Accomplishments

• Since the inception of the TIPS program, over 530 young leaders have served more than 90 charitable organizations.
• In 2008, TIPS placed 59 teens who worked over 10,000 hours with our non-profit partners.
• Family Services honored TIPS as their 2007 Volunteers of the Year, in recognition of our 10 years of partnership and the excellence and enthusiasm our teen interns bring to their programs.
• The Mayors of Seattle have endorsed the TIPS program each year, reaffirming the valuable opportunity the program offers Seattle 's youth.
• In 2003 TIPS was the proud recipient of the 2003 Evergreen Award in recognition of “the positive connections TIPS establishes between the energies of teenagers and the needs within the community.”