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Have You Tipped Your RVP Recently?

09.20.2009 Local Resources

Has your RVP brought you something fun, important, helpful, interesting, beautiful, informative or imperative recently? If so, won’t you please take a moment to show us how much you appreciate our hard work on behalf of the Rainier Valley community and drop us a tip? No amount is too small. Every little bit helps. And [...]

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Have You Tipped Your RVP Recently?

09.13.2009 Local Resources

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Foster Kids Strut Their Stuff Down Project Treehouse’s Fashion Runway

08.13.2009 Arts/Living

Article & Photos By Marsha Kuykendall Nearly 100 people gathered Wednesday evening for Project Treehouse, a back-to-school fashion show and open house held to promote the needs of foster kids and to acknowledge community support. The event was held at Southeast Seattle’s Treehouse for Foster Kids Wearhouse, a free clothing store serving 2,800 foster kids [...]

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TODAY: Community Invited to Join Treehouse for Foster Kids at Fun Fashion Show

08.12.2009 Kids

The community is invited to join Treehouse for Foster Kids TONIGHT, Wed., Aug. 12, for the Project Treehouse Fashion Show from 6 to 7 p.m. at 2100 – 24th Avenue South in Mt. Baker: Join us as we kick off the Back-to-School shopping season with a fashion show highlighting clothing donated to our free store, [...]

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At the Market: Mayor Nickels, Peak-Season Produce, Chance of Rain

08.11.2009 Arts/Living

What to expect on the market tables this week: Apples – Gravenstein, Lodi – the perfect early apple for pies and sauces Apricots – Tilton, Perfection, Rival, Riland Berries – Boysenberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Gooseberries, Cherries – Sweethearts, Lamberts, Vans, Bings, Sonata Currants – Red and Black Sour Pie Cherries – Mount Morency, Baliton, North [...]

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Rainier Beach to Host 7th Annual Back2School Bash

08.04.2009 Kids

The Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition (RBCEC), an alliance of residents and neighborhood organizations, is planning the seventh annual Back 2School Bash at Beer Sheva Park (8800 Seward Park Ave. S.) for Sat., Aug. 29, from noon to 4 p.m. Organizers say the purpose of the event is to motivate students who reside in and [...]

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Men With Gun Attempt to Enter New Holly Home, Four Arrests

07.06.2009 911

From SPD: [Shortly after 3 am Saturday], South Precinct officers were dispatched to a residence in the 7000 block of Holly Park Drive South [near South Myrtle Street]. The complainant stated that several males were standing on the porch of this house acting like they were going to break into it. One of the men [...]

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Powerful Schools After-School Program Expands to Include Graham Hill Elementary

07.06.2009 Education

From Powerful Schools: This year Powerful Schools expanded its after-school program, Powerful Learning Centers, into a fifth school, Graham Hill Elementary. With this addition, enrollment reached over 1,200 students and 65 classes for each of its three sessions. These classes filled up within the first few days of enrollment, so parents should be sure to [...]

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SOS: Your Tips Help Keep RVP Afloat

07.02.2009 Local Resources

Dear Readers, News gathering is expensive, and we need your help! If you’d like to see the Rainier Valley Post continue to thrive and grow and provide you with unprecedented coverage of Seattle’s most diverse community, won’t you please take a moment to drop us a tip? No amount is too small. Every little bit [...]

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Have You Hugged Your RVP Recently?

06.29.2009 Local Resources

Has the Rainier Valley Post brought you something fun, important, helpful, interesting, beautiful, informative or imperative? If so, won’t you please take a moment to show us how much you appreciate our hard work on behalf of the Rainier Valley community and drop us a tip? No amount is too small. Every little bit helps. [...]

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Seattle Rotary Centennial Celebration Marks Opening of Rotary Support Center for Families

06.25.2009 Arts/Living

Article/Photos By Marsha Kuykendall Nearly 400 Seattle Rotarians gathered yesterday to celebrate Seattle Rotary Club’s 100th anniversary and the opening of the Rotary Support Center for Families. The $16 million, three-story, 35,000 sq. ft. facility is the new home of Wellspring Family Services (formerly Family Services) one of King County’s oldest and largest social service [...]

