A February 13 basketball game organized by Mount Rainier High School Student Leadership brought in $5,000 for the foundation established in honor of Gloria Strauss, daughter of Kennedy High School boy’s basketball coach Doug Strauss. The tournament pitted South King County Fire District against the Des Moines Police Department and Kennedy staff against Mount Rainier staff.

“This is something we wanted to do for the Kennedy High School community to benefit the foundation established in Gloria Strauss’ name,” noted Mount Rainier leadership student Ashley Slater.

Tragically, Gloria passed away in December at the age of 11. Her battle with neuroblastoma was chronicled in the Seattle Times.