Community
Community Participation
On June 8th, Bryan Coles, participated in the Hanford High School's Financial Reality Fair. The Financial Reality Fair is hosted by Gesa Credit Union and simulates financial responsibilities that students will encounter during their lives. Each student is given a salary and they have to create a budget for all...
Polestar’s 2nd Annual Junior Achievement Fundraiser Auction
Team Polestar will be participating in the JA Bowling Classic on May 18th at Atomic Lanes from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Please come and cheer us on! The 2021 Christmas Party fundraiser auction for Junior Achievement exceeded all expectations and 2020’s total! This year’s auction raised a grand total of $1,760.00 for Junior...
Trivia Night Fundraiser with Junior Achievement!
On June 3, Team Polestar participated in Junior Achievement Play 4 JA Virtual Trivia Night benefiting local youths who participate in Junior Achievement. The event was in lieu of the Junior Achievement annual bowling event that was cancelled due to COVID restrictions; however, the trivia night event did not let...
2020 Holiday Food Drive
Thank you to our staff for the kind and generous support to our community residents in a time that is much needed. During the holidays, Polestar collected food items and monetary donations for our quarterly food drive. A total of 100 pounds of food and supplies (including toilet paper!) and...
2020 Annual Christmas Party and Silent Auction
No doubt about it: 2020 was a year of challenges for individuals and businesses everywhere. But… some light did exist at the end of the tunnel that gave us a little something to look forward to…the annual Polestar Christmas party! We had to get creative with this year’s Christmas Party....
Festival of Trees
Polestar Technical Services signed up to sponsor three wreaths for the 2020 United Way’s 3rd Annual Festival of Trees virtual gala event to end hunger and homelessness in the Tri-Cities. The Polestar wreath making team collaborated on design themes and had a fun socially distanced wreath decorating party. The “So...
STEM Like Me!
Polestar employees take an active role in guiding the leaders of tomorrow by participating the Washington State Stem Like Me! Program. STEM Like Me! encourages students to pursue science and technology-related careers in the classroom. STEM Like ME! brings STEM professionals into the classroom to educate students about the many...
Junior Achievement Bowling Classic
2020 Hollywood at the Lanes Team Polestar brought their Hollywood flair, dressed up their lane and bowled for JA's annual Bowling Classic "fun"raiser! Polestar's 2019/2020 grand total was $1036.00!Our annual JA Fundraising yard sale at the Bailey's pulled in a total of $636.00 - a very special thank you to...
Pandemic Food Drive
Polestar showed up for the pandemic food drive donating $760.00 and 49 pounds of groceries! Polestar has supported the Tri-City Food Bank throughout the years with quarterly food drives. We made a push during the pandemic to give a little to those who are needing it most. Food Banks have...
3rd Annual George & Pat Jones Community Service Day
For our first Tri-Cities Community Service Day project we chose Mirror Ministries!! A group of Polestar employees volunteered their supplies and man-hours to paint a couple of interior rooms for this deserving organization. Kathy picked up Starbucks for all of us that morning and we got to work. Tricia and...