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Celebrating Earth Day with Goodwill

April 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Seattle Goodwill is celebrating Earth Day with local musicians, CEOs, athletes and community leaders who are “breaking up” with an outfit, Breakup4Good, and publicly donating it to Goodwill – and keep it from the landfill. Some of the outfits will be auctioned off to benefit Goodwill’s job training and education programs.   Over 60 individuals […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Daryl Campbell, Earth Day, Executive Director, Geekwire Co-founder John Cook, Nan Stoops, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Goodwill, Seattle Opera, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Nickelsville is moving to 10th and Dearborn

August 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sharon Lee For Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle has a housing crisis.  There is simply not enough affordable housing for families and individuals. The most recent One Night Count of homeless people in January 2014 showed over 3,100 men, women, and children sleeping unsheltered on the streets of Seattle and King County. Another 6,171 people […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Avenue South, Coho Real Estate, Ernestine Anderson Place, Franz Bakery, King County, LIHI, Nickelsville, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Scott Morrow, Seattle Goodwill, Seattle International District Rotary Club, Shannon Woodman, Share Wheel, South Jackson Street, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Washington Middle School

BLOG: Ken Colling spreads Good will around

June 19, 2014 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Goodwill President Ken Colling is known for his fancy ties. What touches his friends and colleagues aren’t his ties, but his heart. At Ken’s retirement reception on June 6, about 200 people gathered at the Goodwill administration center, on Dearborn Avenue, to thank him for his 10 years of service at Goodwill. […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, African American, Bob Santos, Dearborn Avenue, Edie Hilliard, Goodwill President Ken Colling, Little Saigon, Markee Foster, OK, Publisher's Blog, Rainier Valley Fund Partnership, Scott Missall, Seattle Goodwill, Urban League, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, Wayne Lau, Woody Allen, culture

Locals embrace fashion recycling

August 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Chui Northwest Asian Weekly When local fashion blogger Jess Estrada cleans her closet, she goes

Filed Under: Features, Fashion Tagged With: 2012, Art Institute, Buffalo Exchange, Chen Communications, Christine Chen, Crossroads Trading Co, International District, Ivana Cheong, Jess Estrada, Katherine Boury, New York City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Red Light, Salvation Army, Seattle Goodwill, Value Village Photo, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, social media

For Cambodian American, growth at Youth Green Corps not restricted to plants

March 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Long ivy vines are considered invasive when they are allowed to grow uncontrolled, replacing many of the native plant species in Seattle’s 430 parks and open areas.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2012, Career Pathways, Cheasty Greenspace, Chukundi Salisbury, Community College, GED, Green Seattle Partnership, James Tabafunda, Mountain View, Northwest Asian Weekly, Robert Jones, Saroeut Ouk, Seattle Goodwill, Seattle Parks, Seward Park, Vol 31 No 10 | March 3 - March 9, YGC

Top 10 local API community achievements

December 29, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly You don’t have to look farther than your own neighborhood or city to see amazing things happening for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Here is a list of people who are working hard or who have worked hard (or both!) to make our immediate world a better place. <!–more–> […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Bharat Shyam, Burmese American Rich Cho, Capitol Visitor Center, Chris Gregoire, Cindy Ryu, Cobalt Group, Commerce Gary Locke, GM, Korean American, Regimental Combat Team, San Francisco, Seattle Goodwill, United States Army, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Washington State Supreme Court

Glitter gala raises $220,000 for Seattle Goodwill

December 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 9, Seattle Goodwill held its annual Glitter Gala at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle. The event raised $220,000, which will benefit Goodwill’s job training and education programs.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Bender Cunningham, Glitter Gala, KISS, Ken Colling, Seattle Goodwill, Sheraton Hotel, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, Wayne Lau

Construction of a new Seattle Goodwill building begins — really

November 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly When an organization wants things done right, members sometimes find that doing things themselves may ultimately prove to be the best option.

Filed Under: Business, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Darrell Vange, Dearborn Street Project, Glitter Gala, Glitter Sale, Green Building Council, Ken Colling, Last July, Little Saigon, Michael Jurich, Rainier Avenue South, Ravenhurst Development, Seattle Goodwill, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, South Dearborn Street, South Downtown, TRF, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11

Dearborn project dead

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Due to the current recession, there will no longer be a new building for Seattle Goodwill.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: CARD, Community Benefits Agreement, DSCLN, Darrell Vange, Dearborn Street Developers, Hyeok Kim, ICDA, International District, Little Saigon, Northwest Asian Weekly, Quang Nguyen, Rainier Avenue South, Ravenhurst Development, Seattle Goodwill, Tom Im, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

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