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, complete with time on Santa’s lap. Along with the hundreds of donated toys, community organizations also provided baskets filled with essential items to 45 needy families. The baskets were each valued at $100 or more. The baskets were filled with everyday needs such as towels, wash clothes, shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs and brushes, diapers, cooking utensils and a $25 gift card to a local grocery store. They also included Farrelli’s Wood Fire Pizza gift

scholarship and grant opportunities.” Currently there are 700 students enrolled at PLU from the over 50 253 area code high schools who receive $13.2 million in annual gift aid from PLU ($18,905.33 per student average). 118 of the 700 are College Bound students. The annual total gift aid those College Bound students receive from PLU is more than $1.9 million ($16,847.66 average). “PLU has always been a great supporter of our middle and lower income students,” Burns said. For more information about the 253

here Tom has been a positive impact for his doctors and nurses; they admired his spirit and his clarity in letting us know exactly what he wanted,” the statement says. “We are so grateful to God for the gift Tom has been. We can’t imagine a life without that gift, even though we lost him early.” Our campus pastor, the Rev. Jen Rude, has been in touch with Tom’s family and will continue to offer support. It is hard to find meaning in the passing of one so young and so full of life. Please take care

adopted Salt. The retired sled dog was a gift from a fellow Iditarod runner. He was the first of many dogs who eventually made up the family’s own backyard sled dog team. When Moderow’s sons left for college, however, she was left with a sled dog team sitting idle. That was until Moderow’s sons convinced their mom to consider running the race that they had each finished themselves. After one of them crossed the finish line, he said “Mom, you have to do this,” Moderow recalled. “He’d had a great run

Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education.That birthday gift, Hall says, is the gift that keeps on giving. She feels privileged to work with a talented team of communicators. “I have loved watching the communications team blossom and grow,” she says. She’s had a variety of roles supporting internal and external communications needs, including web design, graphic design, social media and web and document accessibility projects. Most recently, she has worked as a communications

– formerly known as the Tower Chapel. The Ness Family Chapel renovations, funded through a generous $2 million gift from the Kaare and Sigrunn Ness, and their children Arne Ness ’69, Shane Ness ’99 and Cindy Ness, will include a new entrance to the chapel and an elevator to all floors. (Photo by John Froschauer) The Ness Family Chapel renovations, funded through a generous $2 million gift from the Kaare and Sigrunn Ness, and their children Arne Ness ’69, Shane Ness ’99 and Cindy Ness, will include a new