South King County Fund Story Map<\/a>\u00a0also shows where projects were funded.<\/p>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Federal Way Korean American Association<\/strong>\u00a0is building a Korean garden in Federal Way\u2019s BPA Trail, and creating\u00a0a cultural space where community members can nurture and sustain the garden through intergenerational bonding. This project is also a larger part of a five-year plan with the organization\u2019s sister city in Korea to build out the garden. This project will take place in Federal way and was funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Multicultural Self-Sufficiency Movement<\/strong>\u00a0is developing a community garden for community members, youth, and older adults to engage with the natural spaces; have access to safe and healthy food; and grow and cultivate the garden space. This projects works with intergenerational families and community members in Federal Way and was funded at $9,000.<\/p>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bridging Cultural Gaps<\/strong>\u00a0is organizing Black and East African immigrant families and youth to do park clean-up days and build out a\u00a0recycling initiative that will be in multiple East African languages. They are\u00a0 also accepting nature photography submissions and holding podcast conversations in several languages to better engage community members. This project takes place in Tukwila and was funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bhutanese Community Resource Center<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0educating\u00a0young adult and youth immigrants and refugees in Tukwila to learn about native plants in the region, and how to reduce waste through composting. They have adopted\u00a0the Cascade View Community Park in Tukwila to clean up. They were funded at $14,000.<\/p>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Congolese Basketball\u00a0<\/strong>is focusing on improving Crystal Spring Park in Tukwila. The group and volunteers will host small group park clean-up days, install basketball and tennis nets, and redesign the courts with art installations. They are funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0New Start Community Garden<\/strong>\u00a0added culturally relevant art pieces for the garden fencing at New Start Community Garden, which is home to community gardeners and New Start High School student gardeners. This project commissioned art from students and local South King County artists to create a more welcoming garden space in Burien and they were\u00a0funded at\u00a0$15,000.<\/p>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Partner in Employment\u00a0<\/strong>works with immigrant and refugee youth to learn about, and work on park restoration and maintenance; identify native and non-native plant species; restore and design planting sites; and do outreach to others in a variety of environmental fields to sustain the work. This project adds capacity to host five additional youth beyond what was funded through their Economic Recovery Grant. This project will take place in SeaTac and Tukwila and they were\u00a0funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EarthCorps\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0young adult crew members is clearing 60,000 square feet of invasive blackberry bushes at the Hilltop Park. They are also working with community volunteers to plant native trees for shade habitat and a safe place for community members to gather and enjoy the park. This project\u00a0takes place in Burien and they were funded at $15,000.<\/p>\n9.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Highline Botanical Garden Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0has expanded the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden by moving twelve mature bonsai trees donated from The Seike Family in SeaTac. The original garden was impacted by airport expansion and the twelve trees will be incorporated into the new garden location. They were funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n10.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Environmental Science Center\u00a0<\/strong>is serving\u00a01100 Highline School District students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade with virtual beach habitat and stewardship classes live streamed and recorded at Seahurst Park. The naturalist-teachers from ESC will also clean up beaches during and after each of the fifty classes taught. Schools with at least 50% of their students on free or reduced lunch will be given priority. This project serves Burien and Highline students and they were funded at $10,000.<\/p>\n11.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Friends of Normandy Park Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0engages Highline School District families and friends to remove 20,000 square feet of invasive plant species at Marine View Park. The community members are\u00a0 replacing\u00a0the area with native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. This project will take place in Normandy Park and they were funded at\u00a0$8,683.<\/p>\n12.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Summer Search<\/strong>\u00a0will work with eighty young people of color and underrepresented youth to explore land, water and air issues. The youth will develop and research four small group outdoor work sessions that will include planting trees and maintenance improvements around Tukwila\u2019s parks. \u00a0The students will also be in YMCA\u2019s Summer Outdoor Leadership School, which was successful during COVID-19 in 2020. They are\u00a0funded at $20,000.<\/p>\n13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Puget Soundkeeper Alliance<\/strong>\u00a0empowers youth leaders to support immigrant and refugee families as they do debris cleanups on kayak patrols, water quality monitoring, and microplastic education. This project\u00a0takes place in Tukwila, Burien, Des Moines, and Federal Way and they\u00a0are funded at $10,902.<\/p>\n14.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Tilth Alliance\u00a0<\/strong>is training twenty volunteers on urban farming techniques. The volunteers are then installing rain gardens, doing habitat restoration, and creating or supporting community gardens. They are partnering with a local immigrant and refugee organization and serving\u00a0Federal Way, Burien and Tukwila. 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