Comments on: Post-holiday giving: Blanket drive at West Seattle Autoworks http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks West Seattle news, information, and discussion, updated multiple times daily, 24/7/365 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:32 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Dianne http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-953386 Dianne Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:41:12 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-953386 Thank you all who brought us blankets today,we have a good size load and they will be divided between Mary's place and Nickelsville homeless camp. Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm! Thank you all who brought us blankets today,we have a good size load and they will be divided between Mary’s place and Nickelsville homeless camp. Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!

]]> By: Todd http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-952771 Todd Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:27:19 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-952771 Thanks to those who have already dropped by the shop today with donations! It already looks like a success! Thanks to those who have already dropped by the shop today with donations! It already looks like a success!

]]> By: PangolinPie http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-952521 PangolinPie Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:03:04 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-952521 Just to follow up for anyone interested: I did call, and they are taking blankets. It's cold out there at night! Just to follow up for anyone interested: I did call, and they are taking blankets. It’s cold out there at night!

]]> By: PangolinPie http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-952336 PangolinPie Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:40:07 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-952336 Thanks, Mike; I will call them! Thanks, Mike; I will call them!

]]> By: WTF http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-951850 WTF Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:04:12 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-951850 We'll see you guys Saturday! :) We’ll see you guys Saturday! :)

]]> By: miws http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-951623 miws Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:06:41 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-951623 PangolinPie, to play it safe, you may want to call Nickelsville directly; 206-450-5268, and see if they are in need of blankets. . I know last month, or so, they had clothes coming out of their ears, as the community had been so generous in donating, after the flooding. . I'm not sure whom you would ask for when calling NV. When I lived there last year, the Structure Masters were in charge of blankets, which seems a bit counter-intuitive, when one would think the Donation Co-Ordinators would handle them. . In any case, the person answering the phone should know with whom you should speak. . Thanks for thinking of Nickelsville! . Mike PangolinPie, to play it safe, you may want to call Nickelsville directly; 206-450-5268, and see if they are in need of blankets.

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I know last month, or so, they had clothes coming out of their ears, as the community had been so generous in donating, after the flooding.

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I’m not sure whom you would ask for when calling NV. When I lived there last year, the Structure Masters were in charge of blankets, which seems a bit counter-intuitive, when one would think the Donation Co-Ordinators would handle them.

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In any case, the person answering the phone should know with whom you should speak.

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Thanks for thinking of Nickelsville!

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Mike

]]> By: PangolinPie http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-951530 PangolinPie Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:41:00 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-951530 I have a TON of blankets I'd love to donate, but I live closer to Nickelsville than to West Seattle Autowerks; do you think it would be ok if I just take them to Nickelsville? I have a TON of blankets I’d love to donate, but I live closer to Nickelsville than to West Seattle Autowerks; do you think it would be ok if I just take them to Nickelsville?

]]> By: WSB http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-951454 WSB Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:19:22 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-951454 Glad to hear that (though I am sad we still live in a time when there is even a need for such a thing) ... Mary's Place has been a beneficiary of some local outpourings before. I found this one in our archives from Arbor Heights Elementary a couple years back: . http://westseattleblog.com/2011/04/video-arbor-heights-elementary-bakes-up-some-community-service Glad to hear that (though I am sad we still live in a time when there is even a need for such a thing) … Mary’s Place has been a beneficiary of some local outpourings before. I found this one in our archives from Arbor Heights Elementary a couple years back:
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http://westseattleblog.com/2011/04/video-arbor-heights-elementary-bakes-up-some-community-service

]]> By: Diane http://westseattleblog.com/2013/01/post-holiday-giving-blanket-drive-at-west-seattle-autoworks#comment-951449 Diane Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:12:05 +0000 http://westseattleblog.com/?p=135059#comment-951449 there’s also a new overnight emergency shelter for women with children in Belltown, just opened a few weeks ago; it’s a “joint effort of Mary's Place and the Union Gospel Mission's Hope Place” ~ Mary's Place is a fantastic day center for women/children at another location downtown; I will be taking items for women and children to the day center and/or overnight shelter; there’s always need for diapers, wipes, pull-ups, underwear (for children and women), bras, socks, shoes, raincoats; baby formula, bottles, sippy cups, bibs; twin bed sheets and blankets; and so much more ~ please see http://www.marysplaceseattle.org/support-us/share-your-materials for list of urgent needs ~ https://www.facebook.com/marysplacedaycenter/info “Mary's Place is the ONLY day center in King County that accepts a woman with her children.” AND “For the first time in years, Seattle has beds for homeless women and children. Mary's Place used to shut its door at night leaving many with no place warm to sleep. But not anymore. The director of the shelter says it's a relief to no longer turn away families in need. Our Lori Matsukawa talked to some of these families tonight. She's putting together the story for KING 5 News at 11pm.” ~ story, pics, video; Seattle's first emergency family shelter opens in time http://www.king5.com/home/Seattles-first-emergency-family-shelter-opens-in-time-184049161.html ~ and they need volunteers; you can get background check quick/easy via ugm.org or www.marysplaceseattle.org ~ there was much chatter on westseattleblog forum last year re children in Nickelsville; it’s shocking to learn there were no overnight emergency shelters for women with children; until a few weeks ago, with the opening of Mary’s Place overnight shelter, these women were sleeping outside with their children, or any place they could find, often near where the dads were sheltered at UGM, but children were not allowed (some families went to Nickelsville); please help keep this shelter for women and children open, supported, thriving; so that families (especially those with young children) no longer have to go to Nickelsville, or sleep in the streets, as last resort there’s also a new overnight emergency shelter for women with children in Belltown, just opened a few weeks ago; it’s a “joint effort of Mary’s Place and the Union Gospel Mission’s Hope Place”
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Mary’s Place is a fantastic day center for women/children at another location downtown; I will be taking items for women and children to the day center and/or overnight shelter; there’s always need for diapers, wipes, pull-ups, underwear (for children and women), bras, socks, shoes, raincoats; baby formula, bottles, sippy cups, bibs; twin bed sheets and blankets; and so much more
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please see http://www.marysplaceseattle.org/support-us/share-your-materials for list of urgent needs
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https://www.facebook.com/marysplacedaycenter/info
“Mary’s Place is the ONLY day center in King County that accepts a woman with her children.”
AND
“For the first time in years, Seattle has beds for homeless women and children. Mary’s Place used to shut its door at night leaving many with no place warm to sleep. But not anymore.
The director of the shelter says it’s a relief to no longer turn away families in need. Our Lori Matsukawa talked to some of these families tonight. She’s putting together the story for KING 5 News at 11pm.”
~
story, pics, video; Seattle’s first emergency family shelter opens in time
http://www.king5.com/home/Seattles-first-emergency-family-shelter-opens-in-time-184049161.html
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and they need volunteers; you can get background check quick/easy via ugm.org or http://www.marysplaceseattle.org
~
there was much chatter on westseattleblog forum last year re children in Nickelsville; it’s shocking to learn there were no overnight emergency shelters for women with children; until a few weeks ago, with the opening of Mary’s Place overnight shelter, these women were sleeping outside with their children, or any place they could find, often near where the dads were sheltered at UGM, but children were not allowed (some families went to Nickelsville); please help keep this shelter for women and children open, supported, thriving; so that families (especially those with young children) no longer have to go to Nickelsville, or sleep in the streets, as last resort

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