Evie Allen! Thanks to everyone who donated to FamilyWorks as part of our Seahawks vs Cardinals ticket giveaway. Evie was were the lucky winner and will be heading to the game! The bookmakers have Arizona winning at +9.5 -105, but they also had Tampa Bay at +4 -115 against Seattle in November (Seattle took the game 40-34) and Minnesota at +3 -114 over Seattle in December (Seattle won 37-30), so it should be a lively time.

Also winning are the hundreds and hundreds of people who get help from FamilyWorks, through their food bank, parenting classes, and advocacy, information, and …

Our neighborhood has some amazing artists and craftspeople. Shop local this season! (And no, Amazon doesn’t count as “local”, even in this city.)

This past Saturday, Mosaic Coffeehouse hosted a dozen or so local artists and craftspeople, selling their work just in time for the holidays. In case you missed it but would like to give something unique, original and truly locally made, I gathered their contact info for you here. Some have online shops, but you might reach out about local perusing and pick-up if you see something you like.

Update: there is another local art and craft market …

The tempestuous story of the Northlake Tiny House Village has taken an unexpected but happy turn.

In October, the Human Services Department (HSD) announced that it would be cutting off funding for the village and closing it as of December 31st (Northlake Tiny House Village To Close). This deadline was then moved back to December 9th (Northlake Tiny House Village Gets A New Deadline), and the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) informed residents that anyone remaining onsite as of this coming Monday, December 9th would be subject to arrest.

Jami Fecher, the pastor of Wallingford’s Gift of Grace Church and …

Friendly reminder, if you’re interested in a pair of free tickets to the Seahawks vs Cardinals home game on December 22nd, we’ll be drawing a winner this Sunday evening, December 8th from amongst the people who have donated to FamilyWorks Family Resource Center and Food Bank using the form below.

If you’re wondering what your odds are, Joey Ashenbrenner from FamilyWorks tells me that you still have a better chance of winning this than of being called down as a contestant on The Price Is Right (assuming you’re in the audience.)

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The long running film series continues in December with a showing of “Strangers in Town” at 7pm at Keystone Church (5019 Keystone Place North).  Show up at 6:30 for refreshments and socializing.   We help spread the word on the monthly showing, and we also like to add something new each month to the announcement.   If you missed any past showings, they also have a lending library of DVDs of past movies.    See a meaningful movie on Friday and take home ever more meaningful movies for home viewing.  The following blurb for “Strangers in Town” is from their website:

 

Wallingford …

The Wallingford Community Council will be holding its monthly meeting tonight, Wednesday Dec 4th, at 7 pm in Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N. I don’t know if it’s always so action-packed, but the docket for this one seems rich:

Dunn Lumber HQ Expansion. Presentation and Q&A on the proposed project. Public use of Waterway 20 on Lake Union. City of Seattle presentation and Q&A with Nancy Stachey, Manager of Property Management, and Mike Ashbrook, Division Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services. Alex Pedersen, new Seattle City Councilmember …

Wallingford-based author Laureen Nussbaum will be reading from her new book, Shedding Our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like Mine, at the Wallingford Library on Sunday, December 8th.

During World War II, Nussbaum’s family was saved from deportation by Hans Calmeyer, along with over 3700 Jews. In Shedding Our Stars, Nussbaum tells Calmeyer’s story and what drove him to save so many.

In case you haven’t read the book but want a little back story on Nussbaum, there’s a fascinating profile of her in the Seattle Times this week.

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