The North East Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition supports students and their families in NE Tacoma by consistently meeting basic needs to strengthen our community and set students up for success.

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A Bit of Background

Northeast Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition at a Glance

The NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition is a partnership with staff and PTAs from Crescent Heights Elementary, NE Tacoma Elementary, Browns Point Elementary, and Meeker Middle School, along with additional community partners that is focused on providing weekend meals to students and other basic needs supports to students in need in our community.  Students receiving assistance from the NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition are identified by the principal and counseling team at each participating school.   Confidentiality is an essential value of the program.  The Coalition does not keep a wait list, and has expanded to serve every student identified by school staff as needing food assistance.  We are so grateful for the many ways our local community has stepped up to serve local students during the COVID-19 pandemic and we continue to work with our local schools to identify needs and to adapt our program to safely meet those needs!

How You Can Help

The Coalition has adapted our service delivery to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to continue to support local students during this unprecedented school year.  We are working hard to ensure continued access to weekend meal and other basic needs supports for our local families.

Holiday connection 2020

This year, we will be offering local students and families holiday help in the form of Thanksgiving meals, gifts, and holiday meals for the winter break.  Local families who could benefit from some additional support this holiday season can reach out to their school's guidance counselor to sign up. If you would like make a financial donation to support our efforts, you can do so via the Browns Point PTA website (all donations are tax deductible and benefit students at all four NE Tacoma schools).

Acknowledgements

2020-2021 School Year

Thank you to the groups who contributed financially, packed and/or donated food and hygiene products, and supported our Holiday Help this school year:​

• Browns Point Elementary Students, Staff & Families

• Brit of All Trades

• Burnette Family Agency/ Allstate

• Christ the King Bible Fellowship Church

• Church of the Living God

• Crescent Heights Elementary Students, Staff & Families

• Edward Jones Browns Point

• Federal Way Senior Center Food Bank

• Heritage Home Partners at Keller Williams Puget Sound

• Homes on the Sound

• John Bye & Associates

• Meeker Middle School Students, Staff & Families

• Meeker Community Garden

• Pacific Coast Fruit Company

• NE Tacoma Elementary Students, Staff & Families

• Saint Matthew’s Church

• Southside Church

• We Love Our City

• World Vision

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Thank you to Browns Point Elementary and Tacoma School District for generously providing the NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition with a designated space for our program operations.

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