A few days ago, we told you about the food drive organized by some very thoughtful neighborhood teens. Grace and her friends busily collected donations from people's porches yesterday, but she wanted to let everyone know that people can still drop food donations in bags at these drop points over the next few days: 3727 Burke Ave N 3634 Woodlawn Ave N 3814 Densmore Ave N Here's a pic of the girls today with some of the neighborhood's donations.
When was the last time you played a good ol' fashioned game of tug of war? Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound is looking for folks to form neighborhood teams for its charity event, the Seattle Tug of War Spectacular. The event takes place on Saturday, September 10, at 9:00am in Magnuson Park. They're looking for someone to assemble 8 tuggers for "Team Wallingford", which will face off against other neighborhood teams. If you're interested, visit their website: www.SeattleTugofWar.com. Registration…
Back in December, we read an article in the New York Times, Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid with Peanuts, on a hospital in Chidamoyo, Zimbabwe, that accepted barter in exchange for medical services. Faced with astronomical inflation, Zimbabwe abandoned its own currency and switched to the US dollar some years ago, but that currency, too, can be hard to come by: “It’s very difficult to get this famous dollar that people are talking about,” said Esther Chirasasa, 30, who hiked eight miles…
Want to have dinner out tomorrow night? Grab your bike instead of driving, and head to one of these host restaurants participating in the second annual Spoke & Food event. The restaurants will in turn donate 20% off their total revenues towards the Children's Garden Education programs at Seattle Tilth. If you want to ride in the neighborhood, Julia's is one of the participating restaurants. If you're interested in going a little further, look at the list of host restaurants here.…
Middle school students Cyan and Darius are hosting a lemonade stand called "Hopelink Lemonade" this Sunday, June 19, from 1-4pm at Gas Works Park. The money they raise from the lemonade stand will go to Hopelink -- a foundation for low income families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. While they won't be selling the lemonade directly, they'll have a donation box at the stand, and will dispense lemonade to those who donate. No promises, but they may even have mini…
Back in March, we told you that Not a Number's Kids Club enlisted the support of about 15 Wallingford businesses to start a fundraiser for Japan. Since then, the support with prizes from businesses has more than doubled and they've raised over $1,000, which will go to ShelterboxUSA.org to deliver supplies to families in Japan. This is the last week of the raffle at Not A Number Cards & Gifts (1907 N. 45th St.), and the final drawing will be held…
It's spring, so we've all finished our spring cleaning, right? What, you haven't? That's ok. The Northwest Center Donation truck can help. They won't clean your house, but they will take some of those gently used, no longer needed, items off your hands. The Northwest Center is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the disabled since the sixties. And they have a drop off truck right here in Wallingford at 1550 N 34th Street, next to Essential Baking. Conveniently also next to…