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�� Varsity Letters in Community Service�� Peninsula School District��

June 9, 2026

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“Volunteering is driven by �heart, not time, with �volunteers acting as priceless, selfless agents of change who shape communities”. � Sherry Anderson

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HISTORY

  • The United Way of Tacoma-Pierce County Awarded Varsity Letters in Community Service up until 2016
  • A PSD Student - Varsity Letter Award Winner from 2015 Approached the Then PSD Board President with a Request to have the Varsity Letter in Community Service Sponsored/Awarded by the District
  • The Board President Referred the Student to the District 
  • PSD has been sponsoring the Varsity Letter in Community Service Ever Since 
  • Purpose - To Honor and Recognize the Commitment our Students Have Made to Bettering Their Community Through Volunteerism

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Varsity Letter Recipients� who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Kayla Adams
  • Sofia Andersen
  • Adelyn Anderson
  • Alaira Anderson
  • Madison Anderson
  • Kate Babcock
  • Kinsley Badgett
  • Emma Barnes
  • Dylan Barry

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  • Lucy Bartlett
  • Fiona Bean
  • Bruin Bear
  • Brooklynn Behrend
  • Sierra Bierman
  • Amelia Boman
  • Reese Brown
  • Rory Brown
  • Abby Burcar

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Nalu Clark
  • Tres Clements
  • Vannin Collister
  • Hailey Copeland
  • Claire Crocker
  • Jordan Cunningham
  • Angus Cuthbert
  • Peyton Dahl
  • Kaia Daniel

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  • Hannah Burleigh
  • James Burleigh
  • Lincoln Burleigh
  • Caroline Carpenter
  • Elizabeth Catalan
  • Moiraine Caudill
  • Annika Channing
  • Zoe Chavez Avelar
  • Catalina Chavez-Cox

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Jack Davis
  • Isabel Debord
  • Greta-Marie Delong
  • Makenna Devaney
  • Cali Dooley
  • Shae Dooley
  • Max Dower
  • Riley Ducharme
  • Everett Earl

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  • Hazel Elton
  • Sydney Elton
  • Alex Ensminger
  • Ixtali Espinosa
  • Zoie Ewald
  • Pasley Flippo
  • Payton Fradet
  • Olivia Furer
  • Maddison Gaffaney

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Varsity Letter Recipients� who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Avery Gottschalk
  • Jack Greer
  • Sierra Grimes
  • Calla Hallmark
  • Emi Hansonsmith
  • Henry Harding
  • Maddie Harding
  • Clifford Hart
  • Anya Helgerson

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  • Kiarah Gallegos
  • Kelsea Gardner
  • Olive Gatto
  • Maddie Ghent
  • Cooper Giovanini
  • Madalena Giovanini
  • Lee Gjertson
  • Sarah Gore
  • Addy Gotcher

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Marina Kapes
  • Campbell Kennedy
  • Kate Kiehl
  • Hunter Kim
  • Ginni Knutson
  • Natali Kohl
  • Sara Koller
  • Maren Lange
  • Jubilee Lash

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  • Izzabella Helpenstell
  • Jeannie Hewitson
  • Remi Higbee
  • Maya Holmes
  • Garrett Howard
  • Addie Hurt
  • Natalie Immerman
  • Olivia Johnson
  • Maya Kalahiki

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Malorie Lewis
  • Alethea Lidstrom
  • Karis Lidstrom
  • Braxton Litts
  • Hunter Litts
  • Derek Liu
  • Sylvie Magnuson
  • Kaitlyn McAllister
  • Nick McAllister

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  • Madison McCasland
  • Dominic McDermott
  • June Middleton
  • Abigail Minner
  • Jill Mock
  • Ella Morris
  • Maisie O’Callaghan
  • Hayden Ondell
  • Luke Orr

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  • James Osera
  • Alison Otto
  • William Park
  • Gemma Parnell
  • Flynn Patinkin
  • Connor Pavlik-Brindl
  • Johanna Payne
  • Ashley Peterson
  • Kiley Pigott

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Lauren Pitt
  • Sarina Pitt
  • Jade Probst
  • Kaya Pruitt
  • Abby Ray
  • Oswaldo Robles Sulvaran
  • Lainey Robuck
  • Juliette Schlicher
  • Amelia Schultz
  • Martha Schultz

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Evan Sebring
  • Elli Seher
  • Enrico Shein
  • Noah Shipley
  • Eleanor Siegel
  • Lauren Sievers
  • Emma Smee
  • Skylar Smith
  • Kaitlyn Somers

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  • Annie Stafki
  • Ryleigh Stapleton Long
  • Kate Tingley
  • Annabelle Trinh
  • Dylan Trombly
  • Savannah Vergara-Dykes
  • Sophia Vergara-Dykes
  • Reed Vesely
  • Martin Wagner

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Varsity Letter Recipients � who have earned 100 or more volunteer hours

  • Katie Waida
  • Davis Walker
  • Olivia Wallace
  • Layla Waters
  • Nadia Waters
  • Jenny Wen
  • Anna Will
  • Samara Wilson
  • Amaya Wright
  • Wesley Wysham
  • Reagan Young
  • Ethan Zech

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This year a total of 19845 volunteer hours were earned by 156 students. These were some of the organizations they volunteered for:

  • Ali’s Prom Project
  • AIDNW
  • Basket Brigade
  • Various Youth Camps
  • Cardiac Rehab
  • Center Valley Animal Rescue
  • Cottesmore
  • Creekside Meadow Farms
  • Peninsula Fish Food Bank

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  • Food Backpacks 4 Kids
  • Allenmore Hospital
  • Tom Taylor YMCA
  • GH Wildlife Rescue
  • St. Anthony’s Hospital
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Humane Society for Tacoma & PC
  • Key Peninsula Civic Center
  • Various charitable organization through local churches

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Congratulations to Our Varsity Letter Volunteers!

�Varsity Letters and certificates can be picked up from the Athletic Secretary at your school this week

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