Success Stories

"The timing couldn't have been more perfect! I had just been told that our short-term grief counselling for the kids was coming to an end, and I'd have to seek outside therapy that was not affiliated with our HMO. This money will allow us to do that. I thank you all so very much."

- Grant recipient

We are honored to have contributed nearly $400,000 to families struggling through a variety of situations, helping to defray the costs of basic needs, education, counselling, and much more. Below are just some of the stories of our past recipients.

  • More than $25,000 was given to the families of HUD employees that were killed in the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The victims' families used the funds for counseling and educational support.

  • Financial assistance was provided to three young children whose only parent - an assistant manager of a multifamily housing project and a local block grant volunteer - was slain. Their grandmother is using the money to pay for the costs of the two younger children to attend a special day care program for disabled children.

  • Three children of an executive director in Texas received a grant in 1992. Their father, who worked for a local housing authority, was recognized as an innovator in public housing, homelessness, and resident initiatives. HUD considered his creation R.O.S.E. - Residential Opportunities for Success and Empowerment - to be one of the most meaningful resident initiatives in the country.

  • Funds were given to the family of a woman who worked for the Snohomis County Grants Administration and was responsible for distributing HUD grants. She died of cancer, leaving behind seven children. A grant was given to the youngest child, who wanted to attend a local vocational technical school. The money helped fulfill her dream of studying to become a dental assistant.

  • The two surviving children of a HUD temporary employee - who did not have government insurance when she passed away - received grant money used by their grandmother to purchase clothing and school supplies.

  • A single mother received funds to help pay for the counselling her children needed to deal with the death of their father, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development who died of heart disease at the age of forty- five.