One year ago this week, a handful of volunteers joined me in Denny Park to participate in our first organized litter pick. We came together as like-minded citizens, frustrated byContinue reading “A Message from We Heart Seattle founder, Andrea Suarez”
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We Heart Seattle clears more than 10,000 pounds of trash in two days, highlighting humanitarian and environmental crisis in our city
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”
We Heart Seattle offers a helping hand amidst a mounting humanitarian and environmental crisis in South Lake Union
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”
We Heart Seattle gets the official 501(c)(3) nod from the IRS
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”
We Heart Seattle helps community reactivate historic park and greenbelt
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”
We Heart Seattle’s boots-on-the-ground approach makes a difference, day by day, needle by needle
PRESS RELEASE – August 2, 2021 We Heart Seattle hosted another weekend clean-up on Sunday at the NE Queen Anne Greenbelt trail. More than 40 volunteers continued the painstaking workContinue reading “We Heart Seattle’s boots-on-the-ground approach makes a difference, day by day, needle by needle”
We Heart Seattle keeps showing up, looking to make a difference in our public spaces
We Heart Seattle was back at work this weekend clearing thousands more pounds of trash and needles from the NE Queen Anne Greenbelt trail. Over the past few weeks, thisContinue reading “We Heart Seattle keeps showing up, looking to make a difference in our public spaces”
We Heart Seattle continues massive clean-up of historic greenbelt in NE Queen Anne
PRESS RELEASE – July 19, 2021 We Heart Seattle, a volunteer grassroots organization dedicated to making Seattle beautiful and safe for all, was back in action this weekend. Starting atContinue reading “We Heart Seattle continues massive clean-up of historic greenbelt in NE Queen Anne”
New Seattle Coalition Offers Hope for People, Parks, and Public Spaces
As a City, we need to greatly increase the efficacy of our response to unsheltered homelessness by focusing resources on behavioral health services and emergency and permanent housing. This includesContinue reading “New Seattle Coalition Offers Hope for People, Parks, and Public Spaces”
These new proposals and plans need community support to become reality
Share the petition and help us reach the 20,000 supporter milestone! As our petition has quickly gained over 9,000 supporters, community leaders have stepped up with proposals to meaningfully addressContinue reading “These new proposals and plans need community support to become reality”