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March 2024
On March 2, 2024, we joyfully celebrated our grand opening event. We came together to appreciate and thank our partners, students, and the community for their unwavering support. To see some of the activities, please view the video above for a glimpse of some memorable moments that unfolded during this special occasion.
We honored esteemed guests, supporters, and dignitaries, acknowledging their valuable contributions to our cause. A momentous proclamation from the City of Seattle marked the significance of this day and the journey ahead.
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JULY - AUGUST 2023
EYFO Summer Leadership Academy
Making the right choices can be difficult, but is an important learning skill. Our summer program theme, “Making Right Choices”, taught youth the benefits of making good moral choices. Our community partners, sponsors, staff, and guest speakers came together to help our youth build a strong foundation rooted in morals, values, and ethics, which will help them become the best people they can be. Check out the end-of-summer video featuring staff, students, and parents.
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January 2023
Our founder Charlett Shoecraft received the Mountaintop Education Award from Urban Impact Seattle at the MLK Prayer Breakfast, a yearly event that brings together community members from all sectors in business, church, and non-profit. The event serves to unite communities to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King, honor leaders who model his work and promote Biblical justice and reconciliation with community partners in the greater Seattle community.
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December 2022
Empowering Youth & Families Outreach was nominated and won the Employee’s Choice Award. We were selected from 1,000 applications; 250 were reviewed, 18 were accepted, and five nominees received between $30,000 and $50,000. We won the category of Employees Choice Award, selected by popular vote from BECU (Boeing Employee Credit Union) employees. BECU knows its members are dedicated to serving and supporting their communities. That’s why BECU created the People Helping People Awards. It’s a way for BECU to put its philanthropic dollars behind the causes its members care about annually.
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August 2022
Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroots Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It has promoted quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood for over ten years. At their 2022 RB Back2School Bash, they presented 11 community members, including our founder Charlett Shoecraft with Unsung Heroes Business Excellence Award.
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february 2021
Verity Credit Union, an EYFO partner since 2019, featured Empowering Youth and Families Outreach in their Community Spotlight in honor of Black History Month. Verity Credit Union provides financial education classes for our students. EYFO values our partnership with Verity Credit Union.
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December 2019
EYFO is thrilled with our continued partnership with Bellwether Housing providing child care at Flourish on Rainier, a 186-unit affordable housing development adjacent to the Rose Street Apartments on Rainier Avenue South in Seattle, WA.
Highlights of the development include an 8,000-square-foot child care center operated by Empowering Youth and Families Outreach. This expansion will allow us to serve more students (127) during the school year, including preschool, toddlers, and school-age youth.
The project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.
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