The KCLS Foster Library's teen Tukwila Library Council is working with the Bezos Family Foundation's Students Rebuild Challenge, an international humanitarian project to help displaced Syrian students. Tukwila teens have pledged to make 2000 paper pinwheels to raise $4,000 for education and support through the Foundation and the International Rescue Committee. 

Some teen council members are refugees themselves: approximately 75% percent of students at Foster High School are immigrants or refugees. The Tukwila/Foster/SeaTac area is one of the most diverse in the county, and KCLS libraries play an important role as a gathering center for learning and positive activities. 

All the teen council members know refugees in their community: Tukwila and SeaTac are refugee resettlement areas.

Through this project, the students are learning how to get involved and take action to make a difference on the personal and international scale. Their efforts will also encourage and assist young Syrian refugees who will grow up in camps far from home.