Press Release: 2011 Jefferson Awards Winners Chosen MEDIA ADVISORY: February 23, 2011FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:Tobias Coughlin-Bogue206-682-7395jeffersonawards@seattlecityclub.org CityClub is pleased to announce the selection of the five winners of the 2011 Washington State Jefferson Awards. The winners were selected by a panel of six judges, who faced the difficult task of narrowing down the field [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation It is widely known that Christopher Columbus did not, in fact, "discover” America. Leif Erikson, an Icelandic Norseman, actually arrived about 500 years before Columbus. But even that isn’t accurate, for how can someone "discover” a land that is already inhabited by people who had been [...]
Prior to the pandemic, food banks nationwide were already busy, but COVID amped up the client numbers and it hasn’t subsided. In fact, with the high cost of living these days, especially where food is concerned, more families who had never dreamed of needing food bank services are relying on them and this number [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month where women are reminded to perform regular self-breast exams, get their annual mammogram, and everyone is encouraged to wear pink as an expression of support for breast cancer survivors. This is a bittersweet month for me. I am extremely [...]
Food Bank’s Intense Commitment Gives BIPOC Farmers a Lift When Eloise’s Cooking Pot started a program to purchase produce from local BIPOC farmers and producers, it didn’t take long to identify a slew of challenges in those working relationships. While the farms produced food that was unparalleled in quality and rich in cultural [...]
This Juneteenth Day, which is Sunday, June 19, it’s important to remember why we are now, finally, as a nation celebrating this day. It not only honors those who experienced true racism,slavery, and the indignities that came with it, but it brings to light the horror of that period of our history, and also [...]
This Juneteenth Day, which is Sunday, June 19, it’s important to remember why we are now, finally, as a nation celebrating this day. It not only honors those who experienced true racism, slavery, and the indignities that came with it, but it brings to light the horror of that period of our history, and [...]
The new year is here and it’s the time of good cheer and high hopes. A time for welcoming in a new energy, and saying goodbye to the old. A time for setting new goals, aspirations, and resolutions. But, with the last two years fresh in mind, it’s extremely tempting to encourage everyone to [...]
It’s been almost 54 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last famous speech, the day before he was assassinated. The speech, titled “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” was given in Memphis, TN, on April 3, 1968. And the words he spoke are still true to this day. One such passage [...]
For some people who visit the Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank for food assistance, they only need temporary help through a difficult time. They may only need to visit once or twice and they get back on their feet.For others, it is a more ongoing, chronic situation. It can be very humbling having to [...]
