NAIOP Community Service History1
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.