{"id":34224,"date":"2023-12-08T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=34224"},"modified":"2023-12-08T15:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:08:57","slug":"puyallup-tribe-announces-600000-in-donations-to-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/08\/puyallup-tribe-announces-600000-in-donations-to-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Puyallup Tribe announces $600,000 in donations to organizations"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Emerald<\/a>
The Puyallup Tribe owns and operates the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. Photo: David Seibold<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Puyallup Tribe announces $600,000 in donations to organizations<\/div>\r\n
Friday, December 8, 2023<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Puyallup Tribe<\/a> announced $600,000 in donations to local organizations in Washington state.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe tribe hosted a ceremony on Wednesday to thank recipient organizations for their work.\r\nThe event took place at the Emerald Queen Event Center<\/a> in Tacoma.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cWe are here today to award nonprofits in Washington that are working to make their communities better and that\u2019s all of you,\u201d said Chairman Bill Sterud, according to a tribal news release<\/a>.\r\n

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Members of the Puyallup Tribal Council pose for a picture on December 6, 2023, at the Emerald Queen Event Center in Tacoma, Washington, with representatives of organizations that received donations from the Charity Trust Board. Councilmembers, seated in front, left to right, are Fred Dillon, Chairman Bill Sterud, Vice Chairwoman Sylvia Miller, Monica Miller and Anna Bean. Not pictured: Councilmembers Annette Bryan and James Rideout. Photo courtesy Puyallup Tribe<\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe donations are overseen by the Puyallup Tribe Charity Trust Board<\/a>. The program is funded by a portion of revenues generated at the Emerald Queen Casino<\/a>. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAccording to the news release, the tribe has donated more than $17 million over the past 10 years.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nRecipients of the grants follow:\r\n

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\r\nAllen AME Church – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nAsia Pacific Culture Center – $20,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nBainbridge High School Girls Basketball Boosters – $20,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nCommunities in Schools of Peninsula – $2,500\r\n \r\nCrescent Heights Elementary – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nDiabetes Association of Pierce County – $2,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nEmerald Ridge Lacrosse Club – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nFacing Homelessness – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nFife Native American Education Program – $17,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nFirst Baptist Church of Lakewood – $3,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nFoundation for Edmonds School District – $20,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nFriends of Pediatrics Northwest – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nGreater Lakes Mental Healthcare – $25,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nHilltop Artists in Residence – $6,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nHuy – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nKid Connect – $2,500\r\n \r\nLaw Enforcement Youth Camp – $27,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nLeague of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County – $3,500\r\n \r\nMake a Wish Alaska & Washington – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nMountain View Community Center – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nMulticultural Child & Family Hope Center – $35,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNative Action Network – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNative American Church Qua-Utz – $14,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNorthwest Indian College Tulalip Campus – $15,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNorthwest Indian Housing Association – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNorthwest Junior Rodeo Association – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNorthwest Kidney Centers – $15,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nNourish Pierce County – $60,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nParkway Community Services – $25,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nPierce County Santa Cops – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nPizza Klatch – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nReach Ministries – $3,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nSeattle Storm Foundation – $2,500\r\n \r\nShareNet Food Bank – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nSidewalk Rescue – $15,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nSouth Sound Estuary Association – $1,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nSundance Circle Hippotherapy Foundation – $10,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nTacoma Youth Chorus – $5,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nTruly Motivated Transitional Living – $12,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nUnited Ways of the Pacific Northwest – $50,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nWashington Explorer Search and Rescue Pierce County – $22,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nWashington School Principals Education Foundation – $17,000

<\/p>\r\n \r\nDaffodil Festival \/ The Daffodilians – $40,000

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