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Tincan Media for Education & Community Development
Local nonprofit organization Tincan uses information technology and interactive media for education and community development.
July 30 2011 the Spokane Black Agenda Summit breakout group on Communication and Culture expressed an interest in developing better communication for the African American community through the use of all forms of media including online forums, visual media and community TV. Tincan is there to provide the skills necessary to do this.
Don’t ask what Obama has done for you, ask what we have done since Obama has been elected. Let us gather skills and work on solutions. Visit the Tincan website to see what workshops are coming up: tincan.org
Feed Hungry Kids
This photograph is something I felt you’d like to see. At Rogers High School in Spokane, we recently launched our School Pantry pilot. It’s an inspiring attempt to feed more hungry kids without breaking the bank. If all goes well, Second Harvest will be able to reach more hungry kids in the coming year.
The response from one young lady at that first distribution in October makes me hopeful. She picked up a box of donated groceries after school on a Friday afternoon. “My mom is going to be so excited,” she said. “We haven’t had spaghetti in a long time. I’m going to make dinner tonight.” Spaghetti is one of those things that earn a spot on many scribbled grocery lists. Who would have expected so much enthusiasm for something so common?
I’m always very grateful when simple ideas bring good results. We made a difference for that Rogers High student and 250 of her school mates in need. We’re continuing to sort out ways to do as much good as possible with our limited means. I suppose our grocery list isn’t always as long as we’d like it to be either.
We need to raise $400,000 by Dec. 31 to provide more than 60 truckloads of food to area food banks, meal sites and even our fledgling School Pantry this winter. We hope you will send your gift by clicking here to donate securely online. Your donation is always appreciated. Thank you.
Take care,
Jason L. Clark
President and CEO
Essay Contest!
Announcing…
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Essay Contest!
Download the poster.
Download the guidelines.
Download the press release.
Download the cover sheet.
- Open to students in 3rd to 12th grades enrolled in a greater Spokane area public school or home school group.
- All submissions are due by 4 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2011 to
- Jeani-Liz Brickner
- Interim Children’s Services Director
- jbrickner@mlkspokane.org
- 845 S. Sherman St. Spokane, WA 99202
- All submissions must
- have a cover sheet attached
- be legible
- be original
- be an individual effort
- Contest winner/s will be announced Jan. 4, 2012; top prize winners in each age category will be invited to share their work at an MLK Day Celebration event
- Grades 3-4
- Essay topic/theme: “How my family and I celebrate Dr. King and live his dream.”
- Minimum of 10 sentences
- One submission per student
- Hand-written preferred
- Winner receives $50 gift card
- Runner-up receives $25 gift card
- The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
- Grades 5-6
- Essay topic/theme: “Dr. King wanted everyone to be treated with equal respect. Do you think this has happened in your school? Why or why not? If not, how do you think we can make this change?”
- Minimum of 4 paragraphs
- One submission per student
- Hand-written or typed submissions accepted
- Winner receives $50 gift card
- Runner-up receives $25 gift card
- The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
- Grades 7-9
- Essay topic/theme: “Dr. King wrote about overcoming conflict to gain cooperation. Discuss ways in which you have overcome conflict and cooperated and ways in which our community might be able to as well.”
- Minimum of 2 pages; maximum of 4 pages (typed, double spaced pages in Times New Roman size 12 font)
- One submission per student
- Winner receives $100 gift card
- Runner-up receives $50 gift card
- The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.
- Grades 10-12
- Essay topic/theme: “Interview someone you admire who has overcome instances of prejudice. Write their story and discuss why it is powerful to you and how our community might learn from it.”
- Minimum of 3 pages; maximum of 6 pages (typed, double spaced pages in Times New Roman size 12 font)
- One submission per student
- Winner receives $200 gift card
- Runner-up receives $100 gift card
- The judging committee reserves the right to choose no winner or to award additional prizes.