JULY E-NEWS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2010 GRANTEES!

We are pleased and honored to announce our latest grant recipients.  Congratulations and thank you for your inspiring work.

Cascadia Green Building Council to support the Toolkit for 21st Century Wastewater Policies in Puget Sound Project

Climate Solutions to support the New Energy Cities Project

Facing the Future to support the Puget Sound Science and Literacy Project

National Wildlife Federation to support the Protecting Puget Sound Floodplains Project

RE Sources for Sustainable Communities to support the North Sound Baykeeper Project

Seattle Audubon Society to support the Puget Sound Seabird Survey Project

Washington Toxics Coalition, People for Puget Sound and Washington Environmental Council for the Collaborative Project

This year our donors and partners stepped up to give an additional $8,000 to “Add-On” to our grants, bringing the total awarded in grants this year to $113,605.  Our Add-On Campaign provides an opportunity for our donors to review summaries of the grants and provide additional support to projects they are passionate about.  Thank you to all our donors and Partners - you make our grants program possible. Thank you to those who chose to “Add-On” and a special thank you to all our Grants Committee volunteers who helped make this year’s grant process a success.

ABBE AND NORA ROCK!            

On June 26, Abbe Rubin (Board) and Nora Burton (staff) completed the Seattle 2010 Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 marathon in personal best times, and raised $10,000 for Sustainable Path Foundation.

Thank you Abbe, Nora and all who supported you!

GRANTEE CELEBRATION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER

On July 26th, 2010 from 5 pm – 7 pm at our office will be taking time out from our beautiful summer and busy schedules to celebrate the work of our 2009 grantees.  All 10 of our 2009 grantees are leading work that will make a difference here in the Puget Sound Region.  Join us for our celebration as we welcome our 2010 grantees and highlight the accomplishments of our 2009 grantee organizations.  It will be a great chance to get to know Sustainable Path Foundation a little better.  Everyone is welcome!  RSVP to kerri@sustainablepath.org or 206-443-8464 (this celebration will replace the July Idea Club meeting).

THANK YOU GRANTS COMMITTEE

Now that this year’s grants cycle is complete, the Grants Committee is taking a well-deserved summer break.  We extend a sincere and heartfelt thank-you to the following committee members for their hard work, diligence and a job well done.

Peter Baum              David Cosman          Anson Fatland
Della Friend              Richard Gayle          Kay Humm
Sue Kraemer            Kyoko Maruyama     Nan McKay
Karyn McKelvey        Carol Olson             Linda Park
Jennifer Slack

The committee’s work will resume in October.  If you are interested in serving on the Grants Committee please contact Nora at 206-443-8464.

WELCOME TIFFANY HUOTH

Please welcome Tiffany Huoth, our 2010 Summer Intern.  Tiffany who hails from Mercer Island has just completed her first year at Stanford University where she plans to major in Management Science and Engineering.  She worked this past year as a research assistant in Stanford University’s Psychology Department. She is excited to work with the Sustainable Path Foundation this summer to learn more about our organization and we are excited to have her.

SEPTEMBER 14th SEMINAR – BUY YOUR TICKET NOW

The final topic of our SEEKING SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS seminar series is SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.  The featured speakers are Ash Awad, Vice President of Energy and Facility Services at McKinstry and David Friedman, Dean of the College of Built Environment at the University of Washington.  You can find out more about this event and buy a ticket here.