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 Heart Seattle removed 8000 pounds of wood, metal and debris from the…
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 an exclusive Zillow-supported listing platform of housing quickly available to prospective tenants. We Heart…
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 slopes of Kinnear Park. With this latest effort, the group has…
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, hauling trash and discarded furniture to volunteer-driven trucks. Working side by side,…
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 came together as like-minded citizens, frustrated by the degradation of our…
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 next day to tackle massive mounds of trash and debris in…
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 from the encampment at Dexter and Mercer 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 Heart Seattlehas attracted hundreds of volunteers and collected more than 250,000…
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 on the east side of Queen Anne. Over the last eight…
PRESS RELEASE – August 15, 2021?? We Heart Seattle was back in action this weekend at Denny Park connecting people with resources and offering a helping hand. Having already cleared close to 30,000 pounds of trash from this park and the surrounding area, We Heart Seattle volunteers regularly visit Denny…