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Summer Sack Lunch Program Feeds Hungry Kids + South-End Sites

06.21.2009 Eat

The Summer Food Service Program, also known as Summer Sack Lunch, will start feeding hungry kids throughout Seattle Mon., June 22 (see south-end sites below) through the end of the summer. Each year, the program feeds children who need regular meals. In the summer of 2008, there were 102 operating sites, 75 of them “open,” [...]

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South-End Scenes: Hail?! on Father’s Day?!

06.21.2009 Local Resources

Scenes from Sunday’s Father Day massacre hail storm in Rainier Beach. Residents as close as Lakewood/Seward Park say they got nothing. Photos/Marsha Kuykendall

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Seward Park Audubon Gets REI Grant for Latino-Focused Nature Programs

06.18.2009 Education

From The Seattle Times: A $110,000 grant from the REI Foundation announced this week will help Audubon build on the success of Latino-focused nature programs at three urban Audubon Centers, including Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center in Seattle and centers in Los Angeles and Phoenix. Many nature-oriented organizations in the country lack the cultural [...]

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Family Services to Celebrate Grand Opening of New Mt. Baker Facility

06.13.2009 Development

The community is invited to help welcome Family Services to the neighborhood at its grand opening celebration in Mt. Baker on Fri., June 26, from 3-6pm. For more than 100 years, the nonprofit organization, one of the oldest social-service agencies in King County, has been providing programs and services for homeless families and those on [...]

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Arts in Motion Celebrates Five Years as Valley’s Own Community School of the Arts

06.05.2009 Arts/Living

Since 2004, Arts in Motion (AIM) has served nearly 1,500 Rainier Valley community members through individual, team and class music and art instruction at local schools and its Columbia City location, and this Sun., June 7, the Rainier Valley’s own community school of the arts will celebrate its fifth anniversary with food, student and faculty [...]

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Rainier Valley Food Bank Sees Number of Recipients Double in Just One Year

05.30.2009 Eat

From KING5: At food banks across our area, waits are getting longer, with people routinely lining up two hours or more before the doors open. The Rainier Valley Food Bank has seen its number of food recipients double since last year. There have been scuffles here too, prompting staff to being on more volunteers to [...]

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Two Chances to Join the Bucket Brigade & Get Your Garden Started

05.29.2009 Health & Wellness

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Attention gardeners: Bring your extra plants and seeds to trade, and pick up a bucket of compost at two upcoming Bucket Brigades sponsored by King County Public Health, Sustainable South Seattle and Rainier Valley Healthy and Active Coalition: Sat., May 30; 10am-noon; Genesee Safeway parking lot (3820 Rainier Ave. S.) Sat., June 6; Beacon Hill [...]

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March4Youth Update: Next Planning Meeting + New Event Location

05.26.2009 Local Resources

The next March for Youth planning meeting is planned for this Fri., May 29 at 7pm at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club (4520 MLK Jr. Way S.). The last meeting was attended by neighbors, representatives from the youth advocacy group Making A Difference (MAD), the South Seattle Crime Prevention Council, the Seattle Police [...]

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Rainier Beach to Get New & Improved Pool, Community Center; Community Participation Essential

05.25.2009 Local Resources

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the Rainier Beach community and swimmers to a kick-off meeting for the new Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool on Tues., June 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Rainier Beach Community Center (8825 Rainier Ave. S.). At this “hopes and dreams” meeting, residents will have an opportunity to describe [...]

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Komen Grant to Help Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among Rainier Valley’s Somali & Latina Neighbors

05.18.2009 Health & Wellness

Last week, the Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded $2.3 million in grants in the fight against breast cancer and a project designed to increasing breast cancer screening Among Somali and Latina women in the Rainier Valley was one of several recipients. Neighborcare Health will address disparities in breast cancer [...]

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