Award Winner

2023-2024

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious National Assistance League Operation School Bell award for 2023-2024 was presented to the Windermere Foundation at our recent “Roaring Through the ’20s” Dinner/Auction. Ursula Heenan, the Managing Broker at Windermere Real Estate East, accepted the award on behalf of the Foundation.

Ursula contacts our Grantwriting team each year to get more information about the unmet needs of the students in the Bellevue, Northshore and Lake Washington school districts we serve — how needs have changed due to the after-effects of COVID, high inflation, the job market, and the rising cost of living on the Eastside. Ursula then presents this information to the agents in her Kirkland office who choose which non-profits to support. The Windermere Foundation is a valued community partner and has supported the critical work of our chapter in the community with over $450,000 since 1999. With their donations, we have been able to gift Fred Meyer vouchers of $150 to thousands of local families for the purchase of school clothes, books, school supplies, medications & groceries.  We so appreciate the Foundation’s dedication to making a difference for those families in need in our community due to economic issues. We look forward to the continued support of the Windermere Foundation in the future!

Accepting the award from Karin Janik, former Operation School Bell Co-Chair, is Ursula Heenan, the Managing Broker of Windermere Real Estate East, on behalf of the Windermere Foundation.