Pizza Klatch seeks votes for $25,000 State Farm grant

Pizza Klatch, a Thurston County nonprofit providing support to LGBT youths, is campaigning to win a $25,000 State Farm Neighborhood Assist Grant for the second year.

Supporters can vote 10 times per day at neighborhoodassist.com/entry/1983849 until 9 p.m. Nov. 4. Supporters also can share the Pizza Klatch link on social media.

Pizza Klatch was founded in 2007 after a number of suicides in South Sound among LGBT youths, or people perceived as LGBT. Pizza Klatch provides support groups during high school lunch periods and reaches more than 300 students per week, providing free pizza, two trained facilitators, and a safe space for discussion, support, and education.

This story was originally published October 28, 2016 at 8:08 PM with the headline "Pizza Klatch seeks votes for $25,000 State Farm grant."