Bellingham Public Schools Foundation

Hummingbird design by Coast Salish Artist Jason LaClair w/"Truth & Reconciliation" text. Select size on next screen. Pick Up at Happy Valley Library Thurs 3-5pm September 28th.

Orange Tee

Black Tee

Black Hoodie

Check can be made out to Happy Valley PTA
Address to send check: 
1041 24th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-8699

<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5">ORDERS DUE BY Sunday SEPT 17th AT 5pm.....More information....<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"> <p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) was established as an observance in 2013, to promote awareness and education of the residential school system and the impact it has had on Indigenous communities for over a century. The residential school system has been recognized as a cultural genocide, and continues to this day. The use of an orange shirt as a symbol was inspired by the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad, whose personal clothing—including a new orange shirt—was taken from her during her first day of residential schooling, and never returned. The orange shirt is used as a symbol of the forced assimilation of Indigenous children that the residential school system enforced. The official tagline of the day, "Every Child Matters", reminds us that all peoples' cultural experiences are important.* <span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1694372016/wytxpig2nvmuxmv2ngzq.png" style="width:168px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 0px;text-align:left;max-width:calc(100% - 5px);position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;float:left" />About The Artist - Jason LaClair is a 38-year-old Coast Salish artist from the Lummi and Nooksack communities. Mr. LaClair has been practicing Northern Formline Art and Coast Salish Styles for more than 25 years. In 2021, he collaborated with local artist Gretchen Leggitt to create the public installation of the “Salmon Run” mural for the City of Bellingham. In addition, he was the artist of the “One from the Heart” mural in Ferndale. Other murals decorate the Boardmill Building in the Port of Bellingham’s central waterfront redevelopment. Mr. LaClair's drive comes from the need to share the art of his ancestors with his People and the Whatcom Community as a whole. He says he loves what he does and that his career is the best way to express himself. A portion of each shirt sale will go towards <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole" target="_blank"><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(243, 121, 52);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">fundraising for the completion of the Story Pol</a><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(243, 121, 52);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole" target="_blank">e</a><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">.<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1"> <span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">*Source: Wikipedia contributors, "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation&oldid=1173964246 (accessed September 10, 2023).<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1"><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">*Children of the Setting Sun Productions website: <span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(243, 121, 52);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important"><a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole">https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole</a><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you for supporting this important movement! As a reminder, you must pick up your shirt at the Happy Valley Elementary Library from 3-5 PM on Thursday, 9/28.   Please note that while assistance is being provided by the PTA, this is not a fundraiser for the Happy Valley PTA; funds for the shirt(s) go directly to our wonderful printing vendor Liet Unlimited, to pay the artist, and to a fund for implementing future projects for the Since Time Immemorial curriculum.  For questions, please contact:Kirsten Jensen (she, her, ella)Instructional Coach / IB Coordinator Happy Valley and Alderwood Elementary SchoolsBellingham School District <a href="mailto:kirsten.jensen@bellinghamschools.org">kirsten.jensen@bellinghamschools.org</a>

<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">ORDERS DUE BY Sunday SEPT 17th AT 5pm.....More information....<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) was established as an observance in 2013, to promote awareness and education of the residential school system and the impact it has had on Indigenous communities for over a century. The residential school system has been recognized as a cultural genocide, and continues to this day. The use of an orange shirt as a symbol was inspired by the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad, whose personal clothing—including a new orange shirt—was taken from her during her first day of residential schooling, and never returned. The orange shirt is used as a symbol of the forced assimilation of Indigenous children that the residential school system enforced. The official tagline of the day, "Every Child Matters", reminds us that all peoples' cultural experiences are important.* <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1694372016/wytxpig2nvmuxmv2ngzq.png" style="width:168px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 0px;text-align:left;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;float:left;max-width:100%" />About The Artist - Jason LaClair is a 38-year-old Coast Salish artist from the Lummi and Nooksack communities. Mr. LaClair has been practicing Northern Formline Art and Coast Salish Styles for more than 25 years. In 2021, he collaborated with local artist Gretchen Leggitt to create the public installation of the “Salmon Run” mural for the City of Bellingham. In addition, he was the artist of the “One from the Heart” mural in Ferndale. Other murals decorate the Boardmill Building in the Port of Bellingham’s central waterfront redevelopment. Mr. LaClair's drive comes from the need to share the art of his ancestors with his People and the Whatcom Community as a whole. He says he loves what he does and that his career is the best way to express himself. A portion of each shirt sale will go towards <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole" target="_blank">fundraising for the completion of the Story Pol</a><a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole" target="_blank">e</a>.<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1;max-width:100%"> *Source: Wikipedia contributors, "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation&amp;oldid=1173964246 (accessed September 10, 2023).<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1;max-width:100%">*Children of the Setting Sun Productions website: <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole">https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole</a>.

Bellingham Public Schools Foundation

Orange Shirt Day Apparel Orders: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Tee

$20

Black Tee

$20

Black Hoodie

$30