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GIVING TUESDAY: Two more West Seattle ways to give!
November 27, 2018 8:50 pm
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Two more West Seattle nonprofits to mention briefly before Giving Tuesday concludes:

WEST SEATTLE HELPLINE: This nonprofit provides emergency assistance to neighbors in need – often keeping them from becoming homeless, ultimately a much less costly proposition than getting someone out of homelessness once it happens. WS Helpline has a year-end campaign under way to raise $12,000; if you can help with any amount, go here to donate.

WEST SEATTLE TIMEBANK: “Keep your Timebank Ticking!” is their request. While the WS Timebank is a person-to-person service organization, it doesn’t run itself, and donations help in a variety of ways, including:

Enable the Timebank to pay an annual fee to Timebanks USA for the use of the member’s database where exchanges are made – the heartbeat of your Timebank.

Continue our outreach efforts for new members to expand the variety of your exchanges of time and talents.

Expand partnerships with local, non-profit agencies and businesses to offer you a variety of meaningful volunteer opportunities.

Continue our mission to promote equality, reduce social isolation within our community and build a caring community economy through inclusive exchanges of your time and talents.

Go here to donate.

P.S. As mentioned earlier, our Holiday Guide spotlights ways to give throughout the season – including Sunday’s West Seattle Alternative Giving Fair!

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GIVING TUESDAY: The day Nucor plays Santa at West Seattle Food Bank
November 27, 2018 3:44 pm
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 |   High Point | Holidays | How to help | West Seattle news

(WSB photos by Patrick Sand)

Giving Tuesday also happens, this year, to be that day in the holiday season when Nucor delivers big gifts of donated food and money to the West Seattle Food Bank. We were there for this morning’s delivery:

The annual gifts are a partnership between the steel mill and its employees – who donate food and cash, which then is matched (and then some) by Nucor.

Above are WSFB executive director Fran Yeatts, Nucor’s Stephanie Sanchez, and WSFB development director Judi Yazzolino, who summarizes:

On this Giving Tuesday, nothing could be more generous than Nucor Steel delivering their check for $17,500 and 3520 pounds of food from their annual employee food drive. The West Seattle Food Bank has such an appreciation for everything Nucor does for not only the food bank but for all the non-profits in West Seattle. They are such a wonderful community partner. Thank you to their employees and to Omega Morgan Machinery for helping deliver and unload all of the food.

You can of course donate to the WSFB year-round – here’s how. (And keep an eye on the DONATION DRIVES list in the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide – there are places you can donate during the season, such as the bin out front at West Seattle Lights!)

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GIVING TUESDAY: West Seattle Tool Library’s first-of-its-kind addition
November 27, 2018 11:56 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

(Photo courtesy West Seattle Tool Library)

Another Giving Tuesday announcement we’ve received is from the West Seattle Tool Library, which has acquired what director Micah Summers believes to be the first publicly accessible laser cutter in WS:

We are excited to announce that we recently acquired an industrial laser cutter in our shop and are working feverishly to get it set up and begin education and private reservation of the tool. We … are looking to raise funds to pay for the equipment and pre-sell access & classes for the machine. Additionally we are looking to raise funds for a scholarship fund to maximize access to low-income individuals.

You can donate here during Giving Tuesday, or in person at the Tool Library (cash or credit card) during their regular hours, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 5-8 pm, Saturdays and Sundays 11 am-4 pm. The Tool Library is on the northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way SW).

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GIVING TUESDAY: Roxhill Park Champions’ chance to make even small gifts count extra!
November 27, 2018 9:00 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle parks

(WSB photo from June – barbecue organized by Roxhill Park Champions)

Every day is a GREAT day to support your local nonprofits. But today is extra-great for some that have special donation drives going as part of Giving Tuesday – here’s the announcement we received from Roxhill Park Champions:

Roxhill Park Champions works to restore and transform the social and environmental climate of Roxhill Park — Our new fiscal sponsor, Seattle Parks Foundation, has created a $1,000 challenge award if we receive gifts — of any size — from at least fifteen (15) unique donors on #GivingTuesday. Your donation will cover budget gaps or non-qualifying expenses in our grant-funded projects coming in 2019. Learn more and donate to Roxhill Park, by going here.

You can donate either by scrolling down that page to “support this project,” or by going directly here.

(Other Giving Tuesday West Seattle spotlights to come!)

