Pine Lake sixth grader raises more than $7,500 for foster care group

The Reporter last wrote about Noah Searles on March 25, when he set a goal to raise $1,000 in cash and clothing for Treehouse over the course of a month -- and hit nearly $1,500 in one week. He quickly raised his goal to $5,000.

By Daniel Nash • May 14, 2015 8:55 pm
Noah Searles
Noah Searles

A Pine Lake Middle School sixth grader raised big money for foster care support nonprofit Treehouse this spring.

The Reporter last wrote about Noah Searles on March 25, when he set a goal to raise $1,000 in cash and clothing for Treehouse over the course of a month — and hit nearly $1,500 in one week. He quickly raised his goal to $5,000.

Searles recently completed his donation campaign, bringing in $7,545 in money and clothes from solicitation outside of stores, online donations and clothing. About $6,000 of his donations were in cash.

“I want to thank everybody, on the Sammamish Plateau, Issaquah, Redmond and Bellevue that supported, and helped me raise $7,545 and approximately $1,500 in clothing donations for Treehouse, an organization that helps foster families,” Searles wrote the Reporter.

Searles collected donations outside of Fred Meyer stores in Issaquah and Redmond, the Nordstrom Rack in Factoria and Safeway on the Sammamish Plateau.