Friday Jan 24, 2014

Treehouse Graduation Success

Michelle Siderius

Relationship Development Officer Treehouse

Scribe: John Uppendahl Editor: Jim Kindsvater

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In this Issue

Melissa Stuart and Michelle Siderus visited us from Treehouse which the BBRC has supported since 1999 with almost $20,000.  On any given day there are about 9,000 kids in foster care and Treehouse cares for more than 6,000 of them.  Our Student of the Month is Maria Algandora Flores Cardenas from Sammamish High School.  New BBRC member Mark McDonald was inducted and welcomed into BBRC, and Jason Cherney gave his classification talk.

Speaker Program

Melissa Stuart
Melissa Stuart
Michelle Siderus
Michelle Siderus

Melissa Stuart and Michelle Siderus visited us from Treehouse (www.treehouseforkids.org) which the BBRC has supported since 1999 (it was founded in 1988 by DSHS Childrens Administration social workers).  BBRC has given about $20,000 during that time. Jim Carney also helps with Treehouse planned giving. The Treehouse mission is to give foster youth a childhood and a future. They believe children enter foster care through no fault of their own. On any given day there are about 9,000 kids in foster care and Treehouse cares for more than 6,000 of them. Treehouse has served more than 75,000 kids in foster care. A key goal is high school graduation rates (foster kids’ graduation rates are about half of average). Treehouse 2017 Goal: Foster YOUTH IN King County will graduate high school at the same rate as their peers with a plan for their future. Treehouse’s Graduation Success Program serves 500+ kids in 14 school districts in King County.

Club Business

Maria Cardenas
Maria Cardenas

Our Student of the Month is Maria Algandora Flores Cardenas from Sammamish High School. Her parents are Francisco Flores and Isabel Cardenas. She is a National Honor Society student, VP of Inventory for Mercer Trade Inc., ASB Activities Chair, Cheer Captain for two years, and much more. She also volunteers with Eastside Pathways and Teen Feed BGC. Maria hopes to attend the University of Washington and study International Business.

Mark McDonald
Mark McDonald

New BBRC member Mark McDonald was inducted and welcomed into BBRC.

Jason Cherney
Jason Cherney

Jason Cherney gave his classification talk and revealed he is a dual citizen (U.S. and Canada). He is a U of W Husky, soccer coach and father.

 

 

Ann Norman is Rotarian of the Month

Ann Norman with Pres. Scott
Ann Norman with Pres. Scott

 

 

About the Speaker

Through years of experience, Treehouse has identified the need to recognize and respond to the unique needs of children in foster care. A crisis in parenting creates a great number of obstacles to educational success, and leads to a sobering outcome: foster children graduate high school at half the rate of their peers.

Right now, their is an incredible opportunity to contribute to the success of our most vulnerable children. In 2013 Treehouse rolled out its plan to secure the opportunities they equally deserve, helping them build their lives and prosper. They set a goal that will change the educational trajectory of hundreds of foster youth every year: foster kids in King County will graduate high school at the same rate as their peers with a plan for their future by 2017.