Charity – Wallyhood

Assisteens Garage Sale Saturday, March 7th, Hosted by Assistance League of Seattle

Post author:Patti Gray Whann
Post published:March 4, 2026
Post category:Charity Kids PI Volunteer Yard Sale
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I began volunteering this past fall at the Assistance League of Seattle Thrift Store, a place I already knew well. Since moving to Wallingford three years ago, to begin my “urban retirement adventure” near my daughter, the store had become one of my favorite neighborhood stops. I still remember the first time I walked through the front door and felt instantly hooked. Instead of the dim church-basement thrift stores I was used to on the East Coast, I found a bright,…

Senior Center Party

Post author:Mike Ruby
Post published:November 1, 2021
Post category:Charity PI

Community organizations often hold “galas” as fund raisers. That has become hard during the pandemic. Most have moved to a hybrid, where a few folks come in person while others sign in via the internet -- to make it a gala, they add some food and drink that you can enjoy at home. That is what the Wallingford Community Senior Center is doing for their Share to Care event. The Senior Center is asking everyone who cares about the seniors in…

Women’s self defense class and fundraiser this Friday at Hamilton

Post author:Kim
Post published:April 20, 2017
Post category:Charity Crime Fitness Wallingford, Seattle

Support the YMCA and learn essential self-defense skills this Friday evening at a fundraiser presented by the YMCA HOST program at Hamilton International Middle School and Oom Young Doe Martial Arts School. All proceeds go to support the YMCA branch at Hamilton International Middle School. Participants will learn simple and powerful techniques to shock an attacker by striking vital points, as well as will gain awareness, confidence and the skills necessary to protect themselves. They will learn to use their natural…

Reading, film screening raise awareness on homelessness

Post author:Erin L. McCoy
Post published:January 19, 2017
Post category:Books Charity Homelessness Movies Poetry

On Jan. 26, the night before Seattle's annual count of homeless individuals in King County, a poetry reading and film screening will seek to raise awareness about homelessness. The event will feature Seattle's Youth Poet Laureate, Angel Gardner, who in June talked to The Seattle Times about her own experience with homelessness, alongside Seattle's Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna, and writers from Recovery Cafe and Mary's Place. Attendees will also see a screening of Michelle de la Vega's film US THEM WE, which paired homeless…

Operation School Bell Clothes Kids and Gives Them Dignity

Post author:Sammie
Post published:November 19, 2016
Post category:Charity Christmas Clothing Holiday Homelessness Schools Wallingford, Seattle

I’ve probably walked or driven by The Assistance League of Seattle a hundred times, but never bothered to see what went on inside. This charity is run out of two houses on North 45th Street, opposite the Chevron gas station. The AL Seattle runs three philanthropic programs; the Enrichment Scholarship Program, the Financial Aid for Education Program, and Operation School Bell, which provides free clothing for children in need in grades K-5. The Assistance League of Seattle is a chapter of the National Assistance League and it has operated here locally since 1962. The recently declared, State…

Volunteer Opportunity: Summer Reading Buddies

Post author:Susanna
Post published:June 29, 2016
Post category:Books Charity Kids Volunteer Wallingford, Seattle

If you’re looking for a lovely and fun volunteer opportunity this summer, Family Works, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, is looking for summer reading buddies. Take a few hours out of your week this summer and give the gift of reading. Here’s the flyer:

Do Good in the ‘Hood – Become a City Fruit Ambassador

Post author:barbbsea
Post published:July 10, 2014
Post category:Charity Food Gardening Nature Parks Trees Urban agriculture Volunteer Wallingford, Seattle

City Fruit, a Seattle nonprofit that harvests local fruit from private and public fruit trees, is now in Wallingford - and offers a new, creative way to get involved with our mission. The City Fruit Ambassador Program is a year long opportunity to use your skills, passions, and contacts to be the voice and face of City Fruit in Wallingford. For example, say you really want to help with the volunteer fruit harvests in your neighborhood. Besides just helping pick the…

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