Have you ever wanted face time with someone who could actually talk to you about things like retirement savings, or credit questions, or mortgage issues, or insurance…for FREE?
Here’s your chance:
When: Saturday, October 23rd, 2010, 10 AM to 4 PM
Where: North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N, Seattle 98103
Why: Because we all have questions about money, but we don’t always have the money to pay for the answers
“Token days are not the ebb and flow of life. They ease our feelings of regret about the way things have to be for the remainder of the year. They do not really change the way things are.”–Jonathan Kozol, “The Shame of the Nation”
Last Friday was Day of Caring, my 13th with United Way of King County. I was among about 300 volunteers (there were over 10,500 total throughout the county) that spent the day at Qwest Field for the Community Resource Exchange. In…
As I struggle to wrap my brain around the tragic death of John T. Williams (I’m devastated, been staring at my computer for days…I’m sure work will love that), I’m also reminded of others. Homelessness is deadly. Sixteen other human beings have died on our streets in King County in the past six months:
Anna Moore, 42, Ballard, Drowned
James Dolan, 73, Seattle, Fall
Randy Leonard, 52, Seattle, Overdose
Matthew Crook, 41, Normandy Park, Suicide by drowning
Chad Venegas, 32, Auburn, Shot to death
Brandi Lambert, 35,…
Just thought it was time to share a few links with our readers:
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The first time I walked into Cyndy’s House of Pancakes up on Aurora Avenue and 105th, I pretty much knew what I was getting into. Mediocre coffee, service that I couldn’t quite decide if it was gruff or motherly, and a delicious stack of blueberry hotcakes. I’ve only been back a couple of times, and the fact that I have lived in the neighborhood for almost 5 years begs the question as to why that is. I guess I thought it would always be there.…
Every year, thousands of low-income families depend on the school-based free and reduced lunch programs to provide nutritious meals for their children. But what happens when the little munchkins are about to embark on that most wondrous of all nostalgic occasions known as ‘summer vacation’? That’s where the Summer Meals Program comes in. Sites are located throughout King County at schools, summer camps, and other community and faith-based organizations. United Way of King County and WithinReach are teaming up to help spread…
“While bankers and traders were taking without conscience, the folks at Washington CASH have been showing that small doses of capitalism altruistically administered can give people a lift up from the economic lowlands.”
This is from a nice piece in today’s Seattle Times about Washington CASH, a local nonprofit organization committed to helping people get out of poverty by supporting their entrepreneurial efforts. Our Free Tax Campaign also has a budding relationship with them to help small business owners learn how to…
There are a lot of us exhibiting some pretty negative emotions these days towards our federal government, and as April 15th approaches a lot of that sentiment will inevitably turn towards our buddies at the Internal Revenue Service. And let’s face it, some of those feelings are warranted, no doubt.
But I’d like to talk about an IRS program that many people may not even know about. It’s one of the most successful community volunteer initiatives ever, in terms of return on investment (for you…
Here’s another plug for one of my heroes. I know I’ve written about Mark Horvath and his project, invisiblepeople.tv, previously on the blog, but can’t seem to find any of those links now. If you don’t know Mark, you should get to know him, because he is doing incredible, heart-wrenching work with social media and raising awareness around homelessness.
I met Mark when he came to Seattle last year for a social media conference. He’s been in the news a lot lately (google him,…
The state Senate has proposed a devastating $39.3 million cut to the Housing Trust Fund. At least $32 million of this will come from funding that has already been allocated and projects that may already be underway. The Housing Trust Fund is Washington’s most important means of providing safe, decent, and affordable housing. Without the Trust Fund, we can’t make progress towards our commitment to end homelessness. A cut this deep to projects that are already underway will not only…
