The Kent Valley Hockey Association invites you to join them for their eighth annual dinner and auction to support youth hockey.

Kent Valley Hockey Association
8th Annual Dinner & Auction
Fri., Feb. 4, 2011, 6:30 pm
ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent, WA 98032
$50 per person

- Fully catered dinner
- Complimentary glass of wine
- Fun, festive evening

For more info., contact Stacy Cinderella, KVHA Auction Coordinator, 253-850-2400, ext. 25.

KVHA’s home rink is the Kent Valley Ice Centre at 6105 S. 240th St., Kent, WA 98032.

This report as provided by Jim McGinnis, president of the Kent Community Foundation, a local nonprofit organization that provides scholarships and grants for arts and education programs benefiting the Kent School District and the Kent & Covington communities.

DECEMBER, 2009 KCF PRESIDENT’S REPORT

This month I would like to talk about a program coming up on December 8 & 9 at the Kent Commons. This is the “Game of Life: Attitudes and Choices,” a set of workshops under the auspices of the Kent Police Youth Board which partnered with the Foundation earlier this year for fund raising.

The workshops for the youth include nutrition, underage drinking, relationships, sexual harassment, marijuana use, crisis intervention, financial responsibility, prescription drug abuse, leadership, diversity, relationships with the police, domestic violance, gangs, teen parenting and stress management

Interested Chamber members are invited to monitor any of these sessions during the mornings of December 8 or 9 or the closing celebration from 12:45 to 2:00.

If you or your business would be interested in contributing to future programs like this, you can send those contributions to the Foundation at the Chamber office. They should be made out to the Kent Community Foundation and marked for the “Game of Life/Youth Board.” Monies collected will be used to award grants to these programs

A very Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year to all from the Foundation board members.

Jim McGinnis

Vision House needs your gently-used, SMALL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS to help the nonprofit raise funds during its summer garage sale.  Donations are requested by July 31, except for large furniture in good condition which can be accepted only on August 19 and 20. Proceeds of the garage sale will benefit Vision House, a Renton-based nonprofit that serves homeless families and children. If you have items to donate, please contact volunteer coordinator Kristi Slattery via email or by phone at 425-228-6356.

Note:  Vision House cannot accept broken or damaged items or items with missing pieces; car radios; adult clothing; computers, software & peripherals; or baby equipment with safety issues.)

The Vision House Garage Sale is scheduled for August 21 – 22 at the Children’s Village Child Care Center, 450 Bremerton Ave. NE, Renton, WA.

Our resident “store,” where Vision House families shop for free, is in need of gently-used little boy’s clothing. We currently have enough in adults and little girls, but little boys seem to be tougher on their clothes so our supply is pretty low. For more information, please visit Vision House online or on Facebook.

Humanity, the latest hair salon in Kent, offers more than traditional salon services like haircuts, coloring, shampooing and up-dos. It offers hair styling and care with a twist. The new salon, located in downtown Kent (where Catwalk used to be) is a nonprofit organization. So when you get a haircut or a shampoo and style, you can choose a local charity to donate the profits to.

According to the organization’s website, about 20% of the salon’s profits will be donated to local charities including the Kent Food Bank, World Vision, WWEE, Katherine’s House and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Any remaining profits will be set aside for community outreach and future expansion.

So the next time you want to splurge on a new look, consider Humanity and do something nice for others as well.

Humanity
109 2nd Ave. South
Kent, WA  98032
(253) 981-4182

The popular, local nonprofit event Wine, Women, Wow is returning for its fourth year – this year at the ShoWare Center on Friday, May 8, 2009. This year’s event planners, Libby Seidel and Dena Whipple, are expanding on previous year’s successes by expanding the event and hosting it in the city’s newest venue. If you’re a woman over 21 who likes wine and who wants to help raise money for a good cause, visit Wine, Women, Wow online today!

Timed for Mother’s Day weekend, a ticket to WOW makes a great treat for your mom or someone else’s. Call KDP at 23-813-6976 for more info.!