Wallingford, Seattle

Yow! - this is happening in less than an hour and a half!  Hurry over to Hamilton if you' d like to have a chance to catch the ear of the Seattle Public Schools Superintendent and other district and school leaders: "Welcome Back" Regional Meetings A meeting is scheduled for each region of the school district where families can meet with Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, the leadership team, and the region's Executive Director of Schools.   The meeting for our region (the…

It's been over a week since the indoor SHARE shelter opened its doors at the Gift of Grace church in Wallingford. A few days prior to its opening, SHARE held a notfication meeting to discuss the shelter with immediate neighbors of the church. Then on September 18th, Gift of Grace held the first of two open community meetings at Mosaic Coffeehouse to continue the dialogue. The second community meeting will be held on October 23rd from 10:30am to noon. In both of…

Exciting news from the Seattle Public Library Foundation: Today we are announcing that an anonymous donor has pledged $500,000 to The Seattle Public Library Foundation if we can raise a matching amount through community contributions.  . . . . The anonymous donor was especially concerned about how budget cuts would impact the community, in particular children and families who rely on Seattle's public libraries for so much.   . . . . Our goal is to raise $500,000 to match the gift…

Readers may recall this past spring when we ran the provocatively titled Save Time - Hire an Immigrant story, explaining how to go about hiring a day laborer, which, in turn, either a) helps provide a source of income for the economically disadvantaged or b) undermines the very fabric of our society by encouraging illegal immigration and suppressing the wage rate of US citizens. Based on which of the two outcomes above you think more likely and / or important, you…