Charity

Think Green Recycling Challenge? We’re On It!

Waste Management's Think Green Recycling Challenge is back for a third and final year. The Challenge runs from October 2013 - March 2014. Once again the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) is sponsoring the effort in the Friday North route (Friday being the day that Waste Management (WM) picks up our garbage and recycling, and we are in North Seattle). The rules for the Challenge have changed this year, giving the WCC a variety of ways to earn money for local non-profits.…

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Project Cool for Back-to-School

Want to help out children in need of school supplies and books? Alphabet Soup Children's Books (1406 N. 45th St.) is participating in Project Cool for Back-To-School -- a program through the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness that aims to fill 1,300 backpacks this fall with school supplies, books, and toiletries and distribute them to homeless children.   Alphabet Soup Children's Books' owner, Janet Cavallo, tells us how to participate:   Purchase a book for donation to Project Cool for Back-to-School and…

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Spoke & Food = Biking & Dining for a Cause

The fourth annual Spoke & Food takes place next Tuesday, July 30, from 5:30 to 9:30pm. That's when folks hop on their bikes and visit one (or more) of the 19 participating restaurants,who, in turn, donate 20% or more of all diners' checks during the event. 100% of those proceeds go directly to a Seattle-area non-profit. How cool is that? Very, I'd say! In fact last year, $4,450 was raised for FamilyWorks. This year, the event will benefit Bike Works, a…

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Help Harvest Fruit Trees

Mariah at Lettuce Link asked us to repost our call for volunteers to help harvest fruit trees so that they can donate it to local food banks. "I’m still particularly looking for folks to volunteer as Harvest Leads in Wallingford," Mariah adds. Here’s the skinny: Harvest Fruit for Donation! The Community Fruit Tree Harvest, a program of Lettuce Link at Solid Ground, serves our community by gleaning fresh fruit from backyard trees to donate to food banks and free meal programs. Fruit Tree…

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Help Harvest Fruit Trees

Mariah at Lettuce Link wrote to tell us that we're approaching harvest season and that the community fruit trees will soon be ripe for picking. They're looking for volunteers to help harvest the fruit so that they can donate it to local food banks. Here's the skinny: Harvest Fruit for Donation! The Community Fruit Tree Harvest, a program of Lettuce Link at Solid Ground, serves our community by gleaning fresh fruit from backyard trees to donate to food banks and free…

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Give BIG in Wallingford

On Wednesday, May 15 from midnight to midnight, you’ll have a chance to donate to your favorite local nonprofits through The Seattle Foundation’s second annual GiveBIG giving event, and we wouldn’t be a true neighborhood news blog if we didn’t mention two of our favorite Wallingford nonprofits that could use our support. FamilyWorks and the Wallingford Community Senior Center impact many lives each day and a gift on May 15th to them will help continue important work of serving the community.   What’s GiveBIG? Glad you…

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John Stanford Plant Sale Tomorrow

The kindergarteners at John Stanford International School are hosting their annual plant sale to raise money for their sister school Juan de la Barrera in Puerta Vallarta. The sale will be on the playground (on 4th Ave. NE, above 40th St. NE) near the basketball court on Saturday, May 11 from 10-1 pm.  We’re told there will be lots of tomatoes and basil, cucumbers, and other veggies, flowers and houseplants including lots of beautiful orchids. Perfect timing for Mother’s Day! All of the seeds this…

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