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Glitter Gala & Fashion Show: Take Root & Bloom

October 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Glitter Gala is Seattle Goodwill’s only fundraising event.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Features, Profiles, Community News, Feature stories, Pictorials Tagged With: 2016, Glitter Gala, Goodwill, VOL 35 NO 43 | OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 28

BLOG: To mourn or not to mourn at a memorial… — Luther J. Carr Jr. remembered and celebrated

August 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng This is supposed to be a sad blog. But Luther J. Carr Jr., a renaissance man, and a Seattle community leader and entrepreneur, reinvented the purpose of a traditional memorial.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Carr Jr, Chinese, Goodwill, Lake Washington, Norm Rice, One Caucasian, Pastor Cary Anderson, Publisher Ng's blog, Run Carr, Seattle Rotary Club, Vol 33 No 34 | August 16 - August 22, Washington State Convention Center, blog

PICTORIAL: Thank You, Ken Colling, for your 10 great years of service at Goodwill and your support for communities of color!

June 19, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Photos from Ken’s retirement party on June 6. All gifts made in honor of Ken were given for Goodwill’s Digital Literacy Initiative, a project that will help impact students’ day-to-day lives and improve their job-search skills. The total raised in honor of CEO Ken Colling is $32,532. The total raised for the Digital Literacy Initiative […]

Filed Under: Pictorials Tagged With: 2014, Admiral Herb Bridge, Bob Santos, Digital Literacy Initiative, Don Kraft, Edie Hilliard, Fedov Dikmen, Goodwill, Jesse Tam, Kathy Williams, Ken Colling, Lam Seafoods, Lawrence Pang, Lloyd Hara, Nancy Sclager, Pat Karl, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, Wayne Lau

All that glitters is gold

November 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than 700 people attended Goodwill’s Glitter Gala and Fashion Show held at the Seattle Sheraton on Nov. 2. The event raised more than $385,000 to support computer and technology classes sponsored by Goodwill. More information about the classes, which are free to the public, can be found at seattlegoodwill.org. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Glitter Gala, Goodwill, Seattle Sheraton, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, technology

Goodwill unveils new ID facility 6 years after protest, building finally opens

June 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Goodwill Seattle now has a new building to match its sophisticated clientele, which includes the mayor and many successful professionals.

Filed Under: Features, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Goodwill, Goodwill Seattle President, Little Saigon, Northwest Asian Weekly Staff, Quang Nguyen, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28

BLOG: Can fundraising be fun-raising?

May 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng How do you measure the success of an organization’s fundraising event? By the amount of money it raises? By the number of attendees or the quality of the program?

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, BEDC, Chinese, Danny Sullivan, Davy Jones, Doh Estice, Foster Business School, Georgetown Ballroom, Goodwill, Lori Matsukawa, Red Beard, Seattle University, Union Bank Vice President Tim Otani, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, Washington State Convention Center, YWCA, blog

NWAW seeks gift baskets for 30th anniversary gala

September 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Asian Weekly is seeking donated gift baskets for its 30th anniversary gala. The gift baskets will be set out for display as centerpieces on each table. The gift baskets will be offered up for purchase during a silent auction taking place at the event. Gift baskets should include the company’s products AND gift […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, 30th anniversary, Aegis Living, American Diabetes Association, Assunta Ng, China Tomorrow Foundation, East West Bank, Goodwill, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound Energy, Seattle Police Department, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Xocai Healthy Chocolates

EDITORIAL: Don’t go overboard on holiday spending, teach kids to think of those less fortunate

December 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Here is a story that we read online recently, and maybe it’s familiar to you, too. A six-year-old child opens gifts upon mountains of brightly colored gifts. The holiday gifts are from various relatives, but mostly, they are from the child’s grandparents, who must have spent hundreds of dollars on the presents.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2011, Goodwill, King County, Pacific Islander, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23

How to not be a Grinch and enjoy a non-religious Christmas (while saving money)

December 8, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly I love Christmas. Yes, I do. I know I am stepping on some toes by saying this. Being the publisher of Northwest Asian Weekly, I’ve had people accuse me of not being politically correct when I wish others a Merry Christmas.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2011, Assunta Ng, Goodwill, Merry Christmas, Northwest Asian Weekly, Publisher Ng, Vol 30 No 50 | December 10 - December 16

‘My mom hates what I wear’

May 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Have you ever noticed that your mom’s fashion tastes are a bit off? You sometimes feel the need to adjust her outfit before she ventures out in public wearing her hot pink fanny pack.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Cultures, Fashion Tagged With: 2011, Constance Wong, Goodwill, Han Bui, Mama Choi, Mama Gena Choi, Mama Lam Trinh, Mama Lan Nguyen, Mama Lynn Wong, Mama Phung Truong, Mama Sandy Ma, Mama Su-man Shen, Mother's Day 2011, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13

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