Where can a high school team have a car wash fundraiser?

[M]

Hello! Just wondering where a car wash fundraiser can be held for a high school team? Thanks in advance :)

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[anonyme]

Perhaps you should rethink having a car wash in the middle of a drought with water restrictions in place. Surely there are other ways to raise funds? Put on your thinking caps…!

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[Northwest]

I would be happy to donate $20 to any high school organization or other that announces it will be in the 4 to 8 block area of the junction urban village picking up debris and micro litter during certain hours of a given day or month. I am sure other west seattle residents would also be generous. There is no lack of micro-litter in west seattle nor people with a few dollars to spare now.

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[cjboffoli]

Northwest: I see your $20 and raise you $30. I’d gladly donate $50 if litter pick-up were the goal – as opposed to a car wash during a drought which also washes all manner of grease, chemicals and heavy metals off cars and into storm sewers where it probably ends up in the Sound.

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[Northwest]

My original donation is a little low have to kick in more. Be nice to see this organized and effort put forth before winter and the “rainy season” where I imagine the current micro-littler in the urban village will also eventually end up Puget Sound.

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[wsn00b]

I’ll donate $100 to a high school that does cleanup instead of a car wash too.

Some suggestions:

– Junction area

– West Seattle bridge entrance off 35th/Fauntleroy has a whole bunch of micro/macro garbage. If you clean this particular eyesore properly, I might be tempted to donate $250. You might need SDOT assistance to do this safely.

– Alki beach

Cleaning/painting off graffiti, etc are much better than washing cars in areas that are not legit car washes (that have proper run-off waste management) in addition to the drought restrictions.

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[Northwest]

Donations are close to $200 with simply three individuals.

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[M]

Thank you so much everyone for your input! I will get in touch with the team coach and admin. Thank you again.

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[jenwswa]

Another $50 from me re: Fauntleroy & 35th getting onto WS bridge. My daughter and I were just talking about how sad and embarrassing it was to see all this garbage along the main entry and exit to our community. She asked how it all got there. She was shocked to know that some people just throw their garbage out their car window. I’m also willing to volunteer to help clean up. It would be great to have SDOT support for safety .

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[nancyrwhidbey]

Car washes were fun in the past, but now that we understand the impact of dirty water going into storm drains and impacting the health of Puget Sound, most groups now do other kinds of fundraisers. Our soccer team has sold Brown Bear car wash tickets as the these commercial car washes treat the water before it goes into the Sound. But I love the idea of a trash pickup and it sounds like you already have some customers!

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[Northwest]

Please keep us posted where we can donate to local organizations that hopefully plan on doing a community litter pickup. The comment about litter at the entrance of the West Seattle freeway or bridge at 35th ave sw.. I believe it is generated from you and I not containing properly our garbage and recyclables and an oversight in design or work procedures of the garbage and recycling trucks. North of Spokane St on 4th ave numerous businesses have litter strewn about daily in their parking lots which are next to and close to the transfer station there. Also areas throughout Seattle where density is well integrated with condos apartments and single family homes , UW area comes to mind, street side it’s easy to see plastic lids, plastic wrappers, straws, coffee lids all feather weight debris and with the slightest breeze takes flight and becomes litter on our streets and eventually broken down and once rains comes enters the puget sound. It’s also a growing problem locally here in West Seattle.

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[wsn00b]

@Northwest: In the case of the bridge trash, that garbage has been accumulating over the years underneath the overgrown weeds that are a near permanent feature of the bridge. SDOT finally decided to clean up the weeds and did a half-baked unprofessional cleanup job and left all exposed the garbage there. They didn’t even clean up the weeds properly. Looks like a drunk with a weed-whacker did the cleanup. Absolutely shoddy work. I wouldn’t pay a yard clean up company if they did work like that in my yard.

Small amounts of garbage will happen (garbage truck design flaws, stupid/uneducated people with low civic sensibilities). The city departments need to do the basics correctly: density or otherwise.

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[Diane]

wow; fabulous ideas; I hadn’t opened this post til now because I thought it was just about car washes (which I agree with all comments above, bad for environment); love all the suggestions, financial contributions, and community support to help kids and clean up WS

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[Diane]

I’ve been thinking about an idea to engage kids in volunteer/fundraising and simultaneously help senior citizens; also great opportunity for elders and teens to meet each other; most families in WS don’t have any grandparents nearby, so it could be great intergenerational community activity

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many seniors living in their homes need help with some basic chores; a group of teens could take a few hours on a weekend to go to some designated homes of seniors to assist with a few quick/easy chores

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I’m thinking of simple chores that are easy for a kid, but very difficult for an elder; for instance; I live on top floor of apt building, and would love to have a teenager come over to carry my bags of recycling down 3 flights of stairs to the recycle bins; a task for them that would likely only take 5 minutes; but for me, VERY difficult; and I’m a young senior; there are many elders in WS still living in apts or houses; many by themselves, or an elder couple, where the chores are increasingly challenging physically; all they need is a little help; and the human contact with a teen would probably be wonderful

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back in the 50’s, when I was growing up; kids just went door to door, and people happily opened their doors, and kids would ask if they might have any chores to be done to earn some cash; I would love to bring this back; unfortunately these days, nearly every house has “no solicitors” signs on their doors, and so many people have become paranoid about anyone they don’t know coming to their door, so it would probably have to be more pre-arranged; any ideas on how to make this happen?

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[Northwest]

Bump!

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[wsn00b]

The eastbound bridge entrance off Fauntleroy/35th has accumulated more garbage since this thread started. What a freaking eyesore.

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[Northwest]

I noticed it as well recently while driving out of West Seattle along fauntleroy/west seattle freeway aluminum food containers multiple this area of course inaccessible to trash collection volunteers sdot or department of ecology instead. I reached out and directed puget sound keepers alliance to this thread they were recently here in West Seattle cleaning up debris in and around Alki. They suggested getting ahold of Daniel Sims Ept program manager with SPU who has in the past assisted with organizations doing community car wash events he also works with storm water prevention.

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[wsn00b]

I’m not sure what SPU/Dept of Ecology/Puget Sound Keepers have to do with collecting garbage from a weed farm on a risky stretch of a SDOT operated freeway. The Puget Sound is well protected from the garbage by the large amounts of weeds trapping the garbage.

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