowering our youth to grow into their full potential for a successful future by encouragement, guidance and motivation from parents, school and community.
"Whats New with Hearts for Kids Program"
2011-2012
"Happy New Years"
Looking forward to 2012 with excitement!
Thank you Laura Rodriguez of Metro Parks for the donation of 5 Christmas Trees and 10-$20 gift certificates to Payless Shoe Store for our students. We greatly appreciate you very much. Thank you once again for being part of Hearts for Kids Caring Community!
Our Stafford Samoan Dancing group was part of Tacoma's First Night Event on December 31, 2011. Dancers and there parents enjoyed the event. It was a great night full of festivities and fun for the family. Thank you Mr. Ricky Powell for the opportunity for our girls to showcase there talents.
Hearts for Kids Take Out Night at Wendy's Fast Food Restaurant on South Tacoma Way was a successful. Parents and students showed up to support our fundraiser! A huge big thank you to Mr. Mark and his staff at Wendy's for hosting this event for us.Way to Go!
Thank you Toy Rescue Mission for the donations of toys that benefitted our students at our different sites. From the bottom of our Hearts we appreciate you very much!
Shoes that Fits did it again! With there partnership with Nordstrom Store and New Balance Shoe Company, Shoes that Fits manager Lee Kane offered 50 pairs of shoes for students in Mann Elementary & 50 pairs for Stafford Elementary. It was awesome and great to see the kids smiley faces when receiving pairs of shoes. Way to Go Shoes that Fits! Also our Sites at Franklin, McCarver and Roosevelt each receives 50 pairs of shoes from Shoes That Fits under a different grant. Thank you Mrs. Lee Kane and our family at Shoes that Fits for your giving hearts to our students.
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So our School Year is starting out great. Our new site for this year is Roosevelt Elementary on the East Side. Thank you to Principal Mr. Johnston for your support and also welcoming us into your community. Thanks to Ms. Alana who will be our Site Coordinator for Roosevelt for believing in our mission in serving our youth at Roosevelt.
Also we are Providers for SES tutoring in our Tacoma School District Title 1 Department. Thanks to all our parents, students and tutors support in making this possible.
Not only that but this year again Hearts for Kids are partnering with Safeway Stores on 38th Street to put together a Food Drive in partnership with Basket Brigade in serving our families from each of our sites. Thank you Mr. Cathers for your willingness to partner again this year.
A Big Huge Thank you to Starbucks on 74th Street for donations of Pastries for some of families and students. We greatly appreciate all that is given to us. Thank you again from the bottom of our Hearts.
Our Samoana Dancers will be performing at the American Indian Native Culture Day at the Puyallup Fairground on November 19th at 2pm. Thank you Ms. Karen Kota for giving us the opportunity to shine our talents and showcase our girls gifts. Greatly appreciated.
Our First Carwash through our Partnership with Dominos Pizza on 72nd and Golden Given was great. We had 21 volunteers who diligently donate there time to help us out with our first carwash. We so thrilled and we thank each and everyone of our volunteers for all you do for our program. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Brown for your endless support.
Our 2011-2012 School year is starting up with no problem. We are at our sites working hard with our principals and staff to try to coordinate how our year would be looking like. Planning is definitely a plus. Our Hearts for Kids Samoana Dancers was invited to perform at "The Tacoma Ethnic Fest" also we accept the invitation from the Puyallup Fair Committee to perform on September 17, & 22nd at the Education Stage. We are also partaking in "The International Fair" In Lakewood on September 24. We are so excited and thrilled of whats going on with Hearts for Kids! Looking forward to a great year working with great students and parents and also our community.
"Take me Out to the Ball Game"
Hearts for Kids Tacoma Rainier Game Night will be on May 19 @7pm-9pm. Come Join us and buy a ticket. $15 per ticket....It will include soda pop, hotdogs and reserved seats. Please support us. Thank you in advance for your support. Greatly appreciate it.
"Teachers Appreciation Week"
Don't forget to thank all our wonderful amazing teachers for a job well done. Honor and celebrate our teachers on the week of May 2nd-May 6th, 2011. Our Teachers at Stafford, Franklin, Mann and McCarver elementary Rock. We at Hearts for Kids thank you all. Hearts for Kids will provide our staff at our four sites with continental breakfast on May 3rd at 8am.
Stafford's Appreciation Breakfast is sponsored by: Mr. Craig Tuttle of Turn Key Real Estate & Mr. Almonte of Spuds Pizza Parlor. Raffle Prize for one of our staff was also donated by Dannys Nail. Thanks for being part of Stafford's Caring Community.
McCarvers Breakfast is sponsored by Marsha Silverspoon Cafe with the help of our local Safeway Stores, Starbucks on 6th Ave, Save a Lot and Le Donuts. Thanks for honoring our staff.
Franklin Elementary Breakfast is provided and sponsored by our Great Team of Caring Adults of Safeway on 11th Street, Forza Coffee, Le Donuts, and Top Food Store on Union Ave.sponsoring our Teachers Appreciation Breakfast on May 3rd, at 8am. Our Staff deserves the best acknowledgements in what they do.
Our Mann Staff Breakfast was sponsored by our Safeway on 56th, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Safeway on 38th Street and also our great Hearts for Kids Staff. Thanks to all of our caring supporters in believing in making a difference. Thanks once again and greatly appreciated all of our collaborative efforts.
Hearts for Kids is a new program initiative of Northwest Leadership Foundation that offers before, during, and after school programming in four (4) local elementary schools serving over 370 students. We pride ourselves in being a bridge between our schools and our community. Our goal is to match the needs of our schools with the generosity of our community. The Hearts for Kids programs provide a safe place within the schools empowering the children to become well-rounded students through academics as well as social interactions. The students transition immediately from their school day to our after school program where they have a nutritious snack followed by a 15 minute recess. They then move into an hour long structured activity. These activities consist of math, reading (to include drama), science, art, choir, dance, team sports, volunteerism (Through making holiday tray cards for St. Joseph’s hospital 300 patients and visiting the residents of Harbor View senior assisted living center) as well as a variety of other skill building activities. With the generous and nurturing support of our community volunteers, dedicated high school students and caring parents, we are able to provide our students with personalized learning opportunities that measurably enhance their academic abilities, improve their physical fitness, and increase their self-esteem. Hearts for Kids strives to produce caring, productive community members.
Staff of Hearts for Kids:
Nicole McDaniel
Executive Program Director
253-576-4157
Ala Talo
Executive Marketing Director
253-279-3377
Sonja Poundstone
Site Coordinator for Hearts for Kids
Shanreeka Ramsey-Dickson
Site Coordinator for Hearts for Kids
Alana Ervin
Site Coordinator for Hearts for Kids Roosevelt
aervin@tacoma.k12.wa.us