Non-Profit.
US Postage
PAID
Seattle, WA
Permit #1705
P.O. Box 1711
Seattle, WA 98111-1711
Empowering Homeless Women, Children and Families to Reclaim Their Lives
2015
Join us for coffee!
2nd Wednesday
of every month
at 8:00AM.
Mary’s Place Provides:
www.marysplaceseattle.org
Tributes and Memorials
Judith Hullin’s sister & brother
Lyla Jacobson’s 4 sisters
Jan
Steve Doherty
Bob Jarmick & Polly Zetterberg
Women of All Pilgrims Christian Doug at Doug’s Collision Center
Jayne, Marnie & Alison
Harold & Luella Drevecky’s 50th
Church
Judy & Jack’s Sisters & Brothers
Anniversary
Alvin Andrus
Karen & Charlie
Kimberlee Ely
Bill Anschell
Kathey, Emma & Will
The Emerson Family
Arn & Meg
Jan & Mike Keating
Nancy Emerson
Bob & Janyce Aura
Rachel Keller
Connor Farrell
Charles Bayer
Kellers, Kapps & Millers
Annika Filby
Cathy Beckley
Chris & Jin Kemple
The Fincher’s
Hannah Bennett
Kent Methodist Women
Madeline Fletcher
Carolyn Booth & Deni Stone
Joan Kertesz
Mikayla Fletcher
Rev. Flora Bowers
Janis Key
Suzanne Fletcher
Norm Bowler
Jean Kim
Brian & Laurie Flynn
Rozalyn Boyd & Guy Palagi
Kleweno Brothers
Mary & Jerry Freundlich
Lauren Brazell
Joel & Kim Krist
Marilee Gibbs
Miriam Brenner
Johnine Larsen
Mrs. Jan Gibson
Bridget’s wish
Maggie Larson
Sara Gillam
Peter Brosten
William Larter
Ann Gilpin
The Cady Family
Keith Latta
Valerie Gorder
Sissel Calhoun
Timothy Lauch
Elizabeth Greeniaus
Melissa Campana
Cathy Law & Angie Wolle
Ted & Mary Greeniaus
Claudia Campanile
Luna Levine
Sooze Bloom DeLeon Grossman
Barbara Campbell
Paula & Billy Lewis
Brian Gruber & Julie Vano
Pete & Glena Carroll
Margrit Lindal
Elizabeth Susan Gundlach
Mr. & Mrs. Chase Cassity
Butter London, Sarina Godin &
Joyce Hackenmiller
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Cassity
Team
Carolyn Hansen
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Cassity
The Macdougall Family
Marty Hartman
Julian Catford
Nancy Martin
Steven Hauschka
Monique Chatterjee
JJ McKay
Hazie
Chown Showcase
Pat & Mary Kay McPhillips
Harris Family
Sally Clark & Liz Ford
Meline McWhirter
Caitlin Harren
John Strausz Clement
Joyce Heritage & Day at the Ranch Olympia Meinert
Berta Cohen
Lyn Melton
Highland Park Elem. Staff
Helen Finch Cook
Maya Menon
The Hogue Family
Kathy Crews & Kevin Belcher
Mr. & Mrs. Hank Monteiro
Roberta Hollowell
Jewel E. Dickens
Tim Murray
Maria Rejane Hubli
In Honor:
Rene Murry
Kelli O’Brien
Kathleen O’Connor
Jeff, Karen, Linda, & George
Ojemann
Lacey O’Malley Bail Bond Agency
Mary Ott
The Ovens Family
Duanne Owen
Joan M.E. Peterson
Kevin Pierce
Courtney, Ryan & Brett Porter
Heather Post
Dorli Rainey
Mrs. Constance F. Ramsey
The Ramsey - Woolston Family
Dr. Ray Reinartz
Brianna & Hannah Rogers
Doris Schaefer
Nancy Scurlock & Tracey Yonick
Seattle Interiors
John & Polly Shigaki
Lauren Shimek
Mary Ann Simonetti
Kristina & Kurt Smith
Bob Stelton
Cinda Stenger
Tara Stillner
Betty Stumph
Susan’s Thanksgiving
Kristi Tollner
Sheila Trumbull
Myrtle Vandenbrink
Joanne Van Patten
Michelle Walker
Heidi Whalley
Norma Wells
Women’s Crisis Support Team
In Memory:
Paul Aburano
Ruby M. Anderson
Bob Balsley
Gyneth Heloese Bennett
Therese Billings
John C. Buckner
Gene Burnstin
Rodney Buston
Kay Cameron
Donna & Ken Chapman
Christine, Sally & Taylor
Molly Conley
Sara Jane Cottrell
Lauralee S. Cox
Mary Fruin Dodd
Dr. Dunning
Yvonne Franklin
Taylor Freeland
Etta Gabriel
Ann Galvin-Eisenhart
Mabel Patzner Greco
Gretchen
Marjorie Hallman
Dale Hanberg
Donna Hayes
Ellen Heman
Alene Hynson
Rosemary Jones
Margaret Knutson & Leland
Ellis
Emily Lambert
David Losh
Cyrus & Evelyn MacKean
Scott Marsh & Andrew
Miyashiro
Oren Nelson Miller
Claudia Mills’ mother
Jenny Montes
Kathleen Morrison
Mary Ann Mowrer
Philip J. Murphy
Mildred Muse
Myrna
Catherine Newell
Anne Newell-Jaggars
Dr. M.H. Niehaus
Philip Norris
Grace O’Malley
Dorothy Otis
Marie Parks
Dorothy Pearce
Peggy, Beloved Mom
Samuel & Ruth Emmerman Peizer
Eddie Peters
Mary Lou Rafello
Ethel Remington
Mary & David Rigwood
Lester Roberts
Margaret Rose
Virginia & Emanuel Scrudato
Virginia Sierer Snow
Donna Stone’s mother & sister
Rob Taylor
Tessie & Pearl
James Tysver
Ina Wallace & Gloria Pliskin
Charles & Catherine Wean
Bernice H. & Howard F. Weckel
Christine Weed
Margaret Weitzel
Dan Whalen
Mary Whiting
David F. Williams
Margaret Wilson
Jack Wood
Pat Wright
Hot Breakfast & Lunch
Hygiene, Showers & Laundry
Mail & Phone
Shelter Referrals
Family shelter and Meals
Children’s Programs & Snacks
Housing & Employment
Resources & Referral
Support Groups
Medical Care
Bastyr Naturopathic Clinic
Treatment Options & Referral
Counseling
YWCA Health Access Program
Clothing Distribution
Lingerie Program
Field Trips
Bon Mary’s Incentive Program
Volunteer Services
Community Service Site
Saturday Service
Homeless Women’s Choir
Women in Black
Hospital Outreach
Jail Visitation & Pen Pals
Remember!
When you shop at Amazon, use
Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.
com) and pick Mary’s Place as
your charity. A percentage of your
purchases will go to help homeless
women and children!
Winter
Crowdfunding Campaign
Raises over $300,000 and Mary’s Place
Opens Winter Emergency Family Shelter
More than 550 families, mostly single mothers and children, have no safe place to sleep at night. On November 12th,
a very generous and caring group of sponsors, Dick’s Drive-in Restaurants, evo, Evolution Projects, Vulcan Inc., the
Space Needle/Seattle Hospitality Group, and the Harrelson family, teamed up with the Seahawks Women’s Association
and kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to make sure that No Child Sleeps Outside this Winter.
With the help of additional donations from companies and organizations like Windermere Foundation, Lennar
Multifamily Communities, BECU, and the Scan Design Foundation, and an outpouring of support from the community,
the campaign reached and exceeded its ambitious goal of $250,000, raising more than $300,000 and donations
continue to pour in!
The Seahawks Women’s Association (SWA) visited Mary’s Place with Blitz and BOOM to kick-off the campaign and
arranged for many of our kids to visit the Seahawks training facility to meet players like Steve Hauschaka and Russell
Wilson, kick some field goals and throw some touchdowns!
“My family, our customers and employees at Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants, are gratified by the community’s response
to this campaign and proud to play a role.”said Saul Spady, President
of Cre8ive Empowerment, the creative force behind the campaign.
The funds are already at work helping to move families out of our
shelters and into permanent housing, paying first and last months
rent and providing moving assistance. And in early February, Mary’s
Place will open a temporary winter family crisis shelter in the Little
Saigon neighborhood of the International District.
The new Jackson Street shelter will house up to 20 families at night
in a building generously leased to us by the Low Income Housing
Institute (LIHI). The Jackson Street shelter will be open through April.
Lula’s Place Winter
Shelter Opens
Lula’s Place.
Thanks to the generosity of Vulcan, Inc., Lula’s Place, a night
shelter that is home to eight East African family members, opened in December in South Lake Union. Vulcan is
making the home available to our families for the winter months.
The house was the early office of Mary’s Place when it was a program of the Church of Mary Magdalene and we’re
excited to be back!
Lula is an East African name that means “abundance”, and there is certainly an abundance of love and hope at
Lula’s Place!
Board of Directors
Mary’s Place
Street Address:
1830 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1711
Seattle, WA 98111-1711
Phone: 206.621.8474
Email:
[email protected]
website:
marysplaceseattle.org
facebook:
facebook.com/
marysplacedaycenter
twitter:
marysplacewa
HO HO HOliday Fun!
