| Mar |
| 6 |
| 6:00 pm |
Burien’s Hospitality House will be holding its Spring Fling Dinner and Boats for Beds Fundraiser on Saturday, March 6th at the Cove in Normandy Park beginning at 6pm.
Located in Burien, Hospitality House is a shelter and place of transition for homeless women in south King County. The Women of Hospitality House are supported by more than 12 local churches and organizations as well as by our local communities. Home-cooked meals are provided 365 days per year by volunteers. With the staff case workers, over 70 women each year develop and work their individual plans to find home, health and hope (see hospitalityhousesouthking.org to learn more).
Richard LeMieux, the author of “Breakfast at Sally’s,” will be the featured speaker, and according to a press release:
”Richard has lived in Washington State since 1981. He ran his own publishing company, producing medical directories and university student directories for 14 years. When his business failed, he lost his livelihood, his home, his possessions, and his wife of 17 years.
Richard was homeless in Bremerton, WA, with his dog, Willow, for a year and a half. He lived in his minivan while writing Breakfast at Sally’s with a second-hand manual typewriter at picnic tables in parks around the city.
While he was homeless, Richard and the other homeless people he portrays in his book regularly visited Sally’s, the soup kitchen at The Salvation Army in Bremerton.”
Today Richard has committed himself to sharing the story of homelessness with people of all backgrounds and of all ages across the country.
A short film about Hospitality House will be premiered at this dinner and a former resident will also be sharing her story.
Three Tree Point Yacht Club will be partnering with Hospitality House to raise funds with Boats for Beds. Guests will have the opportunity to purchase “the boat” or individual seats aboard one of several sailboats. It will be a fun afternoon of racing Saturday, June 26 out of the Des Moines Marina. What better way to celebrate a graduation, Father’s Day, girls’ day out, engagement or anniversary, than as crew, passenger or ballast aboard one of these special sailboats and with this fun-loving community of people? The boats are each photographed and featured on the Hospitalityhousesouthking.org website.
Tickets are available for purchase online at this website.
| Feb |
| 5 |
| 7:00 pm |
A “BUNCO Night” Fundraiser for Burien’s Hospitality House will be held Friday night, Feb. 5th starting at 7pm at the Normandy Park Congregational United Church of Christ.
It’s just $25 per person, giving you a chance to “roll the dice to end homelessness” and have a fun evening to boot.
Here are the details:
WHAT: BUNCO Night Fundraiser for Burien’s Hospitality House.
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 5th starting at 7pm.
WHERE: Normandy Park Congregational United Church of Christ, 19247 1st Avenue South, in Normandy Park.
INFO: From an email:
BUNCO Night for Hospitality House is Friday, February 5th at 7 p.m.
For $25 per person, one can roll the dice to end homelessness and have a fun evening to boot. Beginners and Bunco groups are welcome to join in. This strictly-for-fun evening is endorsed by the World Bunco Association.
There will be raffles, prizes and complimentary refreshments.
This event will be held at Normandy Park Congregational United Church of Christ, 19247 1st Avenue South, in Normandy Park.
This will also be your first chance to purchase seats for another fundraiser – the “Boats for Beds” sail.
Pre-register for Bunco through the Hospitality House website, by calling 206-915-5337, or by sending an email to buncofeb5@aol.com.
Hospitality House is a shelter and place of transition for homeless women in south King County. The Women of Hospitality House are supported by more than twelve local churches and organizations as well as by our local communities. Home-cooked meals are provided 365 days per year by volunteers. With the staff case workers, over 70 women each year develop and work their individual plans to find home, health and hope. See hospitalityhousesouthking.org to learn more about Hospitality House or these events.
More information is available at their website.
| Sep ’09 |
| 26 |
| 9:30 am |
Burien’s Hospitality House is holding a “Street Walk for the Women” fundraiser walk in downtown Burien on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Here are the details:
WHAT: Hospitality House’s 8th Annual “Street Walk for the Women” fundraiser for Homeless women.
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 26th at 10am; registration starts at 9:30am.
WHERE: Look for the Hospitality House booth at Burien Town Square near SW 152nd; you can register there, or before via online or snailmail (details below).
INFO: Have fun, win prizes and do good. The walk is a lively two miles through the heart of Burien to benefit Homeless women in South King County.
Multiply your efforts by asking friends, family, neighbors & co-workers to sponsor you with donations made to Hospitality House in your name. List them on the second/reverse page.
Here’s the plan:
- Pre-registration fee is $15 before Sept. 23rd; Same Day fee is $20; you can register online by downloading this form (PDF)
- Registration starts at 9:30am Sept. 26th at the Hospitality House table near SW 152nd at Burien Town Square; if you have sponsors, bring your completed sponsor form and money to the registration table before the walk
- Get your route map and list of Sponsors from the registration table, take time to stretch and warm up.
