Visionary Leadership Awards Honor Local Partners October 4, 2010 SEATTLE—Local nonprofit Committee for Children celebrated its 30th anniversary by honoring Denise Louie Education Center, Highline Public Schools, Snohomish County Human Services Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, and Lake Washington School District with Visionary Leadership Awards for their outstanding work. Committee for Children Executive Director Joan Duffell,…Read More
Committee for Children Welcomes New Member to Board of Directors April 1, 2010 SEATTLE—Committee for Children has named Sabrina Powers, JD, to its board of directors. Powers is a corporate attorney in commercial licensing for Microsoft Corporation, where she is the leaRead More
Raikes Foundation Awards $235,000 Grant to Committee for Children March 12, 2010 SEATTLE—The Raikes Foundation and Committee for Children today announced a partnership fueled by a three-year, $235,000 grant to help students at three local middle schools avoid risky behaviors, prevent violence, and succeed in school, while also advancing research in the field of social-emotional learning to make learning programs from the nonprofit Committee for Children even more effective worldwide. The grant will…Read More
Second Step Author Honored for Lifetime Achievement October 29, 2009 SEATTLE—Kathy Beland, original author of Committee for Children’s award-winning Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum, received the nationally recognized Sanford N. McDonnell Award for Lifetime AchieveRead More
Committee for Children Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Directors September 29, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children has named Karen Tvedt, PhD, and Paige Hamack to its board of directors. Committee for Children is a 30-year-old Seattle-based nonprofit that develops awarRead More
Committee for Children: A Great Place to Work August 21, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children was honored at an awards event on August 20 at Safeco Field, where the Puget Sound Business Journal named the local nonprofit a runner-up in the 2009 Read More
Bullying: Study Offers Ray of Hope May 8, 2009 SEATTLE—In the midst of gloomy reports about bullying-related suicides, lawsuits, school attendance problems, and fear is a ray of hope from a research study that reaffirms that careful implementation of a comprehensive bullyiRead More
Seeds of Compassion: One Year Later May 6, 2009 SEATTLE—The “Seeds of Compassion” that were planted by last year’s visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama are flowering at the New School at Columbia in Seattle, as teachers blend a Seeds-inspired “theme of the month” Read More
Two Members Join Board of Directors March 5, 2009 SEATTLE—Committee for Children has named Alayne Sulkin, publisher of Parent Map magazine, and Yoko Miyashita, corporate counsel for Getty Images, to its Read More
Lois Maag Joins Committee for Children Board March 4, 2009 SEATTLE—Lois Maag has joined the board of directors of Committee for Children, a Seattle-based nonprofit whose programs advancing the social, intellectual, and physical well-being ofRead More