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2 ways to bake up a West Seattle holiday-season good deed
November 19, 2018 9:25 pm
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 |   Holidays | How to help | West Seattle news

Love baking? Two holiday-season community dinners can benefit from your baking!

That’s a photo from a past-season Hall at Fauntleroy community Thanksgiving dinner. This Thursday, for the 20th year, The Hall will again open its doors for a free catered feast that will also feature community-donated desserts. If you can spare cookies, cake, a pie, or something else to sweeten things up for the diners, organizers would welcome your contribution. You can drop your donation off at Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Catering‘s SODO office (4101 Airport Way S.) 9 am-3 pm tomorrow or Wednesday, or at The Hall (9131 California SW) 10 am-1 pm Thursday – details here.

Looking ahead to Christmastime, this is a call specifically for cookies – lots and lots of them! The Christmas People plan to again serve a community dinner at the Alki Masonic Hall in The Junction on Christmas Day, as well as distributing food to people who can’t get there, and they are again calling for thousands of home-baked cookies to be donated in the days before Christmas! Contact The Christmas People if you’re interested in contributing.

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Run into the holidays! West Seattle’s second Track Friday is days away
November 18, 2018 10:16 am
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 |   Holidays | How to help | West Seattle news

(2017 Track Friday photo, courtesy of Michele Pettinger)

Again this year, you can get the post-Thanksgiving holidays going with some moving and giving, during the second West Seattle Track Friday! If you haven’t already seen it in our calendar, here’s the announcement from Michele Pettinger of P3 Running:

P3 Running and West Seattle Runner are excited to bring Track Friday back to West Seattle! Track Friday is a community-based movement to mobilize people to support charitable giving. Participants run laps on a nearby track to raise awareness and funds for causes that they care about. Track Friday is held the day after Thanksgiving [November 23] to encourage people to reunite with old and new friends, burn off some Thanksgiving Day calories, and put a little love and giving spirit back into a day that has become synonymous with commercialism.

Michele Pettinger, the founder of P3 Running, is raising money for the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation as her mom is living with the disease. Her friend, Fes Naqvi, who learned of Track Friday last year, became involved and is raising money for The Butterfly Fund, a non-profit that helps families who have children (0-18) who have a catastrophic life-altering medical condition or event.

We understand that you may have a charity that you feel strongly about, so you are able to fundraise for your chosen charity on Track Friday as well! You can do so by simply joining the West Seattle Track Friday 2018 Team.

We will be at Hiawatha Track and Playfield the morning after Thanksgiving from 9 to 11. Invite your friends and family to join – walk 1 mile, 10 minutes, 10 miles, 2 hours, whatever you feel driven to do! Check in with our table to log your miles! We will have hot chocolate, coffee, and some treats, too.

For anyone who participates in the event, 10% of your purchases at West Seattle Runner that day will be donated to the funds. Simply pick up a token from our table at the park to present at the store when purchasing.

You can go here to donate and/or join the team. Hiawatha is at 2700 California SW, and West Seattle Runner (a longtime WSB sponsor) is right across the street at 2743 California SW.

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HOLIDAY GIVING: Food-donation drives today and tonight
November 17, 2018 1:03 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

1:03 PM: We stopped by the Junction True Value Holiday Open House to check in with the West Seattle Food Bank, which is accepting food donations – including turkeys – and money to help pay for some it’s already bought. That’s Heather from the WSFB in our photo.

If you can’t get there (4747 44th SW) by 2 pm, you can also bring nonperishable food to the 20th annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl tonight, 5:30-8 pm at West Seattle Bowl (39th/Oregon) – you don’t have to be a bowler to stop by and not only donate, but also to try the newly released benefit Beer Church IPA, get a ticket for the fundraising raffle. Watch our West Seattle Holiday Guide for other seasonal donation drives!

3:14 PM: Jan Roberts, vice president of the Food Bank board, shared more photos from the True Value open house. Below, third-generation store owner Bruce Davis:

And here’s adorable food-drive donor Sunny:

As noted in our preview – you can also support the WSFB financially by donating online.

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2 ways you can help the West Seattle Food Bank: Turkeys and books!
November 16, 2018 12:58 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

The season for giving is here. Two requests from the West Seattle Food Bank:

The West Seattle Food Bank hopes to provide all those we serve with turkeys & fixings for their Thanksgiving and holiday celebrations this season. They will be taking donations at two locations this Saturday, November 17th, from 10 am – 2 pm. You can donate turkeys or $15 towards a turkey at the Junction True Value Open House in the Alaska Junction at Edmunds & 44th, or at the West Seattle Food Bank at the corner of 35th & Morgan (garage entrance on Morgan next to the bus stop).