- Walk starts at 10am.
- Return to the stage after the walk to see if you win one of the numerous prizes. Top money raisers can select their choice of prizes.
- If you cannot participate but would like to help Hospitality House, please charge through Paypal on their website at: www.hospitalityhousesouthking.org or mail your check to:
Hospitality House
Attn: 152nd Street Walk
15003 14th SW
Burien WA 98166
Hospitality House is a nine bed shelter for homeless women in South King County. Founded in October 2000 by 12 sponsoring churches. Our mission is to help women find Home Health and Hope Each year we (graduate) approximately 70 women from a comprehensive 90-day program designed to help residence find employment, improve their life skills , and secure a safe affordable place to call home.
How is your donated dollar spent?
- $15 registration fee will stock the refrigerator of Hospitality House with sandwich makings for one day.
- $65 pays for one night of shelter.
- $250 sponsorship pays the monthly phone bill.
- $500 Sees a residence through a two week stay
- $2000. Sponsors a resident for the entire 12 week program, preparing them for a secure and stable life.
How many have been helped?
Since 2000 more than 400 women, ages 18 to 58, have received the services of Hospitality House.
Want to find out more about Hospitality House? Visit their website at: www.hospitalityhousesouthking.org.
Last Thursday night (Aug. 6th), Photographer Michael Brunk was lucky enough to be invited to sail on board the “Liberte” with Pat and Sue Waters and crew for the Three Tree Point Yacht Club’s 4th annual Mid-Sound “Summer Social” fundraiser race.
The “Liberte” is a 38-foot C&C 115 racing/cruising sailboat with an epoxy composite hull and a carbon fiber mast:
The race helped raise money for the Des Moines Food Bank as well as Hospitality House. You can read more about it here.
by Janet Grella
To Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, local resident Maureen Hoffmann organized a “clothing swap” party at her Burien home, where numerous area women donated unused clothing.
Burien city councilmember Sally Nelson and BTB Sales Diva Janet Grella were among the 14 women who swapped clothes, shoes and accessories. The left over clothes were delivered to two local charities over the past two days – Hospitality House and Community Clothing Closet.
An anonymous donor hangs out with donated clothes.
On Monday, clothes were delivered to Hospitality House Executive Director Natalie Reber and case worker Judy Allman. Natalie asked that if BTB readers want to donate clothes or personal items to its residents to call first (206-242-1860) or donate to the Community Clothing Closet.
The shelter is housed at the Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, located at 15003 14th Ave SW.
Since opening its doors in October 2000, Hospitality House has been assisted by more than 500 individual volunteers who have received orientation in the causes of homelessness and how to relate to women who would be housed in the shelter. In the past 8 years over 500 single homeless women have been helped. Typically at the end of the program, about 80% move into permanent housing.
In 2008, the House provided 2,710 bed nights for 84 homeless women of South King County. They also revamped their strategic goals and named Natalie Executive Director. Natalie has had extensive experience working with non-profit and political organizations and is deeply committed to social justice.
Maureen took a carload of clothes to the Community Clothing Closet, located at Hope Christian Fellowship on Sunday March 22nd. On Sundays, anyone can walk in, get a meal and gather clothes that they need, for free. The Community Clothing Closet is a church-based outreach program that helps needy Burien-area individuals and families.
They are currently seeking volunteers to help – if you live in the Burien or surrounding communities and have a desire to serve the needy.give ‘em a hand!
More info at: www.hope-christian.net.
The Community Clothing Closet is located at 623 SW 143rd Street in Burien. If you care to donate gently used items drop them by Sundays between 3 and 5pm.
“What a great way of having a party,” Maureen told us, “enjoying laughter, conversation and a bite to eat…getting some “new” clothes and shoes…and providing a lot of very nice clothes to other women! We had four hanging racks of clothes, shelves and piles of folded items, shoes hither and yon and an accessories corner. Everyone seemed to go home with a few new treasures.”
[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're re-running this story because we goofed when we first posted it – we actually misplaced Janet's story text so we just went ahead and posted the photos with our own little blurb. We apologize for the error, and hope you enjoy this story in its entirety.]
Natalie Reber, Executive Director of Hospitality House (Center in Black), with BPW members and their gifts to the women of Hospitality House.
Story & Photos by Janet Grella
The annual Christmas party of the Southwest Seattle Business Professional Women’s Group (SWSBPW) was held last week at The Mark Restaurant in Burien.
BPW ‘s mission is “to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy education and information.”
This year the organization ‘adopted’ another group of people helping women – Southwest King County’s own Hospitality House, located at the Lake Burien Presbyterian at 15003 14th Ave SW in Burien.
The House is group of people and organizations dedicated to ‘help homeless women find home, health and hope.” Their special guest and speaker was new House Executive Director Natalie Reber.
Natalie Reber, Executive Director of Hospitality House, spoke to SW BPW members at The Mark Restaurant last week.
After a buffet dinner, Natalie answered questions about Hospitality House, enlightened the group about the operations of the House, as well as the type of women enjoying the benefits of living there. Hospitality House limits the length of stay to 90 days so long as the resident remains clean and sober and are making active efforts to address their particular problems.
“The ladies of The House are homeless not because of character flaws, but because of ‘extenuating circumstances’ such as unemployment, domestic violence, physical or mental illness” explained Natalie. Hospitality House provides shelter, a home-cooked evening meal, case managers, counseling and support.
When asked what the House needs the most, Natalie responded “Volunteers and donations”. Even with over 500 volunteers working there annually, it’s not enough.
Some Volunteer statistics;
- Meal Providers: 3,650 meals per year made by church volunteers have saved about $54,750 in operating budget.
- Overnight Volunteers on Friday and Saturday nights have saved $12,480 in payroll as well as spelled their Overnight Manager.
- Newsletter Editor, Designer & Printer saves another $20,000 in production of 4 issues per year.
- The hundreds of profession friends (carpenters, painters, plumbers and lawyers) who offer services free of charge.
Natalie’s looking for any person willing to volunteer in Job Training skills, a website developer any one that can teach life skills, such as nurses, nutritionists, bankers, yoga instructors and of course volunteer chefs.
Call 242-1860 to inquire on how you might help. If you care to donate gently-used clothes, deliver them to The Community Clothing Closet 632 S. 143rd in Burien. Donations will be accepted on Sundays from 3-5.
At the end of the evening, the ladies of BPW packed up large Christmas bags with necessaries for the nine women of The House including (in each bag) hat, scarf, gloves, AMC Movies Passes, homemade cookies, phone cards, a blanket. lotions and unguents. This is another example of the women of BPW helping women. Who knows some of the women of The House may one day be a BPW member!
ABOUT SOUTHWEST BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN (BPW)
BPW was formed in 1919 to advocate for professional women. That’s one year before women got the right to vote!
BPW quickly grew into a national organization who’s mission is clear:” to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information.” The Emerald Chapter (Seattle) started in 1922.
The Southwest Seattle BPW has 22 local businesswomen whose professional lives include an attorney, interior designer, several insurance agents, property owner, salon owner and Boeing and Amazon executives. To find out how you may become involved, call Vicki Bergquest 206-878-4050.
More information about the SW BPW can be found at their website.
ABOUT HOSPITALITY HOUSE
The shelter is housed in Lake Burien Presbyterian Church. Before it was a shelter a “small army of volunteers” worked diligently for about 6 months to remodel two unused classrooms into a shelter. Local zoning, limits the number of beds to 9.
Since opening its doors in October 2000, Hospitality House residents has been assisted by more than 500 individual volunteers who have received orientation in the causes of homelessness and how to relate to women who would be housed in the shelter. In the past 8 years over 500 single homeless women have been helped. Typically at the end of the program, about 80% move into permanent housing.
In 2008, the House provided 2,710 bed nights for 84 homeless women of South King County. They also revamped their strategic goals and named Natalie Executive Director. Natalie has had extensive experience working with non-profit and political organizations and is deeply committed to social justice.
In the two months that Natalie has been at The House she’s already enlisted the support of another sponsoring church, Grace Lutheran in Des Moines. In addition to Grace Lutheran, the 12 other sponsoring churches are Des Moines United Methodist, John Know Presbyterian, Lake Burien Presbyterian, Normandy Park Congregational, Prince of Peace Lutheran, Southminster Presbyterian, St Bernadette’s Catholic, St. Vincent DePaul Catholic, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal and Saltwater Unitarian and Church of the Later Day Saints.
| Oct ’08 |
| 4 |
| 9:30 am |
The seventh annual “Stomp Out Homelessness” Street Walk is this Saturday, Oct. 4th, starting at 9:30am at the corner of SW 152nd and 6th Ave SW (see map below).
The cost is $20 to participate, the walk goes for two miles, and leashed dogs are welcome (no word yet on whether your canine companion can pull you along, but don’t forget a leash!).
And yes, there will be prizes for raising the most money with sponsorships!
All proceeds benefit Hospitality House Women’s Shelter, which is located at 15003 14th Ave SW in Burien.
So get your good foot up there, bring your four-legged best friend, and walk for some good!
For sponsorship forms or more information, call 206-243-9975.
