Two local organizations were recently awarded the Community Partnership Award by South King Fire.
Phenomenal She (PS) is a community based nonprofit organization that has a mission to provide mentorship, encouragement, and empowerment to young women of color by building confidence around education, social awareness, and self-esteem. PS has partnered with King County’s Best Starts for Kids Grant and will be able to intervene/interrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline by meeting with young women three times a week, offering, Life Skills and Development Workshops, Academic Support and Engagement, and group Mental and/or Behavioral Health Counseling sessions in both Federal Way and Des Moines.
Game of Life Mentoring’s mission is to provide necessary life skills and mentoring to young men of color using community messengers in a safe controlled indoor and outdoor sports environment to maximize relationship building, create black owned businesses and strengthen the black community.