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Wallingford Wading Pool Opens Wednesday

Happy days are here again -- especially if you're a parent to kids who love the Wallingford Wading Pool. The season kicks-off next Wednesday (June 26) and runs Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12:00pm to 7:00pm through August 18. The wading pool will only open if the temperatures reach 70, and you can phone the hotline anytime after 9:00am to find out 206-684-7796. If you’re new to the wading pool scene, take a minute to familiarize yourself with Seattle’s wading pool expectations: Children…

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Grab some funding for your Neighborhood Night Out

Seattle's annual Night Out will be held on Tuesday, August 6, which means it's time to register; but did you know that you can apply for the city's Small Sparks Fund to cover the cost of your block party? Yup, that's what Jenny Frankl from Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods tells us: The $1000 Small Sparks Fund provides matching funds for neighborhood-initiated projects that promote community engagement.  Your Night Out activity may qualify! Seriously –Block Party Outreach, Educational Fairs, Bike Parades, Neighborhood…

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DishCrawl: Wanderlust in Wallingford

Hey foodies, up for a little adventure this week? Dishcrawl is coming to Wallingford this Wednesday. Julia writes: I'm writing to let you know about an awesome event I'll be hosting in Wallingford on Wednesday, June 26th at 7:00pm. Dishcrawl was founded on the idea of putting the community feeling back into neighborhoods, bring good people together or great food. In the past three years this company has taken off all over America and in parts of Canada. In one night we'll…

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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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Honk! Fest West

This weekend, June 21 – 23, is Honk Fest West, the annual conclave of community street bands from across the nation, and Saturday, June 22nd they'll be taking to the streets at the Fremont Solstice Parade, beginning at 3:00PM, before traveling on to Gas Works Park for an afternoon of musical revelry until 8 p.m. What exactly is HONK! you ask? Well, we're glad you asked and all too happy to provide the answer (thanks to the HONK! website, or course) : HONK!…

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Wallingford House Car Wash

The folks at Wallingford House want to wash your car tomorrow! Bring it to the old 7-11 parking lot (4612 Stone Way N, where Zaw and Bill the Butcher are located), and help raise money for an upcoming camping trip for Wallingford House program participants. Wallingford House is a program that empowers adults recovering from a mental illness to achieve their vocational and personal goals. When? Wednesday, June 19th from 2-5:30pm Where? 7-11 parking lot, 4612 Stone Way N Why? To raise money for an upcoming camping trip…

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Is Chabela’s Closed?

Update 4:23PM: We received a note from Groupon telling us that they have, in fact, confirmed with Chabela's that they are closed. Nick from Groupon writes: We confirmed that the merchant has in fact closed. Anyone who has an outstanding Groupon voucher can contact us at www.groupon.com/support for a return. And further, with regard to Groupon, Nick adds: Also, I would take issue with the first commenter. More than 500,000 merchants have featured deals on Groupon, including Seattle-based Starbucks. Plus, our re-feature rate…

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