Monday evenings are for rehearsals as some of South King County’s youngest choir singers get together to let their voices be heard.

Rainier Youth Choirs is a Kent-based community youth and tuition-based, non-sectarian 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides space and opportunities for students to be a part of a choir that is not connected to any schools, with current members hailing from Renton, Kent, Auburn, Maple Valley, Federal Way, Covington and more. The choir is open to anyone in King County.

“A lot of these kids are homeschooled or their high school doesn’t have a choir class,” said Rainier Youth Choirs Executive Director Karen Fulmer.

Serena Grassley, 11, attends The H.O.M.E. Program in the Renton School District and is now in her fourth year with the choirs. “I like how it

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