Community Council Meeting Recap
Here is a brief recap of the Nov. 17th Broadview Bitter Lake Community Council meeting.
Alysun Deckert shared that she is coordinating a group to cook meals for families at Compass Housing on N 132nd each Thursday. They are looking for more volunteers to help out. So far they are only 2 weeks into their new adventure and have had great feedback from the families. For more information please contact Alysun at Alysun1@icloud.com
Diane Vickers, PTA President for Broadview-Thomson brought us up to date on the activities at Broadview-Thomson including their new sign on the front of the building! She shared details about their Giving Tree, You can stop by the school and pick up a tag or use the following form (https://forms.gle/c839KTpSrRZvjUVx8) She also reviewed their Food Program, School Supplies needed, Upcoming Virtual Auction and fantastic attendance rates at the school. Sadly they will not be having their Christmas Tree Sale this year… but there are so many other ways to donate. See their website for more details on all of these programs…. https://broadviewthomsonpta.com They also have a facebook page you can follow
https://www.facebook.com/pg/BTPK8PTA. In addition, you can join the PTA or just sign up on their mailing list to keep updated on their activities.
Speaking of schools in our area…. A panel for Viewlands Elementary, presented the plans for constructing a Brand New School on the Viewlands site. It looks like it will be amazing! Here is a link to the details for the project…. Be sure to check out the video!
https://www.seattleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=627&pageId=87862713
Katrina Scarlett, a member of the Development Team for Mary’s Place, reviewed the mission of Mary’s Place and why they had to move from their site on 130th which was not set up for COVID safety…. as well as ways to donate to help them out…. Here is a link to the list of items they need…. They are encouraging giving gift cards which are easier to distribute. There are also two drop off locations for clothing and household items… in downtown Seattle and SODO.
https://www.marysplaceseattle.org/share-your-stuff
Last but not least… North Helpline shared ways to donate to help them out. They have two locations.. One right here in the Bitter Lake area across the street from the Community Center in the SHAG apartment building. They are open Thurs thru Sat, 10am to 2pm and available to take food donations. They not only do food distribution, but also do assistance to prevent utility shut off and eviction. They have recently expanded to include Home Delivery and are expected to reach 300 families. In addition, they are doing a big turkey drive for the upcoming holiday. Check out their website for ways to help…. www.northhelpline.org
Our next Virtual meeting will be in February… so keep a watch out for the announcement. That is the annual meeting where we vote on Board members so be sure to attend. Also let us know if you have any interest in being on the Board or starting up a committee. We have had a request for someone to follow new construction in our area to let us know about comment periods and for someone to help with the website and calendar and possibly setting up HOOTSuite. You can be a member at large or just head up a committee… Let us know if you can help 🙂
In the mean time… Stay safe and Healthy and enjoy your Holidays..
