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Serenity Horse Rescue volunteer work party!

Save the Date: Saturday April 15th, from 10am-2pm

Join us to help the horses! We’ll tackle a much-needed project or two to help out the angels (like Kristen House) taking care of the rescue horses at Serenity. The exact project is still TBD but it might involve shovels, paint brushes, hammers or some other general labor tools. We’ll get to meet and possibly commune with some of the horses while we work. We always have fun at these work parties!

When: April 15th 10am-2pm or until the projects are done.

Where: Serenity Horse Rescue in Auburn. Carpool may be available from North Seattle or Woodinville/eastside. Bring a lunch, water and mud boots!

Contact Rev Karen Cleveland, 206-715-4865 or Marilyn Gregory

Let's Celebrate Earth Day!

Love Mother Earth: Recycle Drop Off

Save the Date: Sundays, April 16 and 23, 9am-12pm

Let’s Celebrate Earth Day by taking extra good care of her.

You’ve probably been ordering a lot online for this past year and you’ve gathered quite a collection of packing materials! With all your time at home, have you sorted through all your “stuff” and have old electronics you’d like to get rid of?

It’s hard to know how to responsibly dispose of some items. Let us help you by offering this opportunity to drop it all off and we’ll get it to the right places for you!

What you can bring:

  • Clean white Styrofoam blocks, like those used to pack new electronic products, appliance/furniture/computer packaging, picnic/shipping coolers; clean and dry take-out containers (look for the #6 or EPS inside the recycle symbol; when you bend it should break and snap with loose beads; remove tape & labels)
  • Plastic wrap and bubble wrap; packing peanuts.  For pictures or more info, see styrorecycle.com
  • Most electronics, working or not, whole or in part, including but not limited to:
    • Scrap metal of any kind ferrous and non-ferrous
    • Washers and dryers; Water heaters, Water coolers
    • Small appliances, blenders, toasters, coffee makers, bread makers, kitchen wear, metal pots
    • Computers and computer Accessories
    • Flat Screen Computer monitors (no CRTs please)
    • Desktop PC Computers, Servers, Server racks
    • Laptop and Notebook Computers
    • Scanners and Copiers
    • Laser and Inkjet Printers
    • Fax Machines and All-In-One devices
    • Printer cartridges, toner cartridges
    • Circuit Boards/Motherboards
    • Radios
    • Receivers, Speakers
    • CD Discs, DVD Discs, Media
    • Cell Phone Batteries/ Laptop Batteries
    • Home Entertainment
    • Small Answering Machines
    • Stereo Equipment
    • DVD Players, VCR Players
    • Cellular Phones and Accessories
    • Cable TV Converter Equipment
    • CB’s
    • Chargers (cell phones)
    • Remote Control Handsets
    • Satellite TV Equipment
    • Scanners
    • Typewriters
    • Metal furniture, metal file cabinets, metal desks, metal shelving,
    • metal window frame (please no glass)
    • Lawnmowers (please no gasoline)

For more information, see www.1greenplanet.org

 

Earth Day Neighborhood Clean Up Challenge

Save the Date: Saturday, April 22

In honor of Earth Day, let’s each make a difference where we live and clean up our own neighborhoods on Saturday, April 22 and post your results to Facebook.

It’s recommended to use gloves, and if you find masks, please break the ear loops so they are not such a hazard to wildlife.

It will be fun to see the bags and bags of garbage we all collect, and our social media posts can help to inspire others do join the challenge!

Garden Party

Date: Saturday, April 22, 9am-12pm

Let’s clean up our CSL Seattle landscape with a garden makeover and tidy up work party. Activities will include:

  • weeding the beds around the buildings
  • cutting back plants that are overgrown on the walkways
  • moving plants around to better suit the landscape/plant configuration
  • planting new plants

Masks are optional. Bring your own weeding, hand clippers, other garden tools.

Questions? Contact Valerie Tims at valerieinseattle@yahoo.com

 

Rebuilding and Refreshing Together

Save the Date: Saturday April 29 from 8am-4pm

The Annual Rebuilding Together is back.

All skills welcome but no experience necessary; minimum age 16 (or 14 if accompanied by adult). We can use helpers willing to feed our volunteers, too.

If you have any questions, please contact Tim by phone 206-245-7006 or email.

 

Use Less Plastic Challenge

You can be the change you want to see in the world! Join the Use Less Plastic Challenge to help you change some habits and take care of our planet. You can download the calendar here and get started anytime!

 

CBW Monthly Donations

CSL Seattle and Create a Better World supports charitable organizations to do their good work in the world by donating $100 to three local nonprofits every month. Recipients are nominated by CSL members and congregants. Monthly nominations can be submitted to Sherry Dawley and should include organization name, web site, and one sentence why you love this nonprofit. Let’s help others who need our support!

 

May 2023 Donations

  • Sammamish Animal Sanctuary in Renton provides forever homes for abused, neglected, unwanted, and/or homeless barnyard animals. We do not breed, sell, nor buy our animals. Nominated by Laurel Tomchick.
  • Pasado’s Safe Haven This incredible organization investigates cases of animal cruelty and neglect, rescues domestic animals, provides medical care and rehabilitation services at their Sanctuary, education and advocacy programs, and adoption opportunities. I adopted my sweet Wally kitty from there. He came from a horrible hoarding situation and blossomed into the most loving, affection kitty. Nominated by Julie DeVito.
  • Homeward Pet in Woodinville is a no-kill adoption shelter. We got our dear (recently departed) kitty there 19 years ago. They are a wonderful organization and do a lot of good in the community. Nominated by Diana Sergi Khoury.

April 2023 Donations

  • Washington Farmland Trust protects and stewards threatened farmland in Washington. They help keep land in production by making it accessible to a new generation of farmers. Nominated by Betty Gibelyou
  • IslandWood is an environmental education nonprofit serving the Puget Sound region. We believe every child should have access to the sense of wonder and discovery that comes from meaningful experiences in the natural world. IslandWood was founded to increase access and lower financial barriers to nature-based learning for our region’s children. Nominated by Marilyn Gregory
  • ECOSS bridges industry, government, and communities to promote practical and sustainable environmental solutions. We are leaders in community engagement, working in tandem with a broad base of immigrants and refugees to mitigate stormwater pollution, disseminate education on transportation electrification, improve green space access, reduce food waste, and more. Nominated by Laurel Tomchick

March 2023 Donations

  • Black Lives Matter Seattle – King County is a grassroots, volunteer-run, social-justice non-profit organization focused on the empowerment and liberation of Blacks and other people of color through advocacy and direct action.
  • The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle empowers communities of color to thrive by providing economic, educational and employment support services.
  • Rainier Scholars is a 12-year program that offers a pathway to college graduation for hard-working, low-income students of color.

 

February 2023 Donations

  • White Center Food Bank’s Mission is to Minimize Hunger… While nourishing community, nurturing self-reliance and embracing our rich cultural diversity. Nominated by Liz Mirante and Marjorie Billings McKinney.
  • Food Lifeline is on a mission to end hunger in Western Washington. We believe that access to food is a basic human right and that nobody deserves to be hungry. Food Lifeline provides nutritious food to 1.37 million people facing hunger by sourcing nutritious food from a variety of food industry partners. Nominated by Cindy Warren.
  • Renewal Food Bank in Bellevue is helping many of the families/youth of the schools in the nearby area.  Nominated by Janell Shiers.
  • $1000 to World Center Kitchen, helping feed those in need in Ukraine.