At the Community Schools Collaboration's first breakfast fundraiser on Nov. 5, board chairwoman Margie Hunt outlined what a contribution would mean for local youth.

The nonprofit group provides services to students in SeaTac, Tukwila and White Center schools and their parents.

Hunt noted a $75 contribution would allow one girl to enroll for 16 weeks in the "Girls on the Run Empowerment Program."

The contribution could also provide three back-to-school physicals for children without healthcare, a dental exam for a child who would otherwise go without, transportation of 15 kids for free eye exams, toothbrushes and toothpaste for 75 kids, or picture dictionaries for 10 refugee youth or world maps for three elementary schools, according to Hunt.

For a $150 contribution, her group could provide financial literacy workbooks for 16 elementary students, college visits for 16 seniors or a stipend for two high school tutors or parent volunteers, Hunt added.

Executive Director Deborah Salas outlined the group's growth since it started in 1998 offering school-based services in Tukwila.

In 2007, the Tukwila Community Schools Collaboration won a national award for excellence and the group's leaders flew to Washington D.C. to accept the honor, Salas recalled.

Shortly after that, the group expanded its programs to include schools in SeaTac and White Center. The group reached $2 million in revenues last year.

Outreach manager Alma Villegas reviewed the group's programs, which involve parents in the community.

In Tukwila, CSC programs exist at Cascade View, Thorndyke and Tukwila elementary schools, Showalter Middle and Foster High.

Madrona and Bow Lake elementaries, Chinook Middle and the Tyee High campus schools in SeaTac also host CSC programs.

In White Center, programs are at Beverly Park, Mount View and White Center Heights elementaries, Cascade Middle and the Evergreen High campus schools.

For more information or to make a donation, visit www.cscwa.org or contact Phyllis Byres at 206-244-0110 or Phylilis@cscwa.org.