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REMINDER: Our holiday Advertiser and Reader Appreciation Party is TONIGHT – Wednesday, Dec. 14th from 5:30 – 7 p.m. – at the Tin Theater (923 SW 152nd) in Olde Burien!

This event will also serve as a Food Drive for the Highline Area Food Bank, so be sure to bring 2+ boxes or cans of non-perishable food (there will be a food barrel near the door).

This is an absolutely free par-tay, open to all Advertisers and Readers of South King Media’s network of six local blogs (including this here Blog), and will give you an opportunity to hang out with your local bloggers, enjoy free champagne, appetizers, watch the world premiere of an original comedy animation by our Intern Bryan Charles on the big screen, get a sneak peek at a site re-design as well as another HUGE announcement that will make every other local blog wish the world was really going to end in 2012 (the big presentation starts in the theater around 6pm…).

There will also be some surprises, so be sure to bring your friends and get ready for a great time with your original, award-winning B-Town Bloggers.

And of course, we just can’t resist re-posting Mark Neuman’s original holiday poem, which of course he’ll recite at the shindig:

‘Twas the 11th night before Christmas
And all through the Tin Theater
B-Town Bloggers stood pondering:
“Hey, what rhymes with ‘Theater!’”

Scattered with care throughout the place
Red things and green things
And stuff that looks
Like Santa’s face

There’ll be vittles and cookies
Wine, beer and grog
While everyone celebrates
Four great years of the Blog

Come mingle with
Readers and Writers and Photogs alike
Hey! Look over there!
While the punch we spike

Join friends and sponsors
And our dear Advertisers
Who stick with us as we
Make you all smarter and wiser

So be hurryin’ to Burien
In this season of good cheer and love
Hey, has anyone ever really seen
A bona fide ‘Turtle Dove’?

It’s December fourteenth
From 5:30 to 7
We’ll see you all there
Rip roarin’ and revvin’

Learn more (and RSVP early) on our Facebook Event Page, or send us an email!

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REMINDER: Our holiday Advertiser and Reader Appreciation Party is just one week from tonight – Wednesday, Dec. 14th from 5:30 – 7 p.m. – at the Tin Theater in Olde Burien!

Please note that this event will also serve as a Food Drive for the Highline Area Food Bank, so be sure to bring 2+ boxes or cans of non-perishable food (there will be a food barrel near the door).

This is a free par-tay, open to all Advertisers and Readers of South King Media’s network of six local blogs (including this here Blog), and will give you an opportunity to hang out with your local bloggers, enjoy free appetizers, watch original animations from our Intern on the big screen, and even get a sneak peek at some really cool new features we’re developing for 2012!

There will also be some surprises, so be sure to mark your calendars, tell your friends and get ready for a great time with your orignalB-Town Bloggers.

And of course, we just can’t resist re-posting Mark Neuman’s original holiday poem, which of course he’ll recite at the shindig:

‘Twas the 11th night before Christmas
And all through the Tin Theater
B-Town Bloggers stood pondering:
“Hey, what rhymes with ‘Theater!’”

Scattered with care throughout the place
Red things and green things
And stuff that looks
Like Santa’s face

There’ll be vittles and cookies
Wine, beer and grog
While everyone celebrates
Four great years of the Blog

Come mingle with
Readers and Writers and Photogs alike
Hey! Look over there!
While the punch we spike

Join friends and sponsors
And our dear Advertisers
Who stick with us as we
Make you all smarter and wiser

So be hurryin’ to Burien
In this season of good cheer and love
Hey, has anyone ever really seen
A bona fide ‘Turtle Dove’?

It’s December fourteenth
From 5:30 to 7
We’ll see you all there
Rip roarin’ and revvin’

Learn more (and RSVP early) on our Facebook Event Page, or send us an email!

A total of 176 piano keys will be banged on by 20 fingers over two shows in a rather unusual benefit sponsored by Burien’s Three Tree Community Church this Sunday, Dec. 11 – a Dueling Piano Holiday Food Drive!

There will be two shows – 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. – at the church, located at 16261 1st Ave South.

“Come join us for a night of great entertainment brought to you by the performers of Chopstix dueling pianos,” reads a poster.

Songs will be requested by food or cash donations all night, and people are asked to bring their own canned goods, or to purchase some at the show.

There will also be free refreshments, including cheesecakes.

“In 2011 Seattle organizations that support the homeless and people in need have all reported being stretched beyond the abilities of what these food banks or non-profit organizations can handle,” the poster adds.

Suggested donations is 1 canned good per person, and we’re sure more (as well as cash donations) will most happily be accepted.

If you’ve never been to a dueling piano event, get ready – these can be hilarious sing-alongs that will most certainly motivate even the shyest person to join in.

This particular show will benefit the White Center Food Bank and Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission.

The Burien Elks Club, along with the Five Corner Albertson’s, will be holding their third annual Spaghetti Feed and Silent Auction from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20th to benefit the Highline Area Food Bank.

It will be held at the Elks Club, located at 14006 First Ave South in Burien.

“Help us raise funds to feed local families of Burien this Thanksgiving,” reads an email.

AUCTION DONATIONS NEEDED
Please note also that organizers are seeking donations for the auction, so if you or your business can donated a gift card, t-shirts, gift basket or other item(s), please contact Rashelle Lee at (206) 683-7553 or email: s00411.som@albertsons.com before Saturday, Nov. 19th.

Tickets available at the Five Corner’s Albertsons (15840 1st Ave South); pre-sale ticket prices are:

• ADULTS: $8
• KIDS 12 & UNDER: $6
• *SPECIAL* Family of 4: $20

Tickets will also be available at the door.

All proceeds collected will benefit the Highline Food Bank.

