Hopelink in Your Neighborhood Needs Volunteers!
Prospective volunteers can attend a required orientation session at any of Hopelink’s five locations
Hopelink relies upon volunteers for such jobs as sorting food in its food banks; helping adults learn to read, do basic math, study for the GED exams or learn English as a second language; providing child care and homework tutoring to children in our housing facilities; delivering food to homebound clients; or answering phones and helping with administrative tasks. Hopelink’s new Kirkland/Northshore center in the Totem Lake neighborhood is in particular need of volunteers to stock shelves in its grocery store-style food bank.
Hopelink asks new volunteers over age 16 and volunteers between the ages of 12 and 16 with parent/guardian supervision to register to attend a mandatory orientation. To register, please visit www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer or call (425) 869-6066.
· Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Afternoon and evening sessions are available:
o 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at Hopelink’s Bellevue center, 14812 Main St., Bellevue.
o 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Hopelink’s NEW Kirkland/Northshore center, 11011 120th Avenue NE, Kirkland.
· Tuesday, November 10, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Hopelink’s Redmond center, Building A, 16225 NE 87th St., Redmond.
Office: 425.869.2440; Cell: 206.605.6843
Email: denises@hope-link.org
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ReplyDeleteI have been checking out your blog and have a local story that I think your readers would be interested in learning more about. As you likely know by now, King County is in the midst of a major budget crisis, which will translate into cuts for countless organizations that people depend upon in our region. One of those is the Children’s Response Center, an affiliate of UW and Harborview, of which I am an advisory board member.
CRC provides critical services to children who are victims of sexual assault or other trauma (serious injury, witness to a significant crime, etc.) as well as to their parents. It is an invaluable community resource that has helped thousands of children during the 25 years CRC has been serving families in East and North King County.
With drastic budget cuts upon us, CRC stands to lose about $55,000 in funding from the county. It’s a significant portion of the budget for an organization that more or less runs on a shoestring to begin with. The question now, is do people (and your readers) know that this is happening? What will happen if there’s not enough money to provide services to all the people who desperately need them? CRC is one of those gems that is there when children and families are in crisis, but many don’t know about us until they need us. Perhaps you could blog a bit about this topic – and yes, we certainly realize the Children’s Response Center is not the only worthy organization fighting to keep its already limited funding.
Perhaps you could enlighten your readership as to which great organizations are facing drastic cuts, so people can have an opportunity to get involved. Also, there is never a bad time to teach (or remind) people some of the simple yet critical tips for keeping the children in their lives safe.
Thank you so much for your time. I am able and eager to provide more information and statistics about CRC and the people we’ve helped should you be interested.
Many thanks,
Amy Lang
Hi Amy - Yes, please do send me more information - possibly a success story - on CRC. Send it to my email address, redmondblog@gmail.com. It's sad to hear about the human services cuts. Please get in touch and I'll post your 'story'. Thanks.
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