Project Cool

Seattle PI Article about Project Cool

We accept donations all year long. Learn more about Project Cool, to donate or to volunteer please contact Victoria Meissner at Solid Ground(206) 694-6732.

Financial donations can be mailed to:
Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness
Attention Project Cool
77 South Washington Street
Seattle, WA 98105

Project Cool for Back-to-School provides 1,700 homeless youth with school supplies each fall. Project Cool gives students whose young lives have been disrupted by homelessness a jumpstart on their first day of school. Each child and teen receives a new backpack filled with age appropriate school supplies, along with a gift certificate for new shoes.

By helping these children attend their first day of school with dignity, our community plays a significant role in providing a positive learning experience in the face of a difficult circumstance like homelessness. Backpacks are distributed in mid-August to homeless students between the ages of 3 and 18 who are living in more than 50 different emergency shelter and transitional housing programs, as well as those participating in homeless school or youth drop-in centers.

Project Cool is made possible through the generous support from the Windermere Foundation, United Way of King County, the Kiwanis Club, Starbucks Coffee, Athletic Supply of Redmond, the Shoreline Office Max and numerous public and private donors.

Downloads:
2007 Annual Report
2006 Annual Report

Project Cool Program Participants

The following organizations will receive backpacks and supplies to distribute to homeless children and youth:

Archdiocesan Housing Authority: Sacred Heart Shelter Aridell Mitchell House Auburn Youth Resources: Anchor Program CAMP – Housing Assistance Program Catholic Community Services East King County: Avondale Park, Host Home & HOPE Catholic Community Services South King County: Emergency Shelter & Transitional Children’s Home Society: Teen Parent Home Church Council of Greater Seattle: Homelessness Project Central Youth and Family Consejo: Mi Casa Transitional Domestic Abuse Women’s Network: DAWN Shelter Eastside Domestic Violence Program: CAP Program, My Sister’s Home & My Friend’s Place El Centro de la Raza Exodus Housing Family Services: Transitional Assistance Program, Project Permanency Family and Adult Service Center First Place Fremont Public Association: Broadview Emergency Shelter, Family Shelter, Sandpoint, Solid Ground Friends of Youth: Transitional Living Program, Outreach/Shelter, Foster Care Hopelink: Hopelink Place, Dixie Price, Kenmore Shelter International District Housing Alliance Kent Youth and Family Services: Watson Manor

Low Income Housing Institute: Denny Park, Meadowbrook View, Tyree Scott South King County Multi-Service Center Muslim Housing Services: Transitional New Beginnings Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets R.O.A.R of WA Salvation Army: Catherine Booth House, Hickman House Seattle Indian Center St. Stephens Housing Association TeenHope Union Gospel Mission: Sunrise House Transitional, Women and Children United Indians Youth Home: Labateyah Vision House Way Back Inn YMCA of Greater Seattle YouthCare: Orion Center YWCA: East Cherry Street, Seattle Emergency Housing