In the News


Local teen called an ‘angel’ for her work with seniors

Sammamish Review, November 22, 2011
Sammamish resident Smrithi Sukumar wasn’t sure what to think about working with senior citizens before she started her summer internship with Sammamish nonprofit Faith in Action.(Read the entire story here.)

Two nonprofits that empower teens

ParentMap, November 22, 2011
It’s better to give than to receive,” a time-worn platitude, but it’s true — just ask Sammamish mother Melissa Masterleo. Her teenage daughter Marlena was “completely transformed last summer” by volunteer work she did through an organization called Teens in Public Service (TIPS).(Read the entire story here.)

2011 Members’ Exhibition from the perspectives of Teens In Public Service Interns

ARTKOG - Kirkland Art Center's Blog, August 19, 2011
Over the past eight weeks Kirkland Arts Center has had the pleasure of working with two Teens In Public Service Interns. (Read the rest of the story here.)


Local nonprofit helps teens secure employment while giving back to the community

Ballard News-Tribune, March 1, 2011
Tough economic times and a dwindling job market means many teenagers who usually work over the summer could be out of a job. But Teens In Public Service (TIPS), a Seattle-based nonprofit, is working to help some of these teens find work and give back to their community at the same time as TIPS helps teenagers secure employment at various non-profit organizations such as the Ballard Food Bank. (Read the entire story here.)

Four Redmond teens part of public service internship program

Redmond Reporter, June 16, 2010
Seattle-based TIPS (Teens In Public Service) has placed more than 50 teens, including four from Redmond, in paid, cause-related internships throughout the Puget Sound region this summer.(Read the entire story here.)

Summers that count

Seattle Times, October 26, 2007
If you're an ambitious high-school student with sights set on a selective college, you can forget spending summers lazing at the beach or playing "Halo" nonstop.(Read the entire story here.)

 

More Articles that feature TIPS!

http://www.stockerfoundation.org/grants-awarded.aspx

http://hillsideramblings.com/2011/05/14/amy-spens-teaches-us-how-to-win-awards-get-dirty/

http://www.kirklandreporter.com/community/133169313.html

http://www.faithinaction4seniors.org/docs/newsletter_spring2011.pdf

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003645529_teenjobs01.html