News Type: Press Release

Amy FrederickOverlake HospitalPhone: 425.688.5177 E-mail: [email protected] Michael NankThe Paul G. Allen Charitable FoundationPhone: 206.342.2000E-mail: [email protected] BELLEVUE, Wash. — Overlake Hospital Medical Center’s Campaign for Overlake recently received gifts of $1 million…

Karen StregeMontana State LibraryPhone: 406.444.3116, E-Mail: [email protected] HELENA, Mont. — The Montana State Library has received $53,700 to provide technology training for library staff members across the state. This training program…

Lynda Walker St. Mary’s Home for Boys Phone: 503.259.3134 BEAVERTON, Ore. — St. Mary’s Home for Boys has been awarded a $1 million gift for facility improvements. The grant will…

Susie Burdick Hearing, Speech & Deafness CenterPhone: 206.323.5770V/TTYFax: 206.328.6871 E-mail: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a capital project grant to the Hearing, Speech & Deafness…

Beatrice M. SpadaciniHope for African Children Initiative Phone: 703.807.1264 Ext. 107 Cell: 202.425.6551E-mail: [email protected] WASHINGTON and SEATTLE — Five leading international humanitarian organizations today announced they have joined to launch the…

Garry Wyckoff   Easter SealsPhone: 206.281.5700 Ext. 101 Seattle — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted Easter Seals Washington $435,000 to upgrade and expand Easter Seals Assistive Technology Services and Computer…

Alison McFarquharUniversity of CambridgePhone: 44 (0) 1223 332300 CAMBRIDGE, England — One hundred fifty-one of the brightest young people in the world have begun the new academic year at Cambridge…

Marcia Mulvey, Executive DirectorPeninsula Children's CenterE-mail: [email protected] Kathy Armstrong, Development DirectorPeninsula Children’s CenterPhone: 503.280.0534E-mail: [email protected] PORTLAND, Ore.– The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Peninsula Children’s Center, a North…

Amy LowGMMBPhone: 206.352.8598E-mail: [email protected] BREMERTON, Wash. — The Kitsap County Historical Society Museum is pleased and proud to announce a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in…

Dr. William Foege advises the foundation on strategies that could be usefully pursued in global health. He has served in a variety of executive positions at the Carter Center, and…