The West Seattle Food Bank has 720 turkeys in our freezer that we have purchased and we’re hoping to cover that expense. We aren’t able to provide nutritious and healthy food and other needed services without the incredibly generous support of you, the West Seattle Community. Thank you in advance.

You can also donate $ to WSFB any time by going here.

Also:

With the holidays coming up, the West Seattle Food Bank’s Bookcase is in desperate need of children’s books, especially picture & board books for the young ones.

Our Bookcase accepts slightly used or new donated books to encourage those children we serve to start reading at an early age. We accept donations Monday – Friday 9 am – 3 pm or Wednesday until 7 pm at our facility at 3419 SW Morgan St. on the corner of 35th & Morgan. There’s a parking garage on Morgan next to the bus stop, and you can enter the Food Bank through the double doors.

We are continuing to add this season’s donation drives to our West Seattle Holiday Guide, so please let us know if you have one – editor@westseattleblog.com – thank you!

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MOVEMBER 2018: Fun, and potentially life-saving. Here’s a West Seattleite welcoming your support.
November 1, 2018 4:06 pm
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 |   Health | How to help | West Seattle news

If you are active in West Seattle community matters, you probably know Mat McBride. (If you don’t, you should.) But whether you do or don’t – he is fundraising again as part of Movember, and we wanted to let you know in case you didn’t already have somebody to support this year. Movember is an initiative spanning the month of November,supporting men’s-health issues including suicide prevention (twice as many males die by suicide in our state as females), cancer, and more. Male Movember participants are invited to grow facial hair during the month as a symbol of their support – Mat sent before and after-shaving photos (obviously there’ll be another “after” photo in a month!) – though it’s not the only way to participate. Here’s how to pledge to his team “Mo West, Young Man“; Mat’s page, explaining his personal focus, is here.

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Got unwanted/extra Halloween candy? Here’s who you can give it to
November 1, 2018 9:52 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

Kids hauled in too much Halloween candy? Or, you have leftovers because of a low trick-or-treater turnout? The Lafayette Elementary PTA says you can bring it to their school today/tomorrow:

We would like our greater community to know that Lafayette Elementary is collecting Halloween candy for Operation Gratitude. Candy can be dropped off to the front office until 2:25 pm on November 2; your donation will be picked up after school.

Lafayette is on California north of Lander.

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate in West Seattle: Returning WSB sponsor with a community-giving campaign!
October 31, 2018 3:01 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Today we welcome back a returning sponsor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate, with West Seattle offices in Jefferson Square. Here’s their message for you:

With 90 Realtors serving West Seattle, no other brand offers more local experts to help our community with all of their real estate needs. If you need a Trusted Adviser to help you through buying or selling your property, you can visit their website to see how much your property is worth or to contact one of their local experts today.

BHHS is also involved in the West Seattle community. BHHS has been working with WestSide Baby‘s ongoing diaper drive. From now through December 3rd, BHHS will be gathering up diapers once again to help families during the holidays. Managing Broker Tay Krull said of this new drive, “There are so many amazing charities doing incredibly selfless work in our West Seattle community, and we were privileged to have the opportunity to work with WestSide Baby today, an organization that is truly making a difference for children in our community. There is a huge need, a need far greater than is being met today and we as a company and as individual Realtors are getting involved and we invite everyone in our community to join us in supporting WestSide Baby.”

Diapers can be dropped off at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate‘s Jefferson Square office at 4700 42nd Ave SW, Suite 600, between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm weekdays. You can also donate quickly and easily online, by going to Amazon and requesting the diapers be sent to that same address for BHHSNW in Jefferson Square. (And here’s how to support WestSide Baby directly.)

We thank Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate for sponsoring independent, community-collaborative neighborhood news via WSB; find our current sponsor team listed in directory format here, and find info on joining the team by going here.

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YOU’RE INVITED! Southwest Seattle Historical Society Champagne Gala Brunch on Saturday
October 31, 2018 2:14 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle history | West Seattle news

Got plans Saturday? 11 am-2 pm, you can help celebrate local history and support the organization that’s dedicated to it, just by going to the Southwest Seattle Historical Society‘s Champagne Gala Brunch! The reminder and preview:

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society is looking forward to seeing our supporters and community members this coming Saturday, November 3, at 11 am at Salty’s on Alki (1936 Harbor SW). Our special guests this year are Paul Dorpat & Jean Sherrard of the Seattle Times “Pacific NW Magazine” column, “Seattle Now & Then,” which, each week, features a historical photo of a building or place in Seattle matched with the modern photo taken by Jean Sherrard from the same vantage point, and coupled with the poetic language and wit that Paul Dorpat has been famous for for over 37 years.

