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12736 33rd Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125
W I N T E R 2015 N E W S L E T T E R
SAVE THE DATE!
WITH APPRECIATION
Spaghetti Dinner
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F A L L 2014 N E W S L E T T E R
In 2014 North
Helpline served
an average 1,600
clients each week,
distributed 1.175
million pounds of
food throughout the
year- the equivalent
of 900,000 meals,
and provided
$30,930 to families
facing evictions,
utility shut offs, and
seeking help to move
into a new home.
ARE YOU READY FOR SPAGHETTI?
STAY IN TOUCH
2/20 5-8 pm
The holidays are always a busy
hundreds of neighbors struggling
budget exponentially to fill our
Join us for our annual
time of year, but this past season
to access adequate food and
food bank with nutritious foods.
Spaghetti Dinner,
truly was a whirlwind! Besides
housing as well. Our 2015 budget
sponsored by the Lake
our food bank distribution days
will increase the funding for
These adjustments will make for
City Lions and the North
of holiday foods and meat, we
financial assistance in Emergency
a healthier community, where
Seattle Chamber of
had many elves handing out toys
Services so that we will be able
worries over getting enough
Commerce
to our families and grandparents
to prevent evictions and utility
protein for a growing child’s diet
who wanted the youngest
shut offs for five more families
and having lights on during our
Care to Share?
members of their famlies to
each month! This year’s budget
short, dark Seattle months is
Whole Foods at
have something to open on the
also increases our food buying
lessened.
Roosevelt Square
holidays they celebrate.
3/25 - 3rd Wednesday
All day
We are deeply moved by the
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generosity of our community
purchases will go to
which made it possible for us
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to help feed 2,028 people and
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Care to Share?
in just three days! We were also
Wedgwood Ale House
lucky to have Christmas trees,
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& Cafe
wreaths, poinsettias, and even 40
4/16 - 3rd Thurday
pairs of new orthopedic shoes
All day
donated by Dr. Rion Berg and the
distribute gifts for 607 children
Sponsored by the Lake City
There will be games, raffles, and
may be bought at the door or in
30% of your order will
Foot and Ankle Center of Lake
Lions Club and the North Seattle
plenty of friendly faces from our
advance at our office. Beer and
benefit North Helpline
City to last some people through
Chamber of Commerce, our
community!
wine will also be available for
annual Spaghetti Dinner will be
held at the Lake City Community
Center on Friday, February 20th
from 5 to 8 pm.
purchase.
the winter.
Empty Bowls
5/3 - Sunday
We are grateful that we reached
for children 12 and under. A meal
The best part is 100% of the
12-3 pm
our $75,000 campaign goal by
of spaghetti, salad, bread, and
proceeds will go direcly to North
at St. Matthew’s School
the end of 2014! Our success
dessert will be served. Tickets
Helpline! That’s amore!
Mark your calendars!
translates into success for
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5
Exerchiciam non reicite mporehent
tecusdam, officto.
Mayor Murray worked in the food bank during
Christmas Eve distribution
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F A L L 2014 N E W S L E T T E R
WHY LYNN GIVES
Lynn can’t remember how or when she first
heard about North Helpline but she knows
the Lake City community well, having lived
in the area since 1990. She volunteered at
the Food Bank occasionally years ago, but
now she doesn’t have the same availability.
Lynn still wants to give back when she can.
Last year she signed up to be a monthly
donor.
Monthly giving makes more sense for
Lynn. She ultimately gives more now than
she did annually, but less is disbursed at
one time– $15 each month adds up to
quite a bit at the end of the year! Lynn is
incredibly generous and gives annually
to at least three other organizations
throughout the year, so giving monthly to
North Helpline is much simpler for her.
With the monthly giving option Lynn is
able to make North Helpline a priority
without the worry about accidentally
forgetting to mail a check or make an
online donation every month.
F A L L 2014 N E W S L E T T E R
FOOD DRIVES
Nancy of Northaven
delivers food donations
We have been fortunate that so many
organizations and businesses held
food drives for our food bank. Deck the
Donations was the most successful
business holiday food drive yet. The
winners of our awards were Lake City
House, Wedgwood Ale House & Cafe, the
Foot & Ankle Center of Lake City, All That
Dance, and Kaffeeklatsch in collaboration
with the Lake City Farmers’ Market.
Generous schools held food drives leading
up to Thanksgiving and the holidays too.
Our Lady of the Lake’s 6th grade class
collected 2,037 pounds of food, Lakeside
Upper Academy collected 645 pounds of
We are grateful for Lynn and for the dozen
other members of our monthly donor
club. It’s wonderful to know that there
are people we can count on to show their
support every month, and who are proud
to call themselves monthly donors.
food, and Northwest Montessori collected
toy donations along with food for our
December gift distribution. Northhaven
Retirement Community, made up of low
income seniors, was especially giving. They
visited us multiple times, donating 219
pounds of food most recently!
INCREASED FUNDING FOR THOSE
FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS
COMINGS AND
GOINGS
Taylor Snell has joined the North Helpline
team as our Community Outreach
AmeriCorps VISTA. Taylor is from Reno and
received his BA in Political Science and
Psychology from the University of Nevada,
Reno, in 2013. In his spare time he enjoys
rooting for the Seahawks and the Mariners.
