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Local Action Fair
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46th District Democrats ”Local Action Fair”Making it Easy for You |
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Organizations serving North Seattle will have tables and discuss how you and your family can be involved. Featuring: food banks, tutoring programs, community councils, groups working to save trees, improve our local schools, improve our parks, or address development and transportation issues. Learn about the work of many local non-profits and community groups serving our District. Find out how you can help - whether you have an hour a month or ten hours to volunteer, high school community service hours to earn, or how your emails and comments help our community. The Local Action Fair will feature over two dozen local groups. Questions or info: Gerry Pollet, Program chair (gerry-pollet@msn.com), or Elizabeth Willmott, Outreach chair (elizabethwillmott1977@gmail.com) |
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The 46th District Democrats would like to thank all of the organizations serving our community's needs and their volunteers. We were pleased to host our first (annual) Local Action Fair on February 19th to connect our members and the public with the wonderful work and volunteer opportunities of the following groups. Please use this guide to offer your time to help in our community, or if a student is looking for community service hours.
You can see pictures from this event on our Slideshow.
Community Councils
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| Meadowbrook Community Council | Renee Barton http://www.meadowbrookcouncil.org/ |
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| Broadview Community Council | Dale Johnson, Pres. 206-362-2980 Dean Fournier, Nancy Malmgren http://www.broadviewcc.info/ |
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| Pinehurst Community Council | Rene Staton reneeastaton@hotmail.com |
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| Greenwood Community Council & N. Seattle Boys & Girls Club | Kate Martin, Pres. of Greenwood CC katemartin@comcast.net | North Seattle Boys and Girls Club is and important need that Greenwood Community Council is working for. |
| Friends for a Greater Maple Leaf Park | Donna Hartman-Miller reservoirpark@MapleLeafCommunity.org |
Planning and advocating for the new park to lid Maple Leaf Reservoir. Give your input on design choices. A project of Maple Leaf Community Council |
| Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors (GAIN) | http://www.gainseattle.com/ | GAIN is a group of active neighbors working together to enhance community and decrease crime in the area around the Aurora Corridor north of Woodland Park, south of 95th. |
Environmental Organizations
| Thornton Creek Alliance | Cheryl Klinker cakaea@comcast.net |
Learn about how you can help restore and protect Thornton Creek. |
| Thornton Creek Park Six | Ruth Williams ruthalice@comcast.net |
Volunteer at this table for restoration and stewardship for Thornton Creek Park Six (near Northgate). You will find info for the proposal to name the park Alice Bryant Peace Park on Thornton Creek. |
| Friends of Magnuson Park; Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance (MESA); Sandpoint Community Liaison Committee |
Bonnie Miller Peggy Printz (publisher@studyusa.com); Neale Weaver, Dorian Tremaine; friendsofmagnusonpark@comcast.net mesaseattle@gmail.com |
These 3 organizations are committed to the Protection of Magnuson Park, stewardship and restoration, protection wetlands and wildlife, and community access |
| Carkeek Park Advisory Council & Carkeek Watershed Community Acton Project | Nancy Malmgren; Dean Fournier (marydean@cs.com) | These 2 organizations are focused on Carkeek Park. Stop by to learn about their Earth Day projects and year round stewardship of Carkeek Park |
| Moontown Foundation | Stacy Noland stacy@moontownfoundation.org | This organization is working to ending environmental, social, and economic injustice by removing existing barriers that prevent historically disadvantaged communities from successfully participating in the emerging green, post-carbon, economy. |
| Sustainable NE Seattle & NEST (North East Seattle Trails) | Toni Higgs toni@2people.org | Sustainable NE Seattle is working to "Transition our community to sustainability." They have numerous projects for you to participate in. NEST is a newly forming organization creating a trail network as well as promoting walking in our community |
| Citizens’ Climate Lobby | Guillaume Mauger guillaume.mauger@alumni.ucsd.edu | This is a grassroots group intended to create the political will for a sustainable climate. |
| Cascade Bike Club | Serena Lehman serena.lehman@cascadebicycleclub.org | Advocacy group for transit and bicycle / pedestrian oriented development as well as bike trail and safety advocacy. They have many volunteer opportunities |
| Save the Trees | Steve Zemke; stevezemke@msn.com | Working to protect the trees at Ingraham High School. |
| Aquaculture Impact, Protect Puget Sound | Sylvia Haven syviahaven@mac.com | Geoduck and farmed fish aquaculture are harming Puget Sound. Learn how you can help protect the Sound. |
Social Service Organizations
| Ryther Child Center | http://www.ryther.org/howyoucanhelp/howyoucanhelp.htm RobinB@ryther.org | Ryther Child Center on 95th just east of Lake City Way provides counseling and a full spectrum of services in a cottage-style environment to help troubled kids and teens lead better lives. They say, "Its never too late to have a happy childhood." |
| SHARE/Wheel | Scott Morrow 517-9011 www.sharewheel.org | SHARE/WHEEL provides administrative services for Tent Cities and Nickelsville. Tent Cities are portable, self-managed communities of up to 100 homeless men and women and 14 shelters. Tent Cities are democratically organized. They operate with a strict Code of Conduct which requires sobriety, nonviolence, cooperation and participation. |
| Nickelsville & Veterans for Peace | Scott Morrow 517-9011 | Nickelsville is a homeless shantytown operating on similar principles to Share/Wheel which will accommodate up to 1,000 people. |
| Sandpoint Community Housing / Solid Ground | Humberto Alvarez 694-6752 www.solid-ground.org Contact: Kira Zylstra 206-517-5499 | Sand Point Community Housing operates 94 units of transitional housing for homeless youth, families and single adults, at Magnuson Park. The program provides case management and other services that Sand Point residents need to achieve stability, security and confidence to improve their lives. Since 1999, more than 1,600 people have stayed at Sand Point in their journey from homelessness to stability. Solid Ground, formerly known as the Fremont Public Association, manages the facilities and will be developing up to 106 additional units onsite. |
| Lakeview Women's Shelter | Tuvette McCroskey 522-1465 www.lakeviewchurch.qwestoffice.net/ | The Lakeview Women's Shelter is a community-based partnership between Lakeview Free Methodist Church and SHARE/WHEEL which provides safe shelter for up to 10 homeless women a night. |
| Compass Center | Rick Friedhoff 357-3102 www.compasscenter.org Contact: Kristi Weber 206-357-3142 | The Compass Center provides transitional and emergency services for homeless men, women, and children at 15 locations in the Puget Sound region. The Compass Center offers unique services and structured programs that promote the dignity of each person and lead individuals from homelessness to independence and healthy community life. The Compass Center provides a continuum of services that includes hygiene centers, day shelters, counseling, banking and mail services for people still surviving on the street; emergency overnight shelters; transitional housing in group settings; and permanent low-income housing. |
| PeoplePoint: Bridge to Benefits | www.peoplepoint.info Contact: Susan McCallister 206-684-0355 | PeoplePoint: Bridge to Benefits Initiative is a cooperative effort between The City of Seattle Human Services Department and Public Health-Seattle and King County. They work with community volunteers, provide one-stop access to several benefit programs for low-income to moderate income families and individuals. The program was formerly known as Help for Working families. |
| Maple Leaf Lutheran Homeless Shelter & Meadowbrook Community Care | Terry Vogel ml.outreach@comcast.net 729-9930 | Meadowbrook Community CARE (MC2) is a new community nonprofit which partners with Maple Leaf Lutheran Church and the larger community. Nightly Shelter, Adult ESL, Grade School Tutoring, Urban Creek Stewardship and other civic projects that support the community is the main focus. We serve primarily the North Seattle community but do vision are larger serving area in the future |
| North Help Line & Lake City Food Bank | 206-367-3477 Kay Hardie, Mngr northhelplinefoodbank@comcast.net | These organizations do more than just food. They provide emergency rent and utilities funds, have a medical clinic on Saturdays, work with VETs, have a baby cupboard with diapers/formula, etc, and much more. They are currently fundraising for new building. They are doing great with national, city and county funding, but they desperately need local funds to move ahead. |
| Health Care for All / Physicians for a National Health Plan – Western Washington | Chuck Richards www.healthcareforallwa.org http://www.pnhpwesternwashington.org/ | Health Care for All – Washington advocates for secure, affordable and comprehensive health care coverage for all Washington residents implemented through a unified financing system. |
Education Organizations
| League Ed Voters | Lisa Macfarlane , 46th PCO http://www.educationvoters.org/ | The League of Education Voters is a statewide advocacy organization that focuses on what is best for our one million school children. They push for the resources and the reforms that our public schools need. Find out what is hot in Olympia with education and how you can help at their table. |
| Schools First | Lisa Macfarlane lisa@educationvoters.org | Advocates for school levies and support in Seattle – upcoming |
| NE Cluster Coalition | Geeta Teredesai Holly Barker http://www.neclustercoalition.org/ | Learn about status of overcrowding in North Seattle schools, plans to address this issue and opportunities for involvement |
| Model UN Club UW | Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about civics, effective communication, globalization and multilateral diplomacy. |
This list is currently under construction.
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