Tagged with 'charity'

Food Drive For Highline Area Food Bank In Olde Burien This Weekend

Food Drive For Highline Area Food Bank In Olde Burien This Weekend

Businesses along SW 152nd in Olde Burien will be holding a Food Drive for the Highline Area Food Bank this weekend from 11am – 5pm, Friday through Sunday. Non-perishable foods (in cans or boxes) and... [Read more]

Bartell Drugs’ ‘Bear Hugs’ Campaign For Children Goes Through March 31st

Bartell Drugs’ ‘Bear Hugs’ Campaign For Children Goes Through March 31st

Bartell Drugs is holding a “Bear Hugs” campaign for the Annual Warm 106.9 FM Teddy Bear Patrol, where people are asked to purchase Teddy Bears to be donated to children in stressful or emergency... [Read more]

REMINDER: Annual Cove To Clover Pub Crawl Is Friday Night!

REMINDER: Annual Cove To Clover Pub Crawl Is Friday Night!

Our friends at the 3rd annual Cove to Clover 5k Fundraiser Event (coming this weekend; we’re Sponsors) want us to remind our Readers about the annual Pub Crawl is happening this Friday night, March... [Read more]

‘Coyle,’ The Cove To Clover Snake, Crashes Normandy Park Council Meeting

‘Coyle,’ The Cove To Clover Snake, Crashes Normandy Park Council Meeting

‘Coyle,’ the 30-foot, handmade giant snake mascot of the 3rd annual Cove to Clover Fundraiser (we’re Sponsors), ‘crashed’ the Normandy Park City Council meeting Tuesday night... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Giant Cove To Clover Snake ‘Coyle’ Crashes Burien Council Meeting

PHOTOS: Giant Cove To Clover Snake ‘Coyle’ Crashes Burien Council Meeting

Something very unusual happened at Monday night’s Burien City Council meeting. No, it wasn’t that a local lawmaker suddenly acted nice, friendly and happy. Not at all. Or that everyone finally... [Read more]

Burien’s Para Los Niños Holding ‘Tamale Fundraiser’; Deadline To Order Is Friday

Burien’s Para Los Niños Holding ‘Tamale Fundraiser’; Deadline To Order Is Friday

Burien’s Para Los Niños is holding a “Tamale Fundraiser” featuring delicious homemade Mexican tamales, but the deadline to order is this Friday, March 4th. This is your opportunity... [Read more]

Fees To Run In Cove To Clover Race Go Up Monday; Here’s How To Register

Fees To Run In Cove To Clover Race Go Up Monday; Here’s How To Register

Fees to register to run in the 3rd annual Cove to Clover 5K increase by $5 on Monday, Feb. 28th at 9:01pm, so now would be a good time to throw your feet into the ring for this great local fundraiser event,... [Read more]

Here Are Over 200,000 Reasons To Attend The Poverty Bay Wine Festival

Here Are Over 200,000 Reasons To Attend The Poverty Bay Wine Festival

By now, you have probably seen the wine-colored posters displayed in the windows of literally every business in Des Moines and have read multiple articles on The Waterland Blog about the upcoming... [Read more]

Enjoy The Cove To Clover ‘Party Before The Pain’ Irish Gala March 12th

Enjoy The Cove To Clover ‘Party Before The Pain’ Irish Gala March 12th

Our friends at Cove to Clover (okay, we’re ‘Kilt Level’ Sponsors thankyouverymuch…) want us to alert our Readers that they’re holding a “Party before the Pain”... [Read more]

Ever Drink An ‘Asp Kicker’? You Will, Thanks To The Cove To Clover Drink Lab

Ever Drink An ‘Asp Kicker’? You Will, Thanks To The Cove To Clover Drink Lab

Thursday night (Feb. 10th), a group of brave area residents put their lives (and livers) on the line as they participated in the first-ever Cove to Clover Drink Lab at Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub. After... [Read more]

Burien’s Hospitality House’s Dinner & Auction Is Saturday, March 5th

Burien’s Hospitality House’s Dinner & Auction Is Saturday, March 5th

Burien’s Hospitality House will be holding its annual Spring Fling Dinner and Auction on Saturday, March 5th at Highline Community College. “2011 is a special anniversary for the House –... [Read more]

Cove To Clover ‘Drink Lab’ Pub Crawl Pre-Event Is Thursday, Feb. 10th

Cove To Clover ‘Drink Lab’ Pub Crawl Pre-Event Is Thursday, Feb. 10th

Our friends at the 3rd annual Cove to Clover 5k Fundraiser Race (coming March 11-13th; we’re Sponsors) want our Readers to know about a special Pub Crawl “Pre-Event” – a “Drink... [Read more]

BTB’s Bart Bryan Will ‘Polar Bear Plunge’ Saturday At Alki For Special Olympics

BTB’s Bart Bryan Will ‘Polar Bear Plunge’ Saturday At Alki For Special Olympics

We’re proud to announce that The B-Town Blog’s own Bart Bryan, known worldwide for his infamous daredevil feats of strength (some say foolishness), will be “Freezin’ for a Reason”... [Read more]

Highline Medical Center Foundation Names Susan Bean As Executive Director

Highline Medical Center Foundation Names Susan Bean As Executive Director

The Highline Medical Center Foundation announced Thursday (Jan. 20th) that it has appointed Susan Bean, CFRE, as its new Executive Director responsible for leading the Foundation’s philanthropic activities... [Read more]

Highline Medical Center Employee Campaign Sets Record, Raises $53,000

Highline Medical Center Employee Campaign Sets Record, Raises $53,000

Highline Medical Center Foundation has just completed its 2010 Employee Campaign with a record-setting $53,000 in pledges and donations. “This is the most successful year of the employee campaign with... [Read more]

Exchange Club Of Highline Honors John & Ruth Foster For Community Service

Exchange Club Of Highline Honors John & Ruth Foster For Community Service

Our friends at the Exchange Club of Highline alerted us that they recently honored John and Ruth Foster for their longtime community service to help the homeless with clothing and a meal. Here’s... [Read more]

Highline Historical Society’s Online Auction Opens: Great Gifts, Great Cause

Highline Historical Society’s Online Auction Opens: Great Gifts, Great Cause

The Highline Historical Society opened its annual fundraiser Online Auction, which includes lots of great deals on vacations, dining, entertainment, home and garden, local services, and yes, even a great... [Read more]

‘America Recycles Day’ Coming to Burien St. Vincent de Paul Nov. 15

‘America Recycles Day’ Coming to Burien St. Vincent de Paul Nov. 15

“I Recycle” is the theme of the 2010 America Recycles Day (ARD), which is coming Monday, Nov. 15th, to the five St. Vincent de Paul’s thrift stores, including Burien’s. The Burien store... [Read more]