· Phillip Tasto · Richard Rosenberry
· Barbara McGrath · Laurie Radin ·
Lisa Gold-Schier · Nathan Cosgray
· Raymond & Krista Cromwell ·
Cathy Gerber · Stella Laurenzo
· Lori & Pete Bawden · Allison
Voinot · Deboarah Reynolds · Mark
Skowronski · Julie Meyer · Lawrence
Boucher · Wafiyah Othman · Steven
& Gloria Packard · Stephen & Trudy
Warren · Rachel Sharber · Michael
Garrett · Matthew & Susan Nadler ·
Lisa Koeing · Al & Nancy Johnston
· Arlene Sellereite & Eva Fletcher ·
Cindi Berkovich-Parry & Seth Cohen ·
Claudia Mazzie-Ballheim & Brandon
help find other agencies that
have been able to increase our
would help pay her bill. Once she
Emergency Services budget for
was down to $100 on her bill,
financial assistance in preventing
North Helpline was able to give
evictions, utility shut offs, and
her the last $100, enabling Judy
helping people move in to new
to use what she saved towards
residences. Now 60 more people
other expenses.
will be helped this year than in
Jeremy Kay will be joining North Helpline
in February as our newest Distribution
Manager. Jeremy is an experienced
warehouse coordinator with a desire to
divert as much food as possible from
landfills and compost bins.
The Foot and Ankle Center of Lake City’s Dr. Rion
and Lynn donated 40 pairs of new shoes!
After two years with North Helpline Kelly
is stepping into the Executive Director
position in February. She is excited to
continue to serve this community and
about what lies ahead for North Helpline.
Kelly is currently working on her Masters of
Nonprofit Leadership at Seattle U.
Madeline is happy to be staying with
North Helpline as Community Outreach
Coordinator, after completing her VISTA year
of service. She is now coordinating food
drives and communications.
We are also preparing to wish a very happy
re-retirement to Kay in May after over ten
years with North Helpline!
Ballheim · Robert Moore · Mary Jo
Lux · Liz Zapalac · Ed Ringness ·
Tammy Banua · Jack Kelly · James &
Mary Bicknell · Daniel Hathaway ·
Dick Derham · Harry & Mary Myers
· Janet & Bowersox · Jenny Pang ·
Lynn & Jerry Edmonds · Pieter &
Jeanne Cornelissen · Lorraine Bartosh
· Keith Bruce · Debbie Huntington
· James Golubich · Tom Noguchi ·
Andrew Glass · Allison Regan · Kevin
& Heather Leneway · Peter & Becky
Nelson · Sally Renn · Chris Williams
· Alisa & Ken Malloch · Angela &
Jeremy Foster · Brianna Constable
· Chris Altwegg · Clarence Cross ·
2014! We know there are so many
Mariana is another neighbor
people out there weathering
who came to us seeking financial
hard times and struggling to stay
support. A few months ago she
afloat. It is a reminder to us all
received an eviction notice from
that it really doesn’t take much
her apartment building. Mariana
to lose balance when one of your
lives alone and the only work
support systems is unexpectedly
she has is a part time job with
taken away.
no benefits, housekeeping at
a downtown hotel. Although
Judy came to us a few years ago
she only works three days a
for help with a light bill. She has
week the work is hard and can
had a challenging time making
aggravate her lungs, which are
her payments ever since she was
still recovering from a long case
first laid off in 2001. Shortly after
of pneumonia. Mariana is very
that she was diagnosed with
grateful for North Helpline.
leukemia. She put off starting the
very expensive treatment because
she wanted to focus on her job
search. Eventually she began to
Candy&Potter of 103.7 FM with their Volunteer Army
concentrate on her health. “Thank
God I have health insurance,” Judy
says.
THANK YOU, FRIENDS OF NORTH HELPLINE!
During the month of December
we were overwhelmed by your
kindness. Brenda Nissely · Dennis
Duffell · Donna & Fred Austin
· Eric Youngblut· Gordon & Liz
Bawden · Jan & Peter Shapiro ·
John Wedgwood & Kathleen Turner
· Kathryn Dugaw, · Kevin & Ann
Hilman · Kirsten Fatland · Kristin
Gray · Lois Chanslor · Maridee Garvey
· Mary Deyoung · Michael Haynes ·
Monte Szendre · Norman Pearson·
Sarah Peterson · Shelby Hopkins
& Ed Eiker · Thomas Jr. & Barbara
Rona · Timothy Keller · V. Nagarajan ·
Weeks Family · Mark & Linda Secord
Thanks to your support we
Times are still tough for Judy,.
Since being laid off and falling ill
Denice Chase · Diane & Matthew
Wies · Janine & Bruce Johnson ·
Jeff & Cathy Hammer · Mary &
MacKenzie Smith · Dorothy & Lar
Fitch · Richard Hobbs · Mildred
& Shig Tsutsumi · Mark & Janelle
Walhout · Irma Mathisen · Gretchen
& Daniel Taflin · Georgiana Jacobsen
· Christopher & Lori Frey Butler ·
Bonita Carlson · Cassie Wallender
· William Price · Talon Swanson ·
Susan Scumacher-James · Sandi
Gray · Phyllis Yasuda · Lesley Jacobs
· Father Timothy Clark · Ellie Mohr ·
and many, many others! Thank you!
“When I wasn’t
working and was very
sick I had no food
and no way to pay my
rent. They helped me
get food and kept me
from being evicted.
I’m so appreciative,”
Mariana says.
she has lost confidence in herself
Mimi Jung of KING 5 and
her daughter volunteer
A client shops at the food
bank
and admits that she doesn’t like
When we hear these stories it
to leave her house very much. She
reminds us that these services
receives SNAP benefits and uses
are truly needed. We know that
our food bank regularly but after
having adequate housing and
her mortgage, water bill, light
basic necessities is essential to
bill, and credit card payments
living a higher quality of life.
her money is gone. A few years
Having stable housing means
ago she came to us for help with
that securing a steady job, raising
her light bill. Emergency Services
a family, and staying healthy is
volunteers worked with her to
made that much easier.
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