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 CHOICE steps forward to help Publish date: Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Source: THE OLYMPIAN During difficult economic times, organizations that provide essential health services to those in need face extraordinary challenges. They grapple with cutbacks in funding because everyone is trying to manage with fewer resources. How a community reaches out to those in need during difficult economic times is a measure of its character. In Thurston County ... Full storyNonprofit leader a 'dealer in hope'HONORS: UWT award goes to Community Youth Services director Publish date: Monday, April 12, 2010 - Source: C.R. ROBERTS; Staff writer |The Olympian Charles Shelan has lost the West Texas accent of his childhood, but he retains the values and tenacity born in a small town called Roscoe. Shelan, executive director of Community Youth Services in Olympia, has been named Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year by the University of Washington Tacoma Milgard School of Business. He joins this year’s roster of business leaders because of his long success at an agency he built from a small drop-in center for kids – a program with a ... Full storyGrant means more warm beds Federal Aid: Publish date: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Source: MATT BATCHELDOR ~ The Olympian Thurston County gets $727,000 to assist homeless Three local social-service agencies have been awarded more than $700,000 in federal stimulus money dedicated to housing the homeless and helping to prevent homelessness. Thurston County applied for the Homeless Housing and Rapid Rehousing grant and received $727,098, said Connie Rivera, community housing program manager for the county. It then awarded $283,875 to the Community Action Council, $236,561 t ... Full story
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