Seattle, WA

Although I don’t see any Thanksgiving events in the works, I know that these two food banks are in desperate need of donations, whether you give canned goods or money or your time. All would be appreciated:

West Seattle Food Bank
White Center Food Bank

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8th Annual Jam for Cans
Highway 99 Blues Club, 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle.
November 13th, 2008
Doors open at 5:00 - Show starts at 6:00
$$$: $8 or 8 cans of food

Enjoy a great night of live music, raffles and fun for Northwest Harvest. Over 30 of the Northwest’s most talented blues musicians performing. One hundred percent of the proceeds and food donations collected during the show will benefit Northwest Harvest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing hunger in Washington State. This year there is an overwhelming demand to help fill Northwest Harvest Food Bank. With the rise and demand for food and a drop in donations, there is a 10% increase for food from last year. Families are having to make choices between food, fuel or utilities. Washington state has ranked the eighth in the nation for the worst hunger problem. So this years 8th annual Jam for Cans show is more important than ever. The Northwest Harvest truck will be parked out front of the Highway 99 Blues Club and drive by donations are also welcome. Please come by the Highway 99 on Nov.13th to share in an evening of music, raffles, fun and support the Jam for Cans effort to help eliminate hunger in our state.

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2nd Annual Seattle Turkey Trot

Above Golden Gardens Park (32nd Ave NW and NW 85th St)
Thursday, November 27nd, 2008 - 9:00 AM
$$$: $20 entry fee, which includes a short sleeve t-shirt.

Get out and walk or run and help raise money for the Ballard Food Bank!

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Gethsemane Lutheran Church

911 Stewart Street (across for Greyhound)
Time Frame: 8AM - 2:30PM
Cut-off Date: Tuesday, November 25th

Help prepare, serve and clean up a wonderful Thanksgiving Day meal for Seattle’s homeless/low income community. Volunteers who have participated in the past found the experience heart-warming, a great way to give to the community, and, a whole bunch of fun. Volunteers arrive around 8:00 AM to set up tables and prepare the meal. Dinner guests arrive around 11:30 AM and volunteers serves coffee and offer fellowship to folks as they arrive. We begin to serve dinner from around noon to 1:30 PM and clean up is usually done by 2:30 PM. You are very welcome to attend the Thanksgiving Day Service at 10:00 AM.

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City Team Ministries

904 Elliott Ave West
Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 206.352.1300

In celebration of Thanksgiving CityTeam Seattle is hosting a special dinner for our poor and homeless neighbors. On Sunday, November 23rd we will be serving up a warm Thanksgiving dinner to each hungry and homeless person who comes through our doors. During the holidays the poor and homeless can feel even more isolated so we want to reach out to them and give them hope.

If you are interested in volunteering for this event please contact Steve Randle at 206.352.1300 or at srandle@cityteam.org

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Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission

This Thanksgiving, you can offer a meal, hope and a chance for new life to the poor, homeless and hurting in Seattle. And it costs just $1.92. That means for just $28.80, you can provide meals for 15 hurting folks! Or feed 25 hungry neighbors for $48!

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission serves every meal with a generous portion of respect and dignity. For those who are accustomed to being treated with contempt and even disgust . . . this kindness can be life-changing. Plus, they offer each of their guests exactly the help they need to get off the streets for good: job training, domestic violence recovery, addiction treatment and more! For information on volunteering, click here.

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