Sorted in reverse chronological order.
"The Washington Trails Association is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization working to preserve, enhance and promote hiking opportunities in Washington State through collaboration, education, advocacy and trail maintenance."
"The Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition is a collaboration of public and private agencies and businesses working to promote the acquisition and use of alternative fuel vehicles and to create a network of alternative fuel facilities."
Tent Cities - Antira's info page about the SHARE/WHEEL Tent City Project.
Puget Sound Blood Center
"Every two minutes someone in Western Washington needs a blood transfusion. Help ensure this precious resource is available for ill and injured people in our community by giving blood through Puget Sound Blood Center."Washington Native Plant Society
"The Washington Native Plant Society is a volunteer organization that provides botanical expertise and opportunities for all to share in the enjoyment of Washington's native flora. The Society serves as an effective and respected voice for the conservation of Washington's native plants and habitats."America's Foundation for Chess
"America's Foundation for Chess (AF4C) is committed to the education of our children. By making chess a larger part of America's cultural fabric -- accessible in schools and in popular culture - AF4C hopes to elevate the profile of chess in America so that it will soon become a regular part of every child's classroom experience. In the U.S., despite the numerous studies that demonstrate the impact learning how to play chess can have on cognitive and critical thinking skills, chess is rarely incorporated into American schools. AF4C was founded in June 2000 to change this."
Seattle Tilth
"Seattle Tilth inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources, and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community."Sleestak
"Sleestak... the NorthWest's only dedicated site to skateboarding, skateboard parks and all the crap that goes with it."Washington State: Junk Email Law
"Although not all spam is illegal, almost all of it is a nuisance."
Brainstorm
"The City of Seattle Community Technology E-Zine."Freecycle Seattle
"Freecycling is a worldwide movement dedicated to recycling useful items within communities."Notable PNW Earthquakes
"An automated web page produced after a significant earthquake."
Stay Safe Online: "Securing your personal computer plays a crucial role in protecting our nation's Internet infrastructure".
The US-CERT "National Cyber Alert System provides timely information about current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities as well as advice about protecting your computer and networks."
"The CERT/CC: Current Activity web page is a regularly updated summary of the most frequent, high-impact types of security incidents currently being reported to the CERT/CC."
SDART
"SDART (Seattle Disaster Aid & Response Teams) is a neighborhood-oriented approach to emergency preparedness. It is based on the belief that a cooperative effort between a City and its citizens is the only sure way to prepare for major disasters. Major disasters stretch City resources to their limits. It is estimated that regular emergency services will be unable to respond to most calls during the first 72 hours following a major disaster, such as a severe earthquake. While the overall focus of the SDART program is on teaching neighborhoods self-sufficiency during times of disaster, preparedness efforts must center initially on individuals and families in their homes. A city whose population is prepared at home will see a significant reduction in the need for police, fire, and ambulance support."Lambert House
"Lambert House is a center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and questioning youth and their allies that encourages empowerment through the development of leadership, social, and life skills. Lambert House began in the late 1980's as a group of youth and youth-supporters who came together in order to create ways for sexual minority youth to meet. As the grassroots effort took form, the Association of Gay and Lesbian Youth Advocates (AGLYA) carved out its existence. In 1991 AGLYA seized an opportunity to lease an old Victorian house in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. In 1993 AGLYA became an independent organization named after Gray Lambert, a local queer youth advocate. Within two years the board hired the first paid staff members. Today, Lambert House has a national reputation as a leading organization in the Northwest for queer youth. Lambert House is seeking volunteers."Veg Seattle
"There is no shortage of places to find veg eats in and around Seattle. With more than twenty strictly vegetarian and vegan restaurants and an incredible array of choices regarding vegetarian products and locally grown produce, Seattle may well be the most veg-friendly city in all of North America. Whether it's personal health or appearance, global environmental protection, or compassion toward animals, people choose to go veg for a wide variety of reasons. Veg Seattle encourages and supports the transition to vegetarian and vegan diets."
FareStart
"FareStart transforms the lives of homeless and disadvantaged men and women, building self-sufficiency through job training and placement in the food services industry. At FareStart food is the tool that empowers lives, nourishes families and builds communities. For the past 10 years, FareStart has provided over 800,000 meals and has transformed over 1,000 lives through an innovative and extensive Learning for Life Program that's designed to give homeless and disadvantaged men, women and their families the opportunity for a successful future."Seattle Widowed Young Persons
"The Seattle Widowed Young Persons' Support Site provides information on Grief Support Services in the Seattle Area. The support is specifically geared to younger men and women who are dealing with grief and non-end-of-life issues, who have lost a spouse or partner. On-going large and small groups provide essential support for those on the grief path."The Student Press Law Center
"Since 1974, the Student Press Law Center has been the nation's only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and supporting the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship. The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics. The SPLC is a nonprofit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) corporation."
Books to Prisoners
"Volunteers are the lifeblood of Books to Prisoners. We've got no corporate endowment, no federal grant, no paid employees. All we have are people like you. Some volunteers are regulars, some come and go. Some help out with wrapping packages, some answer letters, some just bring by a box of books now and then: ANY contribution is welcome. Here's the scoop: Books to Prisoners is an all-volunteer project which sends donated books to individual prisoners in the name of justice and literacy. Not one of us makes a penny, and our rent is donated, so all donations go directly to the cause. The bulk of our money goes directly toward 4th class postage. Books to Prisoners responds to book requests mailed directly to our organization by prisoners across the United States. The service is free of charge."Safe Schools Coalition
"The mission of The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth is to help schools become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. Our role is to reduce bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children with sexual minority parents/guardians locally, nationally and internationally."Hate Free Zone
"The Hate Free Zone Campaign's mission is to uphold the fundamental principals of democracy and justice. We support and mobilize targeted immigrant communities and allies to advocate for equality, dignity and respect. Our work integrates four critical areas that, when combined, become the catalyst for systemic change: political advocacy, direct support, community mobilization and education. HFZ Campaign was formed as an immediate response to hate crimes and discrimination from individuals and government policies targeting Arabs, Muslims, South Asians and other communities following September 11, 2001. We operate under the fundamental premise that we speak more loudly as a coordinated coalition, and we strive to bring together our immigrant communities with more mainstream communities. Although the burden of policies that erode constitutional and civil rights post-9/11 is falling primarily on immigrant communities, all communities are affected."
"The Computer Giveaway Project has been part of SCN since 1994 and the computers have always been given away FREE. We are part of the King County Computer Recovery Project and generally work with non-profit organizations to identify the families and individuals who need computers. Twice a year we have to-the-public Giveaways: the next one will be on Saturday, October 25, 1:00-3:00 P.M., e-mail computergiveaway@scn.org for location. The equipment we have is old, but working. We do not have laptops. We will have approximately 21 Pentium 90-200 PCs (complete, with OS) and 15 PowerPC/PowerMacs and clones (complete with OS). We will also have printers-all working, but cranky, extra monitors and keyboards and all manner of odds and ends...networking bits and pieces (Mac and PC), old software, games, ETC.. If you're new to computers, bring along a computer-savvy friend. These events tend to be pandemonium personified. Be prepared."
"Seattle Wireless is a not-for-profit effort to develop a wireless broadband community network in Seattle. Our use of inexpensive wireless technology gets around the artificial bottlenecks imposed by the local telco which prevent true, inexpensive, Metro Area Networking. We are using widely available, standards-based RF technology operating in license free frequency, to create a free, locally owned wireless backbone. This is a Metropolitan Area Network (not just a "wireless LAN" in your home or business) and a community-owned, distributed system (NYASPTWYOMB - not yet another service provider to whom you owe monthly bills). The wireless technology used by the members of the Seattle Wireless network creates the first telecommunications infrastructure that is not only inexpensive, but widely available and easily used so that it is now truly possible for a network to grow from the grass roots of our community based upon on a wonderful combination of self interest and community spirit."
"Some of our favorite neighborhoods are not even in Seattle! One great place for a little rest and recreation in the waning days of summer is Cedar Butte, about four miles south of North Bend. There's a new trail to the summit (just finished!), some nice views, and now a web site showing that even diminutive, ordinary places can have many points of interest. Check out the web site, then come out for a visit."Traffic Waves
"Have you ever been driving on an interstate highway when traffic suddenly slows to a crawl? You inch along for many minutes while waiting to see the accident which must have caused the jam. At the same time you also curse the "rubberneckers" who are causing the whole problem. But then all the cars ahead of you take off at high speed. The jam is over, but no accident, no police cars, nothing. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!"Bulletin Board Finder
Looking for an apartment or a roommate or for local community services, businesses, or neighborhood activism related information? This site is an online resource for listing the location of neighborhood bulletin boards (not BBS) such as those found at your local co-op, retailer, or laundromat. The tradition of free community communication space lives on!Seattle Vegan
"A vegan is a person that doesn't eat any animal products including meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs and milk products. Some vegans also don't eat honey. Many vegans choose not to use any animal products such as leather, silk, wool, and other animal derived products. People are vegan for many different reasons. Some reasons include health, environmental, religious, and animal rights."
"The Soundview Park Project is a community initiative to transform Soundview Park into a widely used, safe and fun community-gathering place that reflects the character of the neighborhood. Soundview Park is located west of Soundview play fields adjacent to Whitman Middle School at 1590 NW 90th Street. It is situated between Olympic Manor and the Crown Hill neighborhoods. The park is owned and maintained by Seattle Parks and Recreation. The Soundview Park renovation is the result of a community, government, and private partnership. Many generous community members and local businesses have contributed services, materials, and money to make the renovation of Soundview Park a reality."
"Enzian Schuhplattler is a not-for-profit folk dance organization dedicated to promoting Bavarian folk dancing and costumes. Enzian performs regional dances from Bavaria (Germany) and Tirol (Austria), including traditional Schuhplattler and folk dances. The club was founded in 1965 by German and Austrian immigrants in Seattle, Washington (USA). Enzian Schuhplattler is a member of the "Gauverband Nordamerika," an international federation of Schuhplattler clubs dedicated to the preservation of Bavarian and Tirolean folk dancing, costumes, customs, culture, and fellowship. Enzian Schuhplattler has performed at a variety of events around the Pacific Northwest, including the Northwest Folklife Festival; Leavenworth's Mai Fest, Autumn Leaf Festival, and Oktoberfest; the World Expos in Spokane, Washington, and Vancouver, B.C., and a multitude of other regional events."
"Due to cancellation of funding for Seattle's Block Watch program the Wedgwood Wide Block Watch (WWBW) Committee, an ad hoc group of Wedgwood volunteers, is working to fill the gap created by the cuts. The WWBW program coordinates Wedgwood's crime prevention effort through disseminating timely crime prevention information, working in conjunction with community members wishing to start a block watch on their block, serving as liaison regarding public safety issues for the North Precinct, the City, the WCC, and other government bodies for Wedgwood block watch captains, and planning and executing a yearly (or semi-yearly) Wedgwood Block Watch Summit for Wedgwood block watch captains and other interested community members for the purpose of networking, brainstorming, and sharing information of concern."
FTC: National Do Not Call Registry
"The Rainbow Center of Tacoma seeks to EDUCATE, ADVOCATE, and CELEBRATE with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community of Puget Sound. Rainbow Center sponsored programs are a response to community needs and are a mix of social, support, and educational opportunities. Currently the Rainbow Center provides a dedicated resource center, phone referral service, a newsletter, an email list, a monthly calendar of events, and a frequently updated website. Currently they sponsor monthly movie and game nights, a lesbian book club, a coming out support group, educational discussion groups, two yearly dance events, and one formal black tie dinner."
"Marymoor Park is the biggest regional park in the King County Parks system. It is located in Redmond, at the north end of Lake Sammamish, hugging the Sammamish River. The Friends of Marymoor Park is a group of individuals, park user organizations and private businesses dedicated to enhancing Marymoor Park. The Friends of Marymoor Park achieves its goals by providing information, offering activities, and creating opportunities for the community to invest time and resources in support of Marymoor Park. The Friends play an active role planning and advocating for the park's future. There are many activities going on at Marymoor Park, and several organized groups who offer programs and services within the park."
"The Marine Corps League is a non-profit military veterans service organization. It's membership is comprised of 56,000 honorably discