If you are someone who needs help this Thanksgiving or know of someone, check out the information below: On Thanksgiving Day, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission expects to serve an estimated 1,200 meals. In September, the Mission launched its third annual One Meal … One Hope Campaign...
I have posted multiple times about the Bread of Life Mission and of the services they do for the homeless in our neighborhood. I received an announcement a little while ago about an expansion of their services: I wanted to let you know about an exciting...
Check out the press release I received from the Union Gospel Mission (my neighbor): Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission expects to serve 167,000 meals from now until December 31st – a 20 percent increase! That is why the 1Meal … 1Hope campaign is so important. The headlines hurt....
Two months ago, I did a post about a Great City brownbag, where people came together from around the city to brainstorm ideas for how to revitalize Pioneer Square. Shortly after posting it, someone commented that we hadn't included any homeless in the discussion. At...
Every January, volunteers throughout Seattle and King County come together in a combined effort to determine the number of homeless people who are either sleeping in the streets or in shelters. This effort is called the “One Night Count” (see posts here and here). The...
The Bread of Life is an incredible mission in Pioneer Square (see a post regarding their Drive by Fooding Program here, or a post introducing 5 bread of life residents). When talking to Leah Swindon, the Marketing + Communications Director, about their Drive-by-Fooding program, she...
Update: I have contacted Real Change and we have a meeting + tour planned. After talking with friends and coworkers, I realize that when I posted this a week or so ago, that I framed the conversation in the wrong way. I think Real Change is...
I have to be honest -- when I initially saw this advertised, my first reaction was negative. Over the past 8 months, I have heard a lot of feedback from Pioneer Square residents that they are tired of church organizations and people with good intentions...
See how many of these questions you know: (no cheating) The number of Senators in Washington The number of Representatives in the WA House of Reps The number of legislative districts with low-income people The name of your Senator and two reps? The state gem (answers listed at the end of...
Link to Part 1, Social Link to Part 2, Economic Link to Part 3, Political Link to Part 4, Physical The Revitalization Committee for Pioneer Square is meeting again tomorrow morning (open to the public) to continue the discussion about revitalizing our neighborhood. I've been posting clips from the...