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Local children organize gifts for hospital Sarah Wehmann Staff Writer
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We’ve all heard this is the season of giving and two Dieringer Heights Elementary students have taken it upon themselves to give back to Seattle Children’s Hospital Fourth grader Madison Lindsay and fifth grader Henry Jacobson have been collecting coloring books, crayons and markers to donate to the hospital on Christmas Eve. Aside from those donations, Jacobson has been selling “Henry’s Greatest Hits,” a CD he made of himself playing the piano to raise money to also be donated. On Christmas Eve when the coloring supplies are delivered, Jacobson will also bring one of his CDs for each wing of the hospital. He said he had heard music therapy helps people to feel better and helps change people’s moods while they are in the hospital. Both Lindsay and Jacobson have a special connection to Children’s Hospital. Lindsay was born prematurely and she said she had to stay there for a couple of months. Her mom also spent time there when she was younger and Lindsay said her mom remem-
bers coloring books helped her relax and get through tough times. Lindsay has been collecting and delivering color supplies to Children’s Hospital since she was 3 years old, she said. Last year she took more than 100 coloring books and supplies and this year, she said, she wanted to work with her family and Dieringer Heights in the hopes that she could collect more. This year, Lindsay set the goal at 500. Collections stopped Dec.
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Dieringer Heights students Henry Jacobson and Madison Lindsay pose in front of their coloring supply collection box with Jacobson holding his CD. Photos by Sarah Wehmann
Future community center named By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
Demolition began last month at the future site of the Sumner YMCA and now, just a few months away from groundbreaking, the community center can be identified by name. The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties announced the facility’s official name will be The Gordon Family YMCA. The Gordons have been an active part of the
local economy since 1946. Gordon Trucking, Inc., which was founded by Larry Gordon but recently purchased by Heartland Express of Iowa, maintains 2,000 trucks and employs thousands in the area. “Our family has deep roots in the community here, going back decades. We are excited to make a great investment in the future of an area that has given much to our family and businesses, and where we will continue to live and work for many years to come,” Gordon
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said in a press release. YMCA President and CEO Bob Ecklund thanked the Gordon family for their generosity and position in the community. “We are humbled to have the Gordon family, who is so engrained in the community – give so generously to what will be the community hub of Sumner and serve an expected 22,000 people,” Ecklund said in a press release. The Gordon Family YMCA will be located on 10 acres, at the intersection of 64th Street East and 160th Avenue East in Sumner. The finished facility will be about 110,000 square feet and cost approximately $35 million. Groundbreaking is scheduled for April, with a projected opening in summer 2015.
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