Author Archives: We Heart Seattle

PRESS RELEASE – December 15, 2021   We Heart Seattle recently teamed up with Hilton Garden Inn volunteers to remove 6500 pounds of trash from the Dexter and Mercer encampment.  Another day last week, We HeartContinue reading “We Heart Seattle joins forces with local businesses to tackle trash, while offering individuals a path to work  “

PRESS RELEASE – December 15, 2021   We Heart Seattle has joined forces with Housing Connector to tap excess housing capacity in Seattle for those most in need.   Housing Connector offers qualified community partners such as We Heart Seattle access to anContinue reading “We Heart Seattle partners with Housing Connector to tap housing opportunities for families and individuals experiencing homelessness  “

PRESS RELEASE – November 16, 2021 After learning that some City trash removal contractors don’t clear slopes, We Heart Seattle swung into action this past weekend, removing 2500 pounds from the slopesContinue reading “We Heart Seattle gains support from businesses and neighbors by continuing to go where others will not”

PRESS RELEASE – October 29, 2021  In a single day, We Heart Seattle cleared 4,000 pounds of trash from a street-side encampment in Ballard.  What made this October 23rd clean-up event particularly special was that people living on-site pitched in to help, haulingContinue reading “We Heart Seattle tackles trash in Ballard while empowering individuals to be part of the solution “

PRESS RELEASE – October 27, 2021 One year ago this week, a handful of volunteers joined me in Denny Park to participate in our first organized litter pick. We cameContinue reading “A Message from We Heart Seattle founder, Andrea Suarez”

PRESS RELEASE – October 12, 2021   In a single day, We Heart Seattle cleared 6,500 pounds of trash from the ever-growing encampment at Dexter & Mercer.  Volunteers went on the nextContinue reading “We Heart Seattle clears more than 10,000 pounds of trash in two days, highlighting humanitarian and environmental crisis in our city”

PRESS RELEASE – September 21, 2021  We Heart Seattle offers a helping hand amidst a mounting humanitarian and environmental crisis in South Lake Union   We Heart Seattle has in recent days removed more than 20,000 pounds of trash fromContinue reading “We Heart Seattle offers a helping hand amidst a mounting humanitarian and environmental crisis in South Lake Union”

PRESS RELEASE – August 25, 2021 We Heart Seattle has received IRS approval as a tax exempt 501(c)3organization. Since the first ad hoc trash picks in September 2020, We HeartContinue reading “We Heart Seattle gets the official 501(c)(3) nod from the IRS”

PRESS RELEASE – August 23, 2021 We Heart Seattle gathered with community members on Saturday, Aug 21st to celebrate the reactivation of MacLean Park and the greenbelt trails located onContinue reading “We Heart Seattle helps community reactivate historic park and greenbelt”