Our Gala marks one of the very first public appearances by the pair with their newly-released book, “Seattle Now & Then: The Historic Hundred.” Connie Thompson of KOMO 4 will provide an insightful interview of the pair, and at the end of the event, Paul & Jean will sell and sign copies of their book.

Our own board member and 4th great-grandson of Chief Sealth, Ken Workman (who happens to be featured in the book as well – see above), will honor us at the beginning of the program by speaking about his ancestral connection to the land and to the trees within our area. We will then have an amazing set of auction items, including art, getaway experiences, and great restaurants and local services in a great segment we call “Fun in the Junction.”

We will also have a fabulous “Golden Ticket” drawing that features a “Choose Your Cruise” opportunity to win a trip to one of four destinations offered by Holland America Line.

We invite our community members to join us at our 2018 Champagne Gala Brunch, hoping to see you there! Tickets are available at galatickets.org — we recommend that you purchase your tickets online or contact Jeff McCord at 206-234-4357 to arrange another form of payment.

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YOU CAN HELP: ‘Sister Schools’ donation drive this week
October 30, 2018 9:04 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

From Robin Graham of the Louisa Boren STEM K-8 PTA:

Some of the classrooms at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 have chosen to participate in the Sister Schools program. Through pictures and stories, our students have learned about the overwhelming difficulties faced by children in Ugandan schools and orphanages. Following the presentation, a supply drive has been organized, and all children are encouraged to participate in ways personally meaningful to them. Both NEW and LIKE NEW items are being accepted at STEM and will be sent through Sister Schools to Uganda. Below is a list of items in order of importance that we will be collecting and we wanted to invite the community to support this drive.

Primary Needs

School Supplies: Pencils, pens, paper, pencil sharpeners, erasers, chalk, three-ring binders, spiral notebooks.

Books: Dictionaries, atlases, children’s books, beginning readers, textbook sets, reference works.

Sports Equipment: Soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, football, playground balls.

Secondary Needs

Arts and Crafts: Crayons, colored paper, glue, scissors, rulers, coloring books, paint sets.

Health and First Aid: Toilet paper, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes, Band-Aids, sewing supplies.

Other Needs

Clothing: Shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, hats, raincoats, socks, shoes, light sweaters and jackets.

Toys: Board games, puzzles, toy figures, cars, etc..

Please drop off donations in the school office 8-5 M-F. Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is located at 5950 Delridge Way SW. The last day to bring in donations for Sister Schools is November 1 (this Thursday).

To learn more about Sister Schools (including a link to make direct donations) visit: sisterschools.org

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FOLLOWUP: How much helping you did with those West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival Chili Cookoff helpings
October 29, 2018 1:45 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle festivals | West Seattle news

(WSB photos from Sunday)

As reported in our as-it-happened West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival coverage Sunday, Duos Catering won the Chili Cookoff. But thanks to all nine contenders who donated and served chili, and the hundreds of people who bought tastes and voted, the real winners are the West Seattle Food Bank‘s clients – Lora Radford of the WSJA (above left) sends word via Judi Yazzolino of WSFB (above right) that the cookoff raised $3,400 to fight hunger. Plus, the Root Beer Garden raised $130 in tips for WSFB.

The folks from The Beer Junction ran the garden again this year. As a festival sponsor, we were there to cover it all – see our as-it-happened report here and bonus photo gallery here!

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West Seattle scene: Lafayette Elementary’s 2018 Walk-A-Thon
October 26, 2018 9:56 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

(WSB photos by Patrick Sand)

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, as Big Bird‘s old friend Mister Rogers might have said, as Lafayette Elementary‘s 2018 Walk-A-Thon unfolded throughout the day.

Kids from all grades – preschool through 5th – took turns out in the schoolyard.

Pledges were collected and the PTA hoped to eventually reach a fundraising goal of $60,000. Bake sale too!

Want to help them reach the goal? You can still contribute online.

Fundraiser at YOUR school? Please let us know so we can include it on our calendar and in our coverage!

