Our services are unique in that they combine direct services with community organizing, helping Latino immigrants meet their immediate needs and become key spokespeople in the fight to build a more equitable future for all immigrants. Employment – We offer job dispatch for day laborers and domestic workers, helping workers meet their immediate financial needs. Education – In addition to teaching free English language classes for immigrant workers, we offer them job skills, health and safety, and worker rights workshops. Community Organizing – Because we believe that those most affected by racial and socioeconomic inequities are the most qualified to propose and enact solutions, we develop strong voices in the Latino community through activities such as civic engagement, immigration reform advocacy, women’s leadership groups, and day laborer and domestic worker organizing. To learn more about becoming involved at Casa Latina as a volunteer or donor, please visit our website: www.casa-latina.org. Esta información está disponible en español en la sección titulada "general information."
The Red Cross is an international humanitarian Movement dedicated to saving lives.
This unique race to the top of the Columbia Center in full combat gear and self contained breathing apparati (SCBA) is the largest individual firefighter competition in the world. The Scott Firefighter Stairclimb supports the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, raising money through sponsorships, individual and department fundraising, and entry fees.
Besides providing food for over more than 370 partner programs, Northwest Harvest operates the Cherry Street Food Bank in downtown Seattle. Cherry Street is one of the busiest food banks in the state, providing nearly 1.5 million meals annually. We serve people of all backgrounds. These are our neighbors in need. As one of our volunteers said, “If you stand here long enough, you'll see yourself walk through that door.” Many find it difficult to seek help, so we try to make our clients as comfortable as possible, welcoming them with a smile and asking only for enough information to make sure we're meeting client need. On full-service days, clients choose items such as dry grains, canned goods and fresh produce. Protein products are distributed on the last Monday and Wednesday of each month. Sack lunches are ready for those without cooking facilities. More than 900 sack lunch packages, including freshly-made sandwiches, are regularly distributed each Monday and Wednesday. On Thursdays, Cherry Street Food Bank's Baby Day provides infant formula and jarred baby food for our youngest clients. Diapers distributed when available. The presence of a child or proof of child's age (WIC card, birth certificate, immunization record, etc.) is required to receive Baby Day items.
Lifelong is the leading community health organization that serves people with chronic illnesses, including HIV/AIDS, in Western Washington. We believe all people have a right to a roof over their head, healthy food to eat, and access to affordable healthcare. Lifelong delivers food, housing, and health services; collaborates with community organizations on the prevention and care of chronic disease; and advocates for effective HIV/AIDS policy. Simply put —we make health work. Events, like our annual Seattle AIDS Walk, Gay Bingo, and Dining Out For Life, raise both awareness and financial support for people who are ill and faced with poverty.
Wellspring Family Services is a nonprofit, multi-service agency that helps families move through trauma and reach their full potential. COMMUNITY SERVICES: Through our charitable services, we help homeless families find and keep stable housing. We offer early learning to 100 homeless children annually, focusing on their social and emotional needs as well as intellectual growth to mitigate the effects of trauma and get them ready for kindergarten. We offer counseling and domestic violence intervention. Each year we serve more than 5,000 low-income and vulnerable families and individuals in Seattle and King County, helping them break the debilitating cycles of instability, homelessness, and adversity to achieve positive, permanent change in their lives. When you donate or volunteer through Wellspring Family Services, you are benefiting our community service programs. Wellspring Family Services also runs two social enterprise agencies: Wellspring Counseling and Wellspring Employee Assistance Program. COUNSELING: Our Seattle and Eastside therapists work with individuals, couples, and families to navigate life’s challenges and explore possibilities. We offer parenting support; classes and workshops; and individual, couple, and family counseling. We also offer training and workshops for mental health counselors. EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: We help organizations harness the strength of their workforce by providing responsive EAP services that help employers and employees reach their full potential.
For over 40 years, Neighborcare Health has provided quality, affordable health care for our most vulnerable neighbors. We focus on providing care to low-income and uninsured families and individuals, seniors on fixed incomes, immigrants, and the homeless. We ask everyone to pay what they can, but no one is turned away due to inability to pay.
The Project Room is a multidisciplinary art center that provides a platform for the exchange of ideas within the intersection of different artistic disciplines. The Project Room aims to be inclusive in all of its endeavors, featuring different points of view and areas of expertise in all areas of creativity and community that can carry meaning for anyone. In addition to the arts, programs will touch on history, geography, industry, and other areas that intersect with the specific topic of focus. During 2011/2012, The Project Room will ask the question, "Why Do We Make Things?" Critical discourse is an essential element of The Project Room. With this in mind, The Project Room publishes The Project Room Off Paper, an online journal that follows the themes presented in The Project Room through thoughtful writing and other relevant online content. Off Paper continues the conversation that is taking place in TPR for audiences everywhere.
