Published December 2002

CT among honorees at Partnerships Forum event

SCBJ Staff

Community Transit’s Van GO Program and the Community Voice Mail project were among those recognized at the Human Services Council of Snohomish County’s 17th annual Partnerships Forum Awards breakfast.

The breakfast, held in late October at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel in Everett, was an opportunity for the council to honor businesses and community organizations whose collaborative efforts have had a positive impact on the county.

One of those efforts was CT’s Van GO Program, which was awarded the Large Business Partnerships Award. Through the program, the transit agency grants surplus vans and mini-buses to nonprofit agencies throughout the county.

Also during the breakfast, Community Voice Mail was awarded a Collaboration Award for its efforts to provide the “phoneless” of Snohomish County with 24-hour access to their own private, safe, personal telephone messages. More than 30 organizations worked on the project, including Citizens Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, WorkSource, Housing Hope and Compass Health.

Mentors Matter, a school-based mentoring program, also received a Collaboration Award. With the help of collaborating agencies — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County, Communities in Schools, Everett Public Schools and the Everett Public Schools Foundation — the program recruits, screens, trains, matches and supports adult volunteers to work with students who would benefit from the special attention of a School Big Brother or Big Sister.

Others recognized by the council were the Snohomish County Youth Meth Action Team, which won the Youth Collaboration Award; Girl Scout Troop No. 1998, which received the Youth Collaboration Award Honorable Mention; and Seth Dawson, who received the Liz McLaughlin Award of Excellence for commitment to excellence in the delivery and maintenance of quality human services.

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