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YOU’RE INVITED: Coho + ha-ha along Fauntleroy Creek
October 25, 2018 5:04 pm
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 |   Environment | How to help | West Seattle news | Wildlife

(WSB archive photo)

Fauntleroy Creek steward Judy Pickens tells WSB that this year’s gathering to call the salmon home won’t just be drumming and singing – you’re invited to bring your fish jokes, too. It’s generally a short but memorable gathering, all ages welcome (if your kid[s] made salmon hats at last Sunday’s Fauntleroy Fall Festival, those are extra-festive), 5 pm Sunday (October 28th) at the fish ladder at Director/Fauntleroy – upslope and across the street from the ferry dock (map).

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FRIDAY: Lafayette Leopards ready to roar, rain or shine
October 24, 2018 8:40 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

That video is from the Lafayette Elementary Walk-A-Thon nine years ago – long enough that some of those then-Lafayette Leopards have since reached adulthood! – but we’re bringing it back as a reminder that this year’s on-foot fundraiser is coming up Friday (October 26th), rain or shine, 8 am-1:30 pm! Here’s the reminder from Erika Stromberg of the Lafayette PTA:

Students collect pledges to raise funds for our PTA and walk or run laps for 30 minutes on Friday! We invite community members to support our school Walk-A-Thon! For more information, visit our web site: lafayettepta.com/walkathon

We hope to reach our goal of $60,000 by Friday! We have raised $28,000 so far! Local businesses may also donate to our student Bake Sale, which takes place during the Walk-A-Thon on Friday. Thank you to all our Sponsors including West Seattle Blog for supporting our school!

Lafayette is on the northwest corner of California and Lander if you want to stop by and cheer, donate, and/or buy a bake-sale treat Friday.

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SATURDAY: Dance, drink, dine to support West Seattle Community Orchestras’ student musicians
October 23, 2018 1:40 pm
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 |   Fun stuff to do | How to help | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Don’t have party plans set yet for this Saturday night? It’s your next chance to have a good time for a good cause. The West Seattle Community Orchestras rely on community generosity to help make it possible for student musicians to play for free. Here are the newest party details:

Rummage through your costume collection and then plan to join West Seattle Community Orchestras (WSCO) for its annual gala fundraiser in support of free participation in our orchestras for student musicians!

The West Seattle Big Band will once again provide music for dancing—and just plain good listening!

(WSB photo, WS Big Band at last Sunday’s Fauntleroy Fall Festival)

Very special items for our silent and live auctions have been donated by our generous supporters. Here’s a small sample:

Canlis | Seattle Shakespeare Theatre | Boehm’s Candy Kitchen | Beer Junction | Chihuly Garden | MoPOP | Kenyon Hall | Seattle Storm | Lake Union Civic Orchestra | PlantAmnesty | Seafair | Countryside Café | Elliott Bay Brewery | Ivar’s| Caffe Ladro | Pagliacci Pizza | Bakery Nouveau

Here’s the agenda:

6:00-7:15: Doors open, cocktail reception, silent auctions, entertainment by WSCO musicians
7:15: Buffet dinner served
7:55-8:40: Live auction, raise the paddle, dessert dash
8:40++: Dancing to the West Seattle Big Band!

Your support will help WSCO continue to provide FREE participation and instruction in orchestral music for our student musicians.

Here’s the important info:

— Saturday, October 27, 6:00 to 11:00 p.m.
— Alki Masonic Lodge, 4736 40th Ave. SW.
— Adults 18+ $40, children 6-17 and seniors $25

Plan to have fun while supporting this vital West Seattle resource! REGISTER & PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE HERE. Tickets also available at the door. Costumed or not, don’t forget your dancing shoes!

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First beer, now boxes: See what’s just been added to help save West Seattle Junction ‘free’ parking
October 20, 2018 6:34 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

If you go out for dinner and/or drinks in The Junction tonight – or head to the West Seattle Farmers’ Market tomorrow – you might notice boxes like that one in the Junction Association-operated “free parking lots.” The five boxes, installed this afternoon, are the newest fundraising tool in the effort to keep those lots available and free.

While WSJA says its agreement with the lots’ owners, Trusteed Properties, doesn’t allow charging for parking, this is strictly a request for donations. Can’t or don’t want to donate? No problem. You can still park for free for up to three hours as always. But if you can donate – bring a few bucks next time you’re headed that way, and look for the boxes.

BACKSTORY: The fundraising push is an attempt to help cover a dramatically higher property-tax bill for the lots that’s passed through to the Junction Association and the community businesses that comprise it. They’ve secured a temporary reprieve from the county, which collects property taxes, but that runs out soon. Other fundraisers so far have included Save Our Lots beer and online donations. If your business wants to show its support – here’s a kit!

