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Debra HollandFirst PlacePhone: 206.323.6715 SEATTLE — A grant of $1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was announced today as the kick-off donation for a $5.5 million capital…

Rebecca King, Marketing & Communications DirectorPhone: 253.572.8440 TACOMA, Wash. — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Pierce County was recently notified of a $750,000 gift from the Bill & Melinda…

Annette BagleyWhatcom MuseumPhone: 360.676.6981 ext. 320Email: [email protected] BELLINGHAM, Wash. — With the assistance of four generous donors, the Whatcom Museum Society has arranged to purchase the building currently housing the…

Melissa HeatonPhone: 206.625.9655 SEATTLE — Seattle Works, a volunteer-driven organization of more than 6,000 members committed to instilling a lifelong passion for volunteering in young adults, was recently awarded a…

Jean DeMasterYWCA of Greater PortlandPhone: 503.294.7486 PORTLAND, Ore. — The YWCA of Greater Portland has received a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the renovation…

Susan DenzerPhone: 202.338.8700 SEATTLE — On Thursday, June 8, 2000, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program will announce the inaugural class of Gates Millennium Scholars. A number of the first recipients…

Mike HammonsSeattle Emergency Housing ServicePhone: 206.461.3660 ext. 14Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Seattle Emergency Housing Service (SEHS) recently received a $25,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop…

Dr. Helen SouleMississippi Department of EducationPhone: 601.359.3954 Lisa MaderOffice of the GovernorPhone: 601.359.3227 JACKSON, Miss. — A coalition of state education, business, and government leaders, led by the Mississippi Department of…

Beatrice BezmalinovicPartners in Population and DevelopmentPhone: 880.2.8829475Email: [email protected] DHAKA, Bangladesh — Partners in Population and Development (Partners) announced today that its efforts to further information sharing around reproductive health issues…

Janet NjorogeWorld Vision: In NairobiPhone: 254.2.440152 Wendy DriscollCARE: In NairobiPhone: 254.2.716724 NAIROBI, Kenya — Three international aid organizations—CARE, Save the Children and World Vision—announced today the receipt of grants totaling…