Posts Tagged ‘gifts-in-kind’
Charity Choice Monday – Disabled American Veterans – RealChange 69
Disabled American Veterans provides transportation services, employment counseling, assistance applying for benefits and more to our demobilized military personnel. Disabled American Veterans accepts vehicles.
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – REST – Real Escape from the Sex Trade – RealChange 68
REST – Real Escape from the Sex Trade. Quoted from its website: “We were founded in November 2009 by a small team of women who recognized that very few services existed to meet the needs of sexually exploited individuals—and we set out to see how we could help, driven by the belief that everyone is…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Northwest Family Life – RealChange 67
Northwest Family Life. Quoted from its website: “We are a network of counselors committed to our mission of assisting “individuals and families in finding hope and healing when facing the pain of domestic violence, trauma and related issues.” We are a 50(c)3 non-profit dedicated to providing education and therapy within Washington State. We provide services…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – New Beginnings – RealChange 66
New Beginnings. Quoted from its website: “Founded in 1976, New Beginnings’ mission is to empower survivors and mobilize community awareness and action to end domestic violence. We are the only full service agency in Seattle whose primary mission is to serve domestic violence survivors. With over 40 years of established history, New Beginnings has become…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – LifeWire – RealChange 65
LifeWire. Quoted from its website: “Everyone needs a safe and healthy home to reach their highest potential and fully contribute to our community. At LifeWire, we help adults, children, and youth who have been impacted by domestic violence to build safer, healthier homes by offering support, resources, and professional services including survivor advocacy, mental health…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Dawn Rising – RealChange 64
Dawn Rising Quoted from its website: “DAWN saves lives. As the largest provider of comprehensive domestic abuse services in South King County, we offer an immediate refuge from violence, expert guidance so survivors can set goals and solve problems to find a permanent escape from danger, and hope for families to build a new future. In…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – SHARE/WHEEL – RealChange 63
SHARE/WHEEL – Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, and Women’s Housing and Equality League. This is quoted from their website: ” SHARE is Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (co-ed).WHEEL is the Women’s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (women-only). We are partnered organizations of homeless and formerly homeless men and women. All of our efforts are self-managed;…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Crisis Connections – RealChange 62
Crisis Connections (formerly known as Crisis Clinic) has a simple tagline: “Support. Resources. Training.” It tries to meet the basic and extended needs of at-risk by maintaining helplines that point to resources for the homeless, teens, suicidal people, veterans, the elderly. And it understands that there can be crushing overlap in those populations. It…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Hospitality House – RealChange 61
Hospitality House “…seeks to help homeless women find home, health and hope … in the south King County area in October 2000, people from the community came together, with the help of twelve churches in the area, to establish this single homeless women’s shelter at the Lake Burien Presbyterian Church. Hospitality House’s 90-day program lays…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Senior Centers – RealChange 60
I’ve posted about Senior Centers, Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) in particular, elsewhere. I think there at least 53 (WOW!!!) in Washington State, if I manged to count the list of members of the Washington State Association of Senior Centers correctly. Many have a thrift shop as a fundraising arm – plenty of opportunities to donate…
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