Posts Tagged ‘women’s services’
Charity Choice Monday – Elizabeth Gregory Home – Real Change 12
Elizabeth Gregory Home (EGH). Not “house,” which is what I first typed as I started this review. Home. And that orientation makes all the difference. All of the shelters I’m reviewing in my Charity Choice Monday posts want to be home for the homeless, however temporary. All of the staff want to give their clients…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Aurora Commons – Real Change 9
Aurora Commons isn’t a coffee house, except…” PEOPLE’S KITCHEN The People’s Kitchen project empowers and dignifies members of our community by providing adequate food supplies, a clean and sterile cooking environment, and access to a fully stocked kitchen, ensuring that all people at the Commons are able to prepare, cook, and share food with one…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Angeline’s Day Center – Real Change 8
Angeline’s Day Center, 2030 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, is a drop-in facility for homeless women, run by an all-encompassing, venerated grande dame of Seattle charities, the YWCA of Seattle/King/Snohomish. Women in need can get a shower, a meal, connections to resources for housing and jobs and more. The first YWCA was founded in England…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Jubilee Women’s Center – Real Change 3
Jubilee Women’s Center is a transitional housing facility for women in need. It has been meticulously, meditatively developed from decade to decade to provide comprehensive care to its clients: job training to money management classes, desperately-needed relaxation at a movie or ballgame to structured community living. It has been a quiet force in Seattle since…
Read MoreCharity Choice Monday – Dress for Success Seattle – Real Change 2
As a Professional Organizer, I’ve often brought women’s business and designer attire to Dress for Success Seattle on behalf of clients. BUT I thought Dress for Success’s Seattle branch closed in 2016. I have seldom been more agreeably surprised when I learned, through Real Change‘s Emerald City Resource Guide, that Dress for Success is OPEN.…
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