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Category Archives: Volunteering
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MEMORY HUB
Do you enjoy hospitality and connecting with people? Would you like to be part of building a welcoming and vibrant community center for people with memory loss and their families, here on First Hill? Join the team at the new … Continue reading
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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MEMORY HUB
Ed note: We are fortunate to have the Memory Hub just a short walk up Columbia St. They have reached out looking for some volunteer help. It’s a great opportunity for any Skyliner to help out. Do you enjoy hospitality … Continue reading
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Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure
By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, environment, Health, In the Neighborhood, Nature, Obituaries, Remembrances, Science and Technology, Transportation, Volunteering
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The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Suffragist Papers
Thanks to Pam P for sending this in! n 1922, the American suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt traveled to Italy to help prepare for the upcoming Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Rome. Back home, Catt was a towering figure of the … Continue reading
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One Year of Mandatory National Service For Every American?
By Lauren Katzenberg in the New York Times. Thanks to Pamela P for this. What are your thoughts on national service? Should it be two years? Seventy-three years ago, The Times reported that the United States Army demobilized its seven millionth soldier after the end of World War II. When I unearthed this … Continue reading
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It’s time for national service
Ed Note: One of the problems of youth is that they don’t have enough exposure to those different from themselves. A sense of entitlement is often attributed to the millenials. Service when we are young in the Military, Peace Corps … Continue reading
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David Domke PhD speaks at Skyline
David Domke worked as a journalist for several newspapers in the 1980s and early 1990s, including the Orange County Register and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before earning a Ph.D. in 1996. He is now a Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication at the … Continue reading
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Food Garden for St. James – volunteer opportunity
Hello from the First Hill Association! “I thought you or someone you know might be interested in this volunteer opportunity to support the creation of a food garden at Terry and Madison, which will provide fresh food for use at … Continue reading
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King County Ombudsman – presentation Wednesday 3:30 PM
King County has about 1300 adult family homes, about three times the number of Starbucks which seem so ubiquitous. How can the care be monitored and assured for care and safety. The Seattle times published a critical article about this … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Skyline Info, Volunteering
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Trinity Bingo Night – for WHEEL (Women’s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League)
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH SECOND ANNUAL BINGO NIGHT & DINNER WHEN: Saturday, May 5th from 5pm – 8pm WHERE: Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall FEATURING: Dinner & Dessert· Drinks · 4 Rounds of Bingo · Trivia · Silent Auction · Fun … Continue reading
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Volunteer for the Green Home Tour 4/28, 29
The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild (http://www.ecobuilding.org/) is recruiting volunteers, ages 21 to 80 to be Greeters for 3 – 4 hour shifts at the April 28-29, 2018 NW Green Home Tour (NWGHT) (http://www.nwgreenhometour.org/) The NW EcoBuilding Guild has been a … Continue reading
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Doing Good Is Good for You: The Health Benefits of Volunteering
Sent in by Ann Milam from UW Medicine: Ed Note: If you are interested in volunteering at Skyline, talk to anyone on the Community Caring Committee or just join a committee of interest. Life at Skyline is vibrant because of … Continue reading
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Movie operators – we need you!
VOLUNTEER TO BE A MOVIE OPERATOR The Skyline movie program needs volunteers to show movies in the Cascade Room. Volunteers learn the simple operating procedure and show movies several times a month during either matinee or evening screenings. We need … Continue reading
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Volunteer opportunity in the Terraces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FmHz4XyUxk Volunteers Wanted Want to be of service to your neighbors in the Terraces? Seeking ideas for engagement? JOIN THE “IN2L” TEAM IN2L = “It’s Never 2 Late” IN2L training available in the Terraces every Wednesday in October: 1:00pm on … Continue reading
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Flowers for our dining room – a gracious gift
Are you enjoying the flowers in the Olympic Dining Room? Jean Gibbs heads up this special group of ladies who arrange and distribute the new centerpiece floral pieces each Friday. In the picture above L to R are Peggy MacRae, Karen … Continue reading
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Thank You Veterans!
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” Alexander Hamiltom
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