Forgotten Dogs is a foster home based rescue organization located in Washington State. Who We Rescue Over and over, dogs are abandoned at shelters only to live out their lives in a kennel, being passed by time and time again until their time finally runs out. Through no fault of their own, these dogs aren’t adopted because they have something “wrong” with them: the “wrong” color, the “wrong” look, the “wrong” age, and most commonly, the “wrong” breed. These are the dogs we save. Even worse is when a dog isn’t even taken to the shelter. Some are abandoned outside of town. Some exist on the end of a chain or are otherwise neglected or abused. These are the dogs we save. Sometimes it’s the dog’s owner who is down on their luck and can no longer afford to care for their dog, but want to ensure he or she goes to a loving, forever home. These are the dogs we save. These dogs can be any breed, but we primarily focus on Pit Bulls and other bully breeds. They are the ones most likely to die in shelters, and the ones who need an advocate to ensure they don’t end up in the wrong hands. We save the dogs that need help the most, the dogs whose time has run out, the dogs who have lost all hope—the forgotten dogs. Our Commitment Once a dog enters Forgotten Dogs Rescue, we’re committed to it for life. Our dogs live in private foster homes where they receive love and attention and learn to be wonderful members of the family. They receive all necessary medical care, no matter the cost. If they come to us with behavioral issues, we invest in training. No matter what, we are committed to do whatever is necessary to make them adoptable and find them amazing forever homes. And if at any point an adoption doesn’t work out, we will always welcome the dog back into our program. We make a promise to all of our dogs that they will never again be forgotten. Sad Beginnings, Happy Endings Although most of our dogs have sad beginnings, they all have happy endings! We strive to place our dogs in the best possible homes for them, taking into account the needs and requirements of both the dog and the adopter.
Contributions to GreaterGood.org, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible in the U.S. for computing income and estate taxes. All donors will receive a receipt of their donations in the mail or via e-mail for tax purposes. To learn more, visit http://www.greatergood.org.
CRB approaches this by intentionally reaching across ethnic, religious, and language barriers to provide services and focuses on a community-based system of training to enhance basic life skills, and crisis resolution skills.
Densho is a Japanese term meaning "to pass on to the next generation," or to leave a legacy. The legacy we offer is an American story of how fear and hate forced the U.S.government to incarcerate 120,000 innocent people because of their ancestry. Tom Ikeda is the executive director of Densho, a nonprofit that uses digital technology to share the stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. We share our resources to expand awareness of the country's diverse history, to stimulate critical thinking, and to help ensure that democratic principles are upheld now and in the future.
The CDCC’s “Pathways Program” is tailored to evaluate small businesses and provide valuable feedback to the business owners which identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the business and offers recommendations and referrals to various subject matter experts or resource agencies that will work with the business to enhance their overall business capabilities.
Career Bridge began in 2012, following a spate of gun violence and deaths in Seattle. Career Bridge was initially developed and piloted as a collaborative effort between the City of Seattle and community partners to address the disproportionate rates of violence and trauma. Research showed to be experienced by men of color, particularly African American men. Career Bridge was created to connect African- American men and other men of color who experience multiple barriers to employment, education and training with jobs and other necessary support. Originally managed jointly by the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development and Human Services Department. Career Bridge was developed through an ongoing partnership with community sponsors and supporters (a network of formal and informal groups with strong ties and existing relationships within the community.) This innovative and community driven model recognizes and builds on the strengths of existing community networks. Strong personal relationships, grassroots implementation and participant empowerment through shared leadership and accountability differentiate Career Bridge from other services provided to its target population. The Career Bridge Program model brings together workforce training, social services, as well as grassroots community support networks in order to provide relevant and comprehensive approach to assist participants with obtaining the abilities and skills needed to achieve short term economic and personal stability. Using a cohort model, individuals enter and progress through Career Bridge as a group. Participants benefit from the mutual motivation, encouragement and collaborative learning that occurs within a cohort model. Participants peers also become an important part of their network of support.
We are a membership organization of 40 groups, including domestic violence and sexual assault service programs, related social service agencies, health care providers, and criminal justice and government based agencies and departments. We help our member organizations not only do their work, but do their work better. The Coalition is unique in that we are the only agency serving King County that is able to focus its resources on improving relevant policies and practices around domestic and sexual violence. We are a regional leader in efforts to end domestic violence and sexual assault, and a central resource where government officials, service agencies, the media, and community members go for information, training, and technical assistance. In our role as an “intermediary” organization, we indirectly impact the lives of thousands of survivors of abuse in our community each year.
The Community Center for Education Results (CCER) is a nonprofit organization working to support the Road Map Project. This Facebook page is maintained by CCER.
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