Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Skyway Mother Forms Alajawan Brown Foundation, Collects School Supplies For Students In Need
Donations of backpacks and school supplies may be dropped at the Skyway Fire Training Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or the Skyway Fire Station from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m.
UPDATE - Friday August 10:
The Alajawan Brown Foundation in partnership with King County Fire District 20 (Skyway Fire) is accepting backpacks and school supplies at its Fire Training Center (12424 76 Ave South) or the Skyway Fire Station, across the street. The Training Center is open during normal business hours Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. After hours donations will be accepted at the fire station across from the Fire Training Center. If the crews are out on a call, please return at a different time.
Distribution of the backpacks will now happen on Saturday, August 25 during the West Hill Health and Safety Fair at the Fire Training Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Original story, July 24, 2012:
“We’re not going to be victims, we’re going to be victors.” —Ayanna Brown
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A Skyway mother is determined to make good come of her son’s tragic shooting death.
On the two-year anniversary of Alajawan Brown’s fatal shooting outside a Skyway 7-Eleven convenience store, his mother Ayanna hosted a community ‘family reunion’ and announced the launch of the Alajawan Brown Foundation, which will focus on helping those less fortunate in the Skyway and Renton communities.
“He was always talking about making a difference in his community,” Ayanna said, describing how Alajawan brainstormed his community improvement ideas at church and would insist on feeding homeless members in the community.
The Foundation’s first project will be to collect 1,000 backpacks to distribute to needy students.
Ayanna and other volunteers will be outside on Rainier Ave. on July 28 and August 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day to collect donations of backpacks and school supplies.
The donations will be distributed on August 24.
, the man who mistook Alajawan for a rival gang member and shot him out of retaliation on April 29, 2010, was found guilty in February 2012.
The shooting rocked the community, but it also brought neighbors closer together, Ayanna said.
“He made out community become a family,” she said.
For more information, contact Ayanna Brown at (425) 213-0127 or email annayasbrown@yahoo.com.
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