Naiop Community Service History1

NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties) Washington State Chapter Community Service History The Washington State Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties has been sponsoring a community service project since the late 1980’s when we got involved in fundraising for the Bellevue Community College Child Care Center (1988) and the Leukemia Society Telethon (1989). That evolved into more direct community activities over the years involving generating funds and providing volunteer labor for projects. Our goal is to select projects that specifically enhance the quality of life for the community we serve. That has included school projects, children’s charities, services for the handicapped, youth activities, and environmental rehabilitation. The past several years have seen upwards of 350 NAIOP volunteers working on each project. We have won several Community Enhancement Awards from our national organization as well as a “Points of Light” Award from the Washington Society of Association Executives. A brief history of our projects follows: 2007 Northgate Elementary School – Installed new playground equipment along with new concrete curbs, added pavers paths at drop off areas, painted exterior of classroom building, new fencing around playground, resurfaced playground areas including added new striping for basketball and tetherball courts, and landscaping added to planting beds. 2006 The Bailey Gatzert Elementary School – Central area elementary school located in the Squire Park neighborhood. We renovated exterior play areas, installed new paver walkways at school entrances, new landscaping at existing planter beds, added retaining walls at playground area, resurfaced the existing asphalt playground, refurbished teaching garden with new planter boxes and renovated the existing baseball field. 2005 The Happy Medium School – An alternative teaching school located in the Junkin’s Place neighborhood in Central Seattle. Updated existing playground area, refinished portable classroom buildings and decks, refinished indoor playstructures in classrooms, added paver patio for drop off area, installed a secret garden to be used by the students to grow vegetables for the local food bank. Childhaven ( Special Project ) – Removed existing rudown playground equipment and installed new playground equipment.

2004 Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center – Installed new jogging path on 7 acre site, painted exterior of existing classrooms / buildings, installed new landscaped beds around perimeter, and refurbished basketball / tennis court. Seattle Children’s Home ( Special Project ) – Renovated existing Rewards room with new flooring, paint, ceiling and art work. 2003 The Girl Scouts Camp River Ranch - Over 300 volunteers completed painting of numerous buildings, widened existing hiking trails, and constructed 7 new covered wagon sleeping structures for the girls to sleep in! Kimbell Elementary School ( Special Project ) – installed new fixed benches and picnic tables outdoor teaching area. 2002 Des Moines Beach Park – Painted and repaired exterior of seven buildings, planted 750 feet of creek front to restore a salmon-spawning stream, built 600 feet of rail fence and three public viewing platforms over the stream. 2001 Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center – Built seven shelter sheds for horses, replaced and/or rehabilitated 2,500 feet of wooden fence, painted exterior of buildings and did some landscaping. 2000 T.T. Minor School – Created an outdoor instructional environment area with native plants, planters, walkways and seating areas, painted and re-landscaped the entire exterior of the school, did some interior classroom painting. 1999 Marymoor Park – Rehabilitated a 300-foot section of the Sammamish River to create a salmon habitat. Involved planting 3,000 native plants and some structural work. 1998 Brighton Elementary School – Removed asbestos and lead, repainted all exterior trim, removed and replaced entire landscaped area of the school. 1997 Northgate Elementary School – Re-landscaped the entire school grounds, painted exterior of building, created new bus loading/unloading zone and did murals in the play area. 1996 YMCA Camp Terry – Extensive rehabilitation of cabins, painting, construction of picnic areas and bleachers, and creation of forest paths. 1995 Thornton Creek – “Daylighted” a salmon stream that had been diverted through culverts, created streambeds, plantings along the new bank, walkways, bridges and other landscaping of the area.

1994 The Source Child Center – Painted, repaired buildings, built a shed and completely landscaped the grounds and built new play areas. 1993 Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center – Painted and repaired buildings and did landscaping work. 1992 Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center – Painted all buildings and renovated an office area for the agency. 1991 Ryther Child Center – Painted and repaired school facility including landscape areas of the school. 1990 Friends of Youth – Renovated a converted residence into a transitional housing facility for teen mothers. In addition, we have provided scholarships for two students each year to attend Business Week, a program sponsored for high school students by the Association of Washington Business. We have, in the past, funded our projects through fund-raising efforts including our summer golf tournament and annual awards banquet. Financial goals have ranged from $10,000 to $100,000 depending upon the project and the amount of material we have to purchase as opposed to in-kind donations. We also solicit donations for the specific projects from our member firms. Recently NAIOP formed a 501(c)3 organization, so that members could contribute directly to our organization. With the creation of the foundation, we now can have a more stable financial base from which to begin projects, the opportunity to solicit support that is not project-specific, and the ability to support other scholarship activities.