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YOU CAN HELP: Illusions Hair Design book drive for kids/families via local nonprofits
October 19, 2018 3:28 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

Illusions Hair Design (5619 California SW; WSB sponsor) is collecting books for local kids and families through November 15th! Here’s the announcement:

We’re having a BOOK DRIVE
for
The West Seattle Helpline
&
The West Seattle Food Bank Library

*NEW BOOKS* for kids of all ages… Along with simple recipe Cookbooks! (Easy, family meals such as: soups or casseroles, or fun kids’ recipes are what they’re looking for.) Drop off your donations here at the salon in our great big BLUE barrel!

THANK YOU!!

*(They do prefer NEW books, but gently used/barely read are ok too! They just want to make sure that they are clean, and free of moisture & debris. NEW books are often gifted to kids in need through the Helpline, whereas the gently used are used to fill the Food Bank library shelves.)

Illusions is open until 6 tonight, closed weekends, but open until 8:30 pm three weeknights, so you have plenty of options for dropoff. (Hours are on the Illusions website.)

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Help make holiday wishes come true: WestSide Baby and Childhaven need temporary space
October 19, 2018 9:58 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

If you have even a suggestion for WestSide Baby about this, executive director Nancy Woodland would love to hear from you ASAP:

Together, WestSide Baby and Childhaven are looking for space to rent for one month to fill holiday wish-lists for children as well as to extend the holiday giving spirit to help children all year long. We hope to solidify this location by October 25th.

These two organizations are partnering to execute the collection and distribution of a “giving tree” program that will benefit children served by Childhaven for the holidays and then will also benefit children served through WestSide Baby’s 114 other partner agencies helping children year-round.

Time frame needed: December 1st – December 31st (including set up and break down)

Ideal location areas: SODO, Georgetown, White Center, West Seattle or Central area Central/South Seattle areas

Space: Minimum of 3000-4000 sq ft of “open” space with parking for 3-4 cars and easy access to double wide or roll-up doors accessible without stairs (rolling carts)

Price: Up to $2000 considered (and holiday giving spirit encouraged too!)

For approximately 2 weeks, (roughly Dec 5 – Dec 20th), the space would be used for:

The drop off of and storage of new items donated through Childhaven “giving tree” collection drives. Drop off generally by private vehicles.

Volunteer and staff activity (most days 3-4 people and occasionally “group” days with 10-15 people sorting donations and filling specific wish lists for children

Items would then be picked up by staff and volunteers to fill “wishes” with the excess inventory being packed up and returned to WestSide Baby for distribution over time.

You can reach Nancy with offers or even suggestions at at nancy@westsidebaby.org or 206-686-3228.

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West Seattle schools: Highland Park Elementary Move-A-Thon in the fall sunshine
October 16, 2018 8:33 pm
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 |   Highland Park | How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

Thanks to Highland Park Elementary PTA president Laura Olson for the photos and report:

The sun was shining for Highland Park Elementary’s second annual Move-A-Thon! Students wore their own individually tie-dyed spirit wear as they walked, skipped, and ran to the cheers of staff and parents.

A big thanks to our PTA volunteers who made this event possible and our sponsor Rain City West Screen Printing. While this was primarily a fitness celebration, it’s also a fundraiser. If you want to support the HPE PTA in it’s continuing good works, you are welcome to contribute!

Here’s how.

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VIDEO: Music and theater education for all! A night to celebrate and support Mode Music and Performing Arts
October 14, 2018 1:49 pm
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 |   Delridge | How to help | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Too often, music and theater are seen as “extra” for kids – but the benefits prove they should be considered essential. That’s why Mode Music Studios (WSB sponsor) proprietor Erin Rubin launched a nonprofit offshoot, Mode Music and Performing Arts, to provide it to more youth. A party last night at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center not only raised money for MMPA, it also showcased some of Mode’s students, like Ellie and Sophia:

The party’s emcee was Troy Nelson, who you probably know best from KEXP. Erin joined him onstage to express gratitude for the support they’re receiving in MMPA’s mission:

If you couldn’t be there but want to support MMPA’s quest to bring performing-arts education to more schools, you can donate online any time.

ADDED 3:42 PM: Update from Erin: “We had such a great night! We raised over $2500 for music and performing arts education in the schools and will continue to do so thanks to the support of our community.”

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