That’s Pigeon Point/Delridge uber-advocate/activist/volunteer Pete Spalding at left, with Delridge Neighborhood District Coordinator Ron Angeles, after Pete accepted a Seattle CityClub Community Matters Campaign “People’s Choice Award” last night at City Hall downtown. We were glad to be there to cheer him on; as you can hear in this clip, he has a long list of accomplishments –
But they didn’t even list everything he’s involved with right now in West Seattle – off the top of our head, we know of the West Seattle Food Bank, Southwest Precinct Advisory Council, Pigeon Point Neighborhood Council, Delridge Neighborhoods District Council, and on a city/regional basis, the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project‘s South Portal Working Group and the Seattle Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee … Congratulations to Pete; we also thank CityClub for naming your WSB co-publisher team as one of the three other citywide People’s Choice Award winners. The CityClub event also unveiled the Greater Seattle Civic Health Index – showing that people in Seattle volunteer more than the national average, for example; relevant to our business, the report also shows that Seattleites trust neighborhood and national news sources more than those inbetween. The event also included a panel discussion on civic involvement with Pete and West Seattleite Lola Peters among the panelists. (Not familiar with CityClub? Read about it here.)
Another West Seattle winner to tell you about today:
Manuela Slye of bilingual Cometa Playschool in the Admiral District is being honored by KCTS 9 with the Washington State Exceptional Caregiver Award. KCTS says the awards “honor the practices of exceptional caregivers” and are “judged by professionals and experts in the field of early childhood development.” Manuela and the five other statewide recipients will be honored during a professional-development conference tomorrow, and they’ll receive on-air recognition from the public-TV station too. She is Cometa’s owner and lead teacher.
Also in the education department – South Seattle Community College made the finalists’ list for Top Education and Training Company as chosen during NWJobs.com People’s Picks 2010. Congratulations to all!
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