Photo by Radford Creative
It was a busy holiday season at Mary’s Place! All through
December workplaces, churches, clubs, and organizations
distributed gift tags with gift requests for kids, moms, and
dads. Hundreds of our supporters contributed to the Gift
Fund online as well, and thanks to your generosity, Santa
was able to provide holiday magic to all our families!
to the spacious Seattle Center Exhibition Hall where we hosted a
Holly Jolly Holiday Party for nearly 700 homeless and low-income
men, women, and children on Saturday, December 13th. More than
400 volunteers made the day special by helping to spread holiday
cheer, greet guests, serve pizza, help kids shop for their parents at
the Santa Store, wrapped presents, and much more! Many guests
received warm coats; kids got party dresses and suits, and all
received a gift card for a new pair of shoes.
Our annual holiday party and meal got so big we moved it
The following week, merry elves from Starbucks – Latin American
A Message from Marty Hartman, Executive Director
EVERY
YEAR WE REPORT DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES THAT WE ARE SERVING, AND 2014 WAS NO EXCEPTION. At the end of January, the
Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness completed their annual One Night Count. At
least 3,772 men, women, and children were without shelter during the three-hour street count, a
21% increase over last year. This number is always assumed to be an undercount, because they
do not count everywhere, and because many people take great care not to be visible, including
families who are afraid of being separated.
Many believe that the economy is improving and the situation is getting better, but that’s not what we see at Mary’s Place.
Parents are working two jobs and it’s still not enough to make ends meet. Jobs and housing are still difficult to find for our most
vulnerable – immigrants, refugees, those with language barriers or an eviction in their past.
Last year, with the help of the City of Seattle, we opened Bianca’s Place in South Lake Union for 30 families including, for the first
time, single dads with children. Over the last two months we opened Lula’s Place and the Jackson Street Shelter, both temporary
winter night shelters that will shelter 60 family members. Across all six of our facilities we are currently providing shelter at night
for 220 people. But we need to do more. There are still too many families, parents with children, sleeping in places that are unfit
for human habitation. We need to bring them inside to safety and community.
We have ambitious plans for 2015! We will open a second day center location for single women without children, add additional
job training opportunities through partnerships with local businesses and organizations, refine our model of short-term,
emergency family stabilization services, and we will continue to empower women, children and families to reclaim their lives by
providing hope and love.
Thank you for all that you do to make our women and families feel safe, warm, and loved. Your donations of your time, clothing,
and financial gifts let our families know that someone cares. They do know, and we all are so grateful.
Looking forward to continuing to partner with you in 2015!
Marty
Mary’s Place had another incredible year of growth in 2014
THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS AND
VOLUNTEERS, we were able to open a fourth
emergency night shelter in South Lake Union,
Bianca’s Place, and nearly double the number
of overnight stays we provided to women,
children and families. We hired Lauren Santos
as our Kitchen Manager and, together with
organizations like Northwest Harvest, Food
Lifeline, and a team of volunteers, served just
under 150,000 meals, a 65% increase over
last year. Lots of clean laundry, warm showers,
and bandaids! The need continues to grow,
and, with your help, we’ll continue to meet it.
Division, U.S. Bank, Seattle Children’s Research Institute,
Redfin Seattle, Russell Investments, PEMCO Insurance,
Chasing Fireflies, Amazon, and Bank of America brought in
teams to help moms, dads, and grandmas shop for presents
for their kids, and wrapped gifts as well!
Santa visited Mary’s Place on December 22nd and we had
games, music, pictures, food and gifts all afternoon; and on
Christmas Day volunteers arrived at our four night shelters
with holiday dinner and festive activities for the families.
MARY’S PLACE
WISH LIST
Financial gifts
Backpacks, tote bags,
wheeled luggage
Blankets, sheets (twin size)
Breakfast cereal, milk, juice
Children’s winter jackets
Deodorant, razors
Diapers (sz. 4, 5, 6), pull-ups
baby wipes
Formula
Feminine hygiene products
Hair care products
Kids juice boxes, snacks
Laundry detergent
Rain coats, ponchos
Reading glasses
Shampoo, conditioner, soap
(travel size)
Thumb drives
Toothbrushes, toothpaste
Travel mugs
Umbrellas
Underwear, bras, socks
Whistles
Yarn, knitting supplies
Gift cards
$10+ for groceries
$20 for drug stores
Donations accepted 9:00am
– 3pm, Mon. – Fri. at our
Emergency Family Shelter at
314 Bell Street in Belltown.
For more info call
206.621.8474 or email:
[email protected].
After hours, call 206.448.3119
for drop off.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ELIZABETH STEIN
JJ McKay, Chair
Tina Atabaki
Mary Bacarella
Brandon Bird
Pat Borchers
Claudia Campanile
Barbara Campbell
Lynne Cobb
Jan Drago
Joan Ernest
Suzanne Fletcher
Mark Hatcher
Mary Klein
Dan McGrady
Linda Mitchell
Kara Murphy
Megan Murphy
Doug Prince
Saul Spady
Katrina Strand
Michelle Walker