Wallingford, Seattle

Plus One Foundation Annual Picnic at Meridian

The Plus One Foundation (funding "activities and experiences that help on the path of rehabilitation, recovery or stabilization due to a neurological disorder") is hosting their 3rd Annual Family Fun Field Day on August 11th, noon to 3 pm at Meridian Park. Skye writes: It's fun for everyone at Family Fun Field Day 2013! Games, food, prizes, and giving to a great cause. Revenue from ticket sales goes directly to provide grants to children with neurological disorders that help with rehabilitation and…

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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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Development Petition

Nina Chambers, down on 35th and Meridian, writes: Dear Wallingford Neighbors-- Please consider signing this Wallingford-specific petition! This is an issue for all Seattle neighborhoods right now. One Ballard resident has pointed out that they have had big box development that has adversely impacted the community in many ways, certainly traffic & parking & overshadowed sidewalks. We are trying to mitigate that in our own Wallingford neighborhood just one block north of GasWorks. We are looking for smart-density, not big-box density!…

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Beer, Bikes, and Outdoor Movies at Gas Works Park

The 4th annual Clips Beer & Film Tour, the travelling beer and film festival, is headed to Gas Works Park this Friday night, July 26. Sponsored by New Belgium Brewing, Clips Beer & Film Tour brings 18 independent short films to be projected on an outdoor screen, as well as 18 of New Belgium’s “Lips of Faith” varieties of beer for movie-goers to try. 100% of the event’s proceeds goes to Nature Consortium, a local grassroots, community-based organization that brings people, art, and the environment together. At…

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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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Wallingford Family Parade & Festival Fun Times!

Wallyhood welcomes our newest contributor, Victoria Dzenis. On July 9, 2013, Wallingford played host once again to the Annual Seafair Wallingford Parade, known for many years as the “Kiddie Parade”. Considered the longest running Seafair Parade, the Kiddie Parade was in danger of not happening at all in its 64th year, until the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce (WCoC) and the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC) teamed up to make it happen. The event organizers made some changes to the event this…

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Shannon Conner to leave Hamilton Middle School

Shannon Conner, Assistant Principal for 8th Grade at Hamilton International Middle School, will take leave of her post so she can serve as Principal for McClure Middle School. In a letter to the Hamilton community, Shannon writes: Dear Hamilton International Community: I am writing this letter to you with very mixed emotions. Hamilton International has been such an ideal place for me to land and to begin my new career as an administrator.  Here I learned so much about the intricacies and…

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