Cuts to the AmeriCorps program are gutting an organization that serves children and the community at large in Darrington.
DARRINGTON, Wash. — Oak Rankin is preparing to shut down one of two offices for his Glacier Peak Institute to cut costs.
“It’s sad that it has come to this,” he said.
The institute takes local kids and involves them in outdoor activities. The youth also perform acts of service across the underserved eastern Snohomish County town of Darrington.
Since the nonprofit started 11 years ago it has serviced 3,000 programs with 100,000 hours of work — everything from planting gardens and maintaining
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