The 3rd Annual Turkeys N’Diapers Fundraiser, sponsored each year by the B-Town Blog and White Center Blog and originally scheduled for this Saturday (Nov. 20th) in White Center, has been postponed for the time being.

“We will reschedule this very successful event as soon as possible,” said Blog staffer and event organizer Bart Bryan.

The Turkeys N’Diapers Fundraiser supports the very much needed services of the White Center Food Bank and WestSide Baby.

“We will let our readers know as soon as we reschedule our third annual fundraiser,” Bart said. “We look forward to seeing a strong turnout at that time from our Burien and White Center neighbors and hope to make it our best one yet!

“In the meantime, we encourage our readers to make the biggest and most heartfelt direct donations they can muster before Thanksgiving,” Bart said.

The White Center Food Bank makes food available year-round to nearby families in need.

The Food Bank works hand-in-hand with WestSide Baby, a non-profit organization that collects previously-owned items for children and babies and distributes them free of charge to South King County families in need.

Last year WestSide Baby served more than 15,000 children.

Here’s year-round contact information:

White Center Food Bank
10829 8th Ave SW
Seattle WA 98146
www.whitecenterfoodbank.org
Phone: 206-762-2848

And:

WestSide Baby
New location: 10027 14th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98146
(206) 767-1662
www.westsidebaby.org

WestSide Baby is open for Donations, Volunteers and Provider Pick-ups:

• Mondays and Wednesdays 9am to 1pm
• Saturdays 10am to 1pm (Closed Saturday, November 27)

NOTE: This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a new date.

The B-Town Blog, along with our sister site The White Center Blog, look forward to seeing as many of our Readers and Neighbors as possible on Saturday, Nov. 20th at the White Center Albertsons for a special Thanksgiving-related food and diaper drive: our 3rd Annual Turkeys N’Diapers Fundraiser!

It’ll run from 10am to 3pm, and all donations will go to the White Center Food Bank (food) and WestSide Baby (diapers & baby stuff).

Albertsons is located at 16th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street in White Center.

We’ll be collecting turkeys and diapers (yes, that’s correct: turkeys and diapers!).

Stuffing and canned vegetables and other Thanksgiving-related food items would be greatly appreciated.

Donations in the form of cash and checks (made out directly to “White Center Food Bank” or “WestSide Baby”) will also be gratefully accepted.

The crew will be lead again this year by the blog’s own Mark Neuman and Bart Bryan, with special appearances by other hard-workin’ local bloggers.

And get this – if you’re a local business who wants to get some free publicity, all while helping out your community – for each business that donates over $100 in either cash or goods, we’ll not only post your name in our stories on this event, we’ll link to your website as well!

The White Center Food Bank will make available the food, as they do year-round, to nearby families in need.

The Food Bank works hand-in-hand with WestSide Baby, a nonprofit organization that collects previously-owned items for children and babies and distributes them free of charge to South King County families in need.

In 2008 WestSide Baby served more than 12,000 children.

This is our third consecutive year doing this fundraiser. Previously, we’ve raised over $1,110 (year #1) and $800 (last year), and we’re hoping to eclipse both this year.

Here’s year-round contact information:

White Center Food Bank
10829 8th Ave SW
Seattle WAÂ 98146
www.whitecenterfoodbank.org
Phone: 206-762-2848

And:

WestSide Baby
10032 15th Ave SW
Seattle, WAÂ 98146
(206) 767-1662
www.westsidebaby.org

Click image (or here) to download a printable PDF poster (feel free to print & post!)

All of us at The B-Town and White Center Blogs would like to offer a huge Turkey Day “thank you” to everyone who donated this past weekend at our 2nd Annual Turkey ‘N’ Diapers Drive at Albertsons in White Center.

Over $800 in donations was collected!

The food items will be distributed to those in need by the White Center Food Bank.

Baby related items will go to WestSide Baby, located in White Center.

Team leader Bart Bryan, who often hosts “Whaddaya Think?” on our six neighborhood blogs said “It was very, very cold weatherwise, but the hearts of our neighbors were warm.”

Example: two men, both fighting cancer, arrived three hours apart and, not knowing each other, donated food. Each did so with giving smiles.

One of the most touching moments of the day was when an elderly man donated all he could – 24 cents.

A Sarah Palin look-alike stopped by and contributed food.

A casino dealer set his 52 cards down and gave away a box of 168 diapers.

A grandmother waved and left a grocery bag of pasta and sauce.

A man named “Joe,” who did not want his picture taken, gave four bags of Top Ramen for “starving college students.”

Darla Green, of Skinperfect Aesthetics, was the first donor of the day.

Darla Green, from Skin Perfect Aesthetics in Burien, was the first donor of the day, bringing in a paper bag full of canned goods.

Mike, from an up and coming spot in White Center called Proletariat Pizza, donated three pizzas for the volunteers.

We’d also like to give a big shout out to the good folks at the White Center Albertsons!

Thanks, everyone!

WestSide Baby is a nonprofit organization that collects previously-owned items for children and babies and distributes them free of charge to South King County families in need.

In 2008 WestSide Baby served more than 12,000 children.

In any given month the White Center Food Bank serves over 1,500 families.

Here’s contact information:

White Center Food Bank
10829 8th Ave SW
Seattle WA 98146
www.whitecenterfoodbank.org
Phone: 206-762-2848

And:

WestSide Baby
10032 15th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98146
(206) 767-1662
www.westsidebaby.org

Here’s a Photo Slideshow shot by Mark Neuman and Scott Schaefer of the day:

Click to View Our Photo Slideshow

Our 2nd Annual Turkeys N’ Diapers Fundraiser!

It’ll run until 4pm today, and all donations will go to the White Center Food Bank (food) and WestSide Baby (diapers & baby stuff).

Albertsons is located at 16th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street in White Center.

Come by and say Hi!