Charity

Put On Your Dancing Shoes!

OK, Steve Winwood won’t be there but YOU should be. Come and learn some new steps and kick up your heels in community with others to support two local non-profit organizations strengthening individuals, families and seniors in the north end. It’s Dance 4 Wallingford, a multicultural and intergenerational community dance party on Saturday May 11th, 2013, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC). The idea for the event came from the “World Dance Parties” that…

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FamilyWorks Benefit Day at Fair Trade Winds

This Saturday, May 4, Fair Trade Winds in Wallingford Center (1815 N. 45th St.) will be donating a portion of their sales to benefit FamilyWorks. Emily from Fair Trade Winds gave us the skinny: The community is invited to a shopping benefit for FamilyWorks Food Bank and Resource Center at Fair Trade Winds in Wallingford Center this Saturday, May 4 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. 15% of the day's store sales will be donated to FamilyWorks. Greet neighbors and staff from…

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Thursday: Dining Out For Life

This Thursday, April 25th is the 20th annual Dining out for Life, when participating restaurants donate up to 30% of the purchase price of meals to the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Lifelong "empowers people living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS and other chronic condition to lead healthier lives." Looking for somewhere walking distance? There are four restaurants in Wallingford to choose from: Blue Star Cafe and Pub Djan’s Thai RoRo's BBQ Tutta Bella Stone Way Lifelong AIDS Alliance is a Wallyhood…

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Chroma Cut-A-Thon For Clean Water

In honor of Earth Day on Monday (4/22), Wallyhood sponsor Chroma Salon and and Spa will host it’s second annual cut-a-thon.  The event will take place at their Wallingford location, 1905 N 45th St., from 11:00am to 7:00 p.m. All proceeds from haircuts and spa services will go to benefit the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, whose mission is to stop pollution from entering Puget Sound. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance actively patrols and monitors the waters of Puget Sound, the only environmental group to do so.   Chroma Salon and Spa works…

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The Baker 10: Climbing for Cancer

Setting out to climb only one mountain in a lifetime may be just fine for some, but not for Ryan Tuttle. During his first "Climb for Cancer" last year, the Wallingford resident got to watch the sun rise from the top of Mt. Rainier, and raised nearly 10k for breast cancer research. The experience was so alluring, he wants to do it again; only this time, he's chosen Mt. Baker and has asked 9 of his friends to join him. The…

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Little Free Libraries Take Root in Wallingford

This past summer, I spent too much time browsing the boards on Pinterest, and subsequently developed an infatuation for Little Free Libraries. The brainchild of a man in Wisconsin who built the first one as a tribute to his late mother (a librarian), the concept has been spreading like wildfire. By July, there were enough local LFLs to merit a write-up in the Seattle Times. At the time of that article, no LFLs were recorded in Wallingford. I wanted to do…

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Thwarting Jack Frost

The combination of rain and holiday lights going up always prompts me to think about our homeless neighbors. With weather as wet as it has been lately, I don’t last more than 10 minutes outside before I am chilled to the bone. I can’t imagine sleeping outside in the cold and wet weather, or spending my days with the damp settling into every joint. I’ve worked in human services, so I know I am not alone! Many charitable souls think about…

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