Agency Events
 

13th Annual Fundraising Breakfast
April 23, 2008

Join us at this inspiring annual event!  Learn more!

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Big Night Out: A Seattle Channel Variety Show

Big Night Out is a monthly variety show taped in front of a live audience at the Columbia City Theater. All proceeds from each show go to First Place!

Past acts include Washington State Yo-Yo Champion Sterling Quinn, Caela and the Dangerous Flares, and Tamara the Trapeze Lady. Plus the Big Night Out House Band: "The Cheese Factor".

Join the Fun - Be A Part Of The Audience and help raise money for First Place.

Big Night Out happens on the first Wednesday of the month at:

Columbia City Theater
4918 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118. 

All ages welcome! Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person, or you can buy them online at brownpapertickets.com.

Click here to learn more about the broadcasts and the Seattle Channel.

Thank you Seattle Channel and Big Night Out for your generosity!

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Past Agency Events

Comedy Underground Benefit
January 29, 2008, 8:30pm

Puget Sound Community School hosted its annual Comedy Benefit Show with an extra bonus.  The Comic Relief Fund, a charitable group made up of local comedians, matched $1,200 of the dollars raised as a donation to First Place.  

Thank you to Comedy Underground, Comic Relief Fund and Puget Sound Community School!

Stuff the Trucks for First Place
Thank you our sponsors and everyone who donated school supplies to First Place during the Stuff the Trucks campaign. We received over $8,000 in school supplies and donations to First Place.

Sponsored by: KOMO 1000 News Radio, Western Washington Toyota Dealerships, Applebee’s, and WSECU.

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MXD Championships Tennis Tournament & Auction
MXD Championships is a Mixed-Doubles Tennis Tournament at Bellevue Tennis Club and the Central Park Tennis Club in Kirkland.  The 2007 tournament was July 27 through July 29. The tournament featured a player party with a raffle and silent auction which benefited First Place.

For more information on attending the event and about the tennis tournament visit www.mxdchampionships.com

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Detlef Schrempf Foundation Gala & Auction
Dinner, Auction, Entertainment, Mingling with Celebrities!

Thank you to everyone who help First Place make the Detlef Schrempf Gala and Auction a great success! 

Comedy Underground Benefit

January 29, 2008, 8:30pm
Comedy Underground, 222 S Main St.

Puget Sound Community School hosts its annual Comedy Benefit Show.  This benefit performance hosts a stellar line up of the who's who in Seattle comedy, a live auction with Auctioneer Nic Warmenhoven and a Rockin' Raffle. 

This year, Comic Relief, a charitable group made up of local comedians, will match up to $1,200  of the dollars raised as a donation to First Place.  

Please join us in raising funds for two local schools, Puget Sound Community School and First Place. Tickets for the show are $6 for students,  $10 in advance and $12 at the door.  To purchase tickets visit the PSCS office or our website at http://www.pscs.org/comedynight2008.htm

 

 

First Place Students and Faculty Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday

We celebrated Martin Luther King Day on Friday, January 13th in the afternoon. Each year our birthday celebration in honor of Dr. King is exciting and energetic. Each classroom had a chance to highlight their hard work and creativity; we enjoyed singing, dancing and drama, and Ms. Maryamu acted as emcee. The classroom of Ms. Andria prepared “I Have A Dream” Speeches and read them using a microphone. For a selection of photos and writing from the party, visit our Photo Page.

 

Humane Society Event

Providing education, basic services and therapy to our young clients are the core of services that First Place provides. We also hope that they will learn to be adults who are committed to community service. This year, the 5th graders of the K-Kids (a group of student leaders sponsored by the Kiwanis Club) have chosen the Humane Society of King County to be the site of their community service.

Our county Humane Society, located in Bellevue, was visited by the K-Kids and Ms. Irene, Ms. Jaime and Ms. Cato. The K-Kids toured the facility, met the animals that were in need of homes, and asked questions regarding the organization and its procedures. The staff of the facility report the First Place students to be well-spoken, and were impressed by the breadth and depth of their questions.

As with all children, our students felt a great deal of empathy for the creatures at BHS. However, the K-Kids of Ms. Irene’s class may have felt a special connection to these animals—cats and dogs must sometimes go through difficult transitions, just like human beings. Their life experiences have given them an awareness of the intense difficulties of being in crisis.

The children have decided to bake dog and cat treats for the animals and to knit blankets for them during their after school knitting club. We are so very proud of our creative and compassionate students!

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Last updated July 19, 2007