{"id":9688,"date":"2011-05-06T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T17:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-community-foundation-wins-chambers-education-service-award\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T03:20:30","slug":"kent-community-foundation-wins-chambers-education-service-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-community-foundation-wins-chambers-education-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Community Foundation wins Chamber’s Education Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kent Community Foundation received the Education Service Award at the Kent Chamber of Commerce Gala.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very humbling to be so recognized. Congratulations to all for their efforts in allowing us to receive this honor,\u201d said Jim McGinnis of the Kent Community Foundation, in a Kent School District media release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Chamber gave out the award at its April 30 gala at the ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Kent Community Foundation <\/a>is celebrating its 25th year of supporting the community and education. Kent Community Foundation is a strong supporter of Kent School District. The foundation annually awards college scholarships to graduating students from Kentridge, Kent-Meridian, Kentwood and Kentlake as well as students from Kent schools who are in college.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The foundation has also given many grants to support education programs from newspapers in the classrooms, poetry slams, musical instruments and Future Business Leaders of America.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kent School District family is very proud that our partner, Kent Community Foundation, received this award for their truly outstanding work every year, doing so much to help and support our students achieve success,\u201d said Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The other nominees for the award were Kentlake Principal Joe Potts, Kirk Davis of Green River Community College, and the Kent Station Family Shopping Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Vargas added, \u201cWe also want to congratulate all the nominees for their exceptional service to education in our community.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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