Sponsored by space donated from Albertsons Five Corners and the Burien Elks.

The good folks at Praise-A-Lujah ministries wants our Readers to know that they’re holding a “Big Blue Barrel’ Food Drive this weekend – on Friday, Nov. 11th from Noon – 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 12th from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

“Over 3,000 people in our local communities receive food each month through the ‘Praise-A-Lujah’ Food Ministry,” reads an email. “Help provide a thanksgiving meal to families in the Des Moines, Sea-Tac, Burien area – please help us fill the BIG BLUE BARREL for the up coming holidays.”

Here are the locations where you can donate, with the closest listed first:

• Saars in Burien: 14905 4th Ave. S.W. Burien, WA. 98166
• Normandy Christian Church: 908 S. 200th St. Seattle, WA. 98198
• Praise-a-lujah: 19825 Des Moines Memorial Dr. Des Moines, WA. 98148
• Saars off Rainier: 900 Rainier Ave. Way S. Seattle, WA. 98118
• Saars in Renton: 3208 N.E. Sunset Blvd Renton,WA. 98057

Meal Deals can be purchased at Saars Markets; these include all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal – $19.99 for the Turkey Meal and $14.99 for the Ham Meal.

“Help a family in need this Thanksgiving season by donating to our food drive. How ever and What ever you donate would be a blessing!”

Here’s more from member Angel Laycock:

Hello,

My name is Angel Laycock and I play for a local soccer club, HPFC Eagles, and within our club we have a leadership group called the Senior Leadership Committee and our goal is to get our club involved in a lot of activities that we can do as a club for the community. Our group is lead by Maya Mendoza and it is a group of seven players who are in charge of planning events. So the reason for contacting you is that we have an event coming up called “Trick or Can,” and what we will be doing is on Sunday, October 30th between 3pm-5pm small groups of our club will be going around house to house to collect canned food and what we will do is send that canned food to three different food drives which include Highline Area Food Bank, White Center Food Bank, and West Seattle Food Bank. We will be in a couple different areas that include Normandy Park, Three Tree Point, North Admiral and a few other local locations. If you could post this event on your blog and advertise it so people can be prepared when we come around and just to get the word  out. Thank you so much!

Angel Laycock

by Lori A. Alden
Prudential Northwest Realty

This Saturday, Oct. 1st, across the country and around the world Prudential Affiliates and their friends and families will be volunteering to make our communities a better place to live.

We at Prudential Northwest Realty are once again electing to have a food drive to help fill the shelves of our local food banks for the coming winter. This is the 8th Annual food drive Prudential has hosted. Raising over $100,000 in cash donations and 100,000 pounds of food.

Please join us Saturday, October 1st from 10 – 2 at the following locations to collect food and donations:

• Albertsons: 15840 1st Avenue South, Burien
• Grocery Outlet: 236 SW 152nd Street, Burien

As a convenience, you may also drop off your donations at our office between September 26th and October 1st from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Prudential Northwest Realty, 930 SW 152nd Street, Burien. Or, if you would like to send a check (made payable to YOUR local food bank), we will make sure they receive it.

Lori A. Alden can be reached at 206-244-6400. Prudential Northwest Realty is an independently owned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial company. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Real Estate Partner Prudential Northwest Realty does much more than just sell homes – they’ll be holding a ‘Global Volunteer Day’ Food Drive from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1st at their Olde Burien office, located at 930 SW 152nd Street, and YOU can help!

If you’d like to assist some of your hungry neighbors, you can drop off non-perishable food donations at PNW’s office between Sept. 24th and Oct. 9th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All proceeds will go to local Food Banks.

Here are the details from an email:

Become a Team Player!!
Help Praise-a-lujah ministries meet the needs of those in our community- one food basket at a time. Praise-a-lujah is a faith-based treatment center in Des Moines where individuals seeking the meaning of life can find it by building a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. By loving others as Christ first lived us, please drop off food donations at these following locations in your area on October 7th from 11am – 5pm:

• Burien Saar’s Market Place
  14905 4th Ave. S.W.
  Burien, WA 98166
• Rainer Saar’s Market Place
  9000 Rainer Ave. Way S.
• Normandy Christian Church
  908 S. 200th St.
  Normandy Park, WA 98198
• Praise-a-lujah
  19825 Des Moines Memorial Dr.
  Des Moines, WA 98148

Your help will answer prayers for those in need. Thank you and God bless!!

For more information, please contact Pastor Kelly Crow at 206-429-3383.

“Bartell Drugs’ Stock the Pantry” food drive will continue through this Sunday (June 12), with all Bartells’ stores in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties accepting non-perishable food donations, including the one located at 14901 4th Ave SW in Burien.

In association with Northwest Harvest, the two-week drive by Bartell Drugs focuses on replenishing local food bank, meal program and school food stocks during summer months – when families that normally depend on free or reduced-price school meals may struggle to provide healthy meals at home.

To help out, simply bring non-perishable food donations to the Bartell on 4th near SW 150th (206-242-1201). Hours are 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Monday – Saturday, and 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sunday.

Some “kid-friendly” food item suggestions include:

• Tuna
• Instant oatmeal
• Macaroni and cheese
• Peanut butter
• Cheese crackers
• Applesauce
• Canned fruit in individual serving sizes

Launched in 2009, “Bartell Drugs’ Stock the Pantry” donations have totaled nearly 35,000 pounds of food over the past two years.

“Through the generous contributions by our customers, we’re proud to support Northwest Harvest with this effort,” said Bartell’s Chairman & CEO George D. Bartell.

Seattle-based Bartell Drugs owns and operates 58 stores throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Family-owned since 1890, it is the oldest drugstore chain in the United States.

For more information on Bartell Drugs, visit www.bartelldrugs.com.