• BNSF Railway Foundation donated $24,056 to North Idaho College to help them purchase new equipment for the college’s Career and Technical Education facility.
• BNSF Railway Foundation granted $11,671 to the Clark County Historical Museum to help with its new remodel.
• BNSF Railway Foundation provided a $5,000 grant to the Arts Council Of Snohomish County to support the regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, which gives thousands of students throughout America the opportunity to broaden their creative horizons while earning local and national recognition.
• BNSF Railway Foundation granted $5,000 to Boys & Girls Aid’s STEP (Stabilization, Transition & Evaluation Program) in Portland.  STEP is a short-term shelter program that provides young people, ages 10 to 18, with assessment, evaluation, behavioral rehabilitation, and service planning and placement recommendations.  In the STEP Program, youth are placed in foster homes or shelter facilities with trained foster parents and staff who are dedicated to helping them take the next positive ‘STEP’ in their lives.