Dorothy Harkness presents a check to Commander Blossey at the September meeting of Post 8870
A few years ago a group of service minded women (including Dorothy Harkness) was looking for a way to generate money to help support Stevens Hospital. This was prior to the merger with Swedish Hospital.
They enjoyed skiing and came up with the idea of providing regular midweek bus service to Stevens Pass. They called it The Spaulding Special. The bus service picked up passengers at four convenient locations for the round trip.
However, when Stevens was acquired by Swedish, the hospital authority didn’t want independent groups getting into the donor business and so the Spaulding Special went looking for other worthwhile causes. Post 8870 became a fortunate recipient and in 2014 the Spaulding Special donated $4,000 to our Freedom Scholarship program. Naturally, the amount of any year’s donation is dependent on the snow pack.
This year’s donation of more that $1,000 reflects that variable.
Some of these women are getting older and we don’t know how long the Spaulding girls will continue with the program (or if global warming will make the decision for them).
More information can be obtained be calling Dorothy Harkness at 425-778-3798, or Eleanor Schulz at 425-774-1782.