SKC Pride gives back to organizations, honors individuals

Published 4:54 pm Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Reporter staff

South King County Pride raised and donated money to charitable causes and honored supporters in the Kent community at an awards program at Down Home Catering on Saturday.

Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services, the Kent Police Department’s Cops With Cancer Foundation and the Kent Rotary Backpacks Buddy program each received checks for more than $900.

In addition, several individuals from agencies and organizations were honored for their support of SKC Pride.

Among them:

Dinah Wilson, Community Development block grant coordinator/Kent Cultural Diversity Initiative group facilitator for the city of Kent; Merina Hanson, Human Services manager for the city of Kent; Rano Joshi, of Invenio Works; Mike Heinisch, executive director of Kent Youth and Family Services (KYFS); Greg Haffner, attorney at Curran Law Firm; Kent Morrill, of Nashville’s Sports Bar & Grill; Frankie June and Brandy Dollarhide, of Down Home Catering; Dan Ashford, of AC Tavern; Oriana Pon, of HomeStreet Bank; Dana Dougherty; and Nathan Box, KYFS.