Give BIG campaign to support local charities and social services May 2-3, 2023

By Diane Hettrick

The annual GiveBIG campaign to encourage support of local nonprofits is culminating May 2-3, 2023. There are many local nonprofits who need your support and I encourage you to donate to your favorites at any time of the year.

Two local charities deserving of special attention are Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness and North Helpline

LAKE CITY PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS

Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness has a day center in Lake City, and an enhanced shelter on Aurora - The Oaks. In addition, they have a full-time outreach specialist.

Donate online

If mailing a check is most convenient - please do so to 16357 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline WA 98133.

Your donations would be greatly appreciated and would go towards our unrestricted funds which will be used to purchase gift cards (grocery stores, basic necessities).The gift cards are important for our outreach team as they hand them out when they first make contact with people.

Your support is crucial and our unhoused neighbors need it now! Thank you to those who have already donated and/or created your own fundraisers on the Washington Gives platform. We are grateful for your support.

NORTH HELPLINE

North Helpline is headquartered in Lake City, where they run a day shelter for unsheltered people, a food bank, home delivered food, and mail services. They hand out hygiene kits every quarter and warm coats when they have them. They have partnered with the Seattle Indian Health Board for clinic services.

Already one of the largest food banks in the area, they opened a second food bank at Bitter Lake in north Seattle. They provide food to hundreds of people every week.

Donate online

Both organizations take donated goods. I invite you to peruse their webpages to see what they need.