Altrusa of Puyallup Valley receives grant to help foster children

Altrusa of Puyallup Valley, a community service organization, received a $2,000 grant from Altrusa International to partner with the Wishing Well Foundation of Pierce County. The Wishing Well Foundation helps over 1300 foster children with basic needs. When the foster children go into foster care a lot of times they won't have any clothes, or they have come from a home where drugs are involved and their clothes have to be disposed of. The social worker refers their foster parent to the Wishing Well Foundation. They are allowed to come shop for clothes, shoes, pajamas, coats, underwear, tops, etc three times a year!

Altrusa of Puyallup Valley started helping them with suitcases to put their belongings in. When we found out how great the needs were for the foster children of Pierce County, we applied for a grant. We also received $250 from Columbia Bank and a $25 gift card from Costco to help with our project!

Our Altrusa Club would like to continue to help the Wishing Well Foundation and the foster children of Pierce County. We are looking for companies or individuals who would like to volunteer their time and/or donate money.

We are always looking for new members. We meet twice a month at the Puyallup Library on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm! You can contact our Membership Chair, Sherry Haviland at 253-535-8969 for more information! We also have a facebook page - Altrusa Club of Puyallup Valley!