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PHS’ James Washington raises $20,000 for CIP
By Hugh McMillan
KP News
Peninsula High School senior James Washington dedicated
his senior project efforts to a dinner auction that he
and friends worked on for months because he “wanted to
give back to the Community Inclusions Program, which has
done so much for me.”
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Peninsula High School senior James
Washington gives
a bouquet of flowers to his mentor, Donna
Forbes, as
auctioneer Jim Borgen tells the audience
that attendance
was more than double the original estimate
and that the
hoped for proceeds of $5,000 had been
substantially
exceeded. Photo by Hugh McMillan |
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Robin Peterson and Bob Scott of Scott Realty
share
a double visit to the top of the tower of
the new Tacoma
Narrows bridge after a tough bidding battle
for the trip.
Photo by Hugh McMillan |
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The CIP dinner auction is packed with about
250 supporters.
Photo by Hugh McMillan |
He hoped to attract about 100 supporters and wished to
garner some $5,000 for the organization. Washington’s
teacher, Wendy Christiansen, said, “We figure there were
250-plus in attendance that night. Although some
donations are yet to be processed and expenses to be
paid, it looks like they broke the 20 grand
mark.”$20,000!
“James had about 150 silent auction items donated, many
of which were hand made by high school students and
staff,” Christiansen said. “The 18 live auction items
came from both the local community and PHS staff and
students.”
CIP youth auctioned off themselves in pairs as
“Companion for the Day,” a day’s activity of choice like
a train ride, adventure trip to Mason Lake, the zoo,
etc. and brought in a total of $1,050. One of the CIP
students, Sasha Turgman, left the next morning for China
with a team of PHS students and planned to share the CIP
mission there.
Robin Peterson and Bob Scott of Scott Realty fought a
tough bidding battle for a visit to the top of the tower
of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge with five friends. It
culminated in Peterson’s final bid of $1,800. Volunteer
auctioneer Jim Borgen, who arranged for the auction
item, offered Scott the same tower visit if he would
make the same bid – which Scott did – thus adding $3,600
to the auction’s success.
Christiansen summed it all up by saying, “As (Community
Inclusion Program coordinator) Betty Johnson said to me
at the end of the evening, looking out over this large
and diverse group of people, ‘This is community
inclusion. This is what we’ve always wanted.’”
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