Seattle's Child is proud to sponsor the Washington Unsung Hero Awards in February, presented by Strengthening Families Washington of the Department of Early Learning for Washington state. These awards recognized the numerous and impressive things done by parents, grandparents, foster and adoptive parents to strengthen their families and those around them in the community.
There are 28 Unsung Heroes honored – one for each day in February. Read about the honorees and their inspirational stories here:
February 1: Art and Ruby Harper
February 2: Jill Farbarik
āFebruary 3: Cindy Nottā
February 4: Aaron Joseph
February 5: John and Lisa Levesque
February 6: Allene Osborn
February 7: Lindsey & Elizabeth Miller
February 8: Doug Barker
February 9: Achamma (Sandy) John
February 10: Summer McGrady
February 11: Beth Clowā
February 12: Julie Kang
February 13: Melissa Wooley
February 14: Mellissa Hiatt
February 15: Zhuo Bin Yu and Yu Ping Yu
February 16: Fartun Mohamud
February 17: D’Angela Nickerson
āFebruary 18: Elisa Ye
February 19: Mike Cocke
āFebruary 20: Linda and Becky Porter
February 21: Connie Todd-Mandler
February 22: Catriona Colerick
āFebruary 23: Emily Pico
February 24: Nicole Homan
February 25: Christina Kohout
February 26: Charlene Monuszko
February 27: Rick and Janet Russum
February 28: Kasy and Tena Starkel