Burien’s El Dorado West Retirement Community is playing Santa for the White Center Food Bank this month by placing a “Giving Tree” in their front lobby.
Everyone is invited to pick a card from the tree and purchase a gift or give cash donations for that person, then bring the gift back to be placed underneath [...]
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El Dorado West Giving To White Center Food Bank
White Center-Area School Closures/Delays
Here’s some preliminary info on school closures/delays for the White Center area for Monday, Dec. 15th:
CLOSED MON. DEC. 15th:
Shorewood Christian School
STARTING 2 HOURS LATE:
Holy Family School
Best bet though is to access SchoolReport.org, which gets info directly from school districts.
OTHER SCHOOL CLOSURE SOURCES:
Seattle School District
Highline School District
KING-TV
KOMO News
KIRO-TV
Also, don’t forget to listen to an AM news [...]
How/Where To Help Area Needy Over Holidays
[From our sister site The B-Town Blog comes this story about how and where you can help needy neighbors in the White Center/Burien area this holiday season:]
Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department’s Lt. Inspector John Zilke is at it again!
As in years past, John is coordinating the very large and important Christmas Outreach Program in the Burien [...]
Rotary Club Holiday Benefit Concert Is Dec. 15th
[ December 15, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]
The White Center/Burien Rotary Club is holding its annual Holiday Benefit Concert on Monday, Dec. 15th, starting at 7pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien (map below).
This benefit concert will feature the music of the Boeing Employees Choir. Here’s an audio taste of their talents, of them singing selections from Strauss’ ‘Die Fledermaus’ [...]
White Center-Area 5th Graders Help Food Bank
The video above (courtesy WCB Reader Hope Kerkof) shows how 24 students from the 5th grade class at the White Center-area’s Shorewood Christian School helped out the Burien-Highline Food Bank on Tuesday, Nov. 25th.
The 5th graders volunteered their time and helped hand out food at the Burien-Highline Food Bank in Burien. They came prepared [...]
“Turkeys N’Diapers” Raises Over $1,150!
Our “Turkeys N’Diapers” Fundraiser Saturday (Nov. 22nd) was a resounding success, with an impressive final tally of $1,170 in cash and food/baby item donations raised for the White Center Food Bank and WestSide Baby.
All of us here at the White Center Blog and B-Town Blogs send a huge THANKS to everyone who helped out!
Some details:
Cash [...]
VIDEO:Turkeys N’Diapers Fundraiser Goes ‘Til 4pm!
Our “Turkeys N’Diapers” fundraiser ends at 4pm today, and so far we’ve raised over $400 in both cash and food donations for both the White Center Food Bank and WestSide Baby!
Here’s a little video shot by Mark Neuman and featuring Bart “On the Street” Bryan as pitchman, along with WCB friend Steve Costanzo and Rick [...]
REMINDER:Turkeys N’Diapers Fundraiser Saturday!
Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 22nd) is our first-ever “Turkeys N’ Diapers” holiday fundraiser for both the White Center Food Bank and WestSide Baby!
It will take place from 11am to 4pm at the White Center Albertsons, which is located at 10616 16th Avenue SW in White Center (map below).
We’ll be accepting [...]
Our “Turkeys N’ Diapers” Drive Is Sat. Nov. 22nd
[ November 22, 2008; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]
The staffers from both the White Center and B-Town Blogs look forward to seeing as many of our readers and neighbors as possible on Saturday, Nov. 22nd at the White Center Albertsons for a special Thanksgiving-related fundraising effort.
It’ll run from 11am to 4pm.
Albertson’s is located at 16th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street, White Center.
We’ll [...]
Shorewood Foursquare Church Food Drive Starts Nov. 13
[ November 13, 2008; ] When Shorewood Foursquare Church learned about the food shortage at the White Center Food Bank, they decided to take action and offer a Food Drive.
Sue Cross, Administrator for Shorewood Foursquare Church, explains:
“When we became aware of this food shortage crisis, we just had to get involved. We want to help get the word out [...]
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