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AWB Members & Friends Donate $10,000-plus |
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Written On: November/December 2004 |
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This year the Association of Washington Business celebrates its 15th year sponsoring the state’s holiday tree on the Capitol Building grounds in Olympia as part of the Capitol Holiday Kids’ Tree Project. AWB members provide the 35-foot fir tree, funding for its decorations, and gathers approximately $10,000 in contributions for needy families.
AWB took over the project in 1989 when it appeared the state would not have a decorated tree for the holidays. Since then the tree has been featured in publications and broadcasts throughout the northwest and nationally, including Sunset Magazine.
Because the Capitol Building is undergoing a $100-million restoration, it’s an outdoor tree for the third year. It is located near the Tivoli Fountain and will be lit on Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. and will remain lit through the holidays.
“We hope to be back in the Capitol Building next year and return to the tradition of an indoor tree in the Rotunda,” AWB President Don Brunell said.
The Holiday Tree is the symbol of the Capitol Holiday Kids’ Project, sponsored by AWB in cooperation with the Capitol Campus Volunteers. This year, AWB member Port Blakely Tree Farms and the Washington Forest Protection Association will be donating the tree.
More than 100 AWB members and friends from Colville to Vancouver contributed almost $10,000 to make the holiday brighter for children in rural areas of Thurston, Pierce, Mason and Grays Harbor counties. Santa’s helpers, who moonlight as volunteer firefighters in the participating counties, distribute gifts to needy rural families.
“Since the project started 15 years ago, AWB members have donated more than $175,000,” Brunell said. “All of the money goes to the rural firefighters to buy the gifts. Too often the needy in rural areas are forgotten. The rural firefighters and AWB members have filled that void, and it is one of the best things we do each year.”
Sponsors
Acme Energy Service, Tom Allen, Olympia
Alford Farms Inc., Brenda Alford, Pasco
American Elevator Corp, Marc Vendetti, Seattle
Anchor Savings Bank, Jim Boora, Aberdeen
Associated General Contractors, Duke Schaub, Seattle
AT&T, Cathy Brightwell, Olympia
Atlas Construction Specialties Inc., Dave Conners, Seattle
Bark & Garden Centers, Robin Rexius, Olympia
Basin Disposal, Inc., Leonard Dietrich, Pasco
Beye Realty Corp. dba Arby's Roast Beef, William Beye, Bellevue
Charles D. Reali, Vancouver
Cispus Learning Center, Martin E. Fortin, Jr. and Staff, Randle
Cole Screenprint, Inc., Stacey Ogle, Tacoma
Coyne, Jesernig, LLC, Dan Coyne, Olympia
Cynthia Zehnder, Olympia
D.W. Briggs Company, Inc., Don Briggs, Puyallup
Don & Jeri Brunell, Olympia
Emmanuel's Rug & Upholstery Cleaners, Seattle
Evans Capitol Consulting, Lori Evans, Olympia
F.C. Bloxom Company, Jeff Hawes, Seattle
Fibrex Corporation, Linda Watkins, Burlington
Frank Gurney Inc, Tom Stewart, Spokane
Furniture Factory Outlet, Mike Lai, Everett
Gene Schlatter & Associates, Gene Schlatter, Olympia
Hansen Logging LLC, John & Sherri Hansen, Chewelah
Harold LeMay Enterprises, Inc., Nancy LeMay, Tacoma
Hewlett-Packard, Beth Quartarolo, Vancouver
Hobart Machined Products, Inc, Rosemary Brester, Hobart
Howard D. Schultz, Seattle
Island Market Co., Inc. dba Vashon Thriftway, Norman Mathews, Vashon
Katherine Dunn, Seattle
Les Schwab Tire Centers of WA., Inc., Jodie Hueske, Prineville OR
McFarland Cascade, Corry McFarland, Tacoma
McNeill's Appraisal, David McNeill, Seattle
Northwest Pulp & Paper, Llewellyn Matthews, Bellevue
Olympia Federal Savings, Lori Drummond, Olympia
Pacific American Commercial Co, Tom Gibbons, Seattle
PacifiCorp, Kevin Lynch, Portland
Patrick & Susan Dunn, Seattle
Patrick Dunn & Associates, LTD, Patrick Dunn, Seattle
PEMCO Financial Services, Jim Bricker, Olympia
Pierce Co. Recycling dba LRI, Eddie Westmoreland, Puyallup
Puget Sound Energy, Mike Tracy, Olympia
Renee Sheeler L.D. Denture Clinic, Renee Sheeler, Longview
Richard & Cheryl Little, Bellingham
Rubatino Refuse Removal Inc., Ed Rubatino, Everett
Secretary of State Sam & Margery Reed, Olympia
Sanitary Service Company, Inc., Paul Razore, Bellingham
Sara Vanmeter, Seattle
Sterling Savings Bank, Heidi Stanley, Spokane
Superior Underwriters, Johanis Sinon, Redmond
Symons Frozen Foods, Inc., Art & Glenda Symons, Centralia
The Boeing Company, Al Ralston, Seattle
The Gallatin Group, Julia Weisenburger, Seattle
The Lanterman Foundation, Lisa Hunt, Seattle
The TSB Communications Group, Tim Boyd, Olympia
Tim's Cascade Snacks, Tim Kennedy, Algona
Tower LTD, Earl Tower, Olympia
Travis & Carrie Vessey, Lacey
Trout Lake Farm, Lloyd Scott, Trout Lake
Vandervert Developments Hotel Division dba Hampton Inn,
Bonnie Vandervert, Spokane
Washington Forest Protection Association, Bill Wilkerson, Olympia
Washington Retail Association, Jan Teague, Olympia
Washington Roundtable, Steve Mullin, Seattle
Washington Rural Electric Co-Op Assoc., David Clinton, Olympia
Western Polymer Corporation, Lynn Townsend-White, Moses Lake
Weyerhaeuser Company, Creigh H. Agnew, Federal Way
Whidbey Island Manor, Inc., Mark Wiggins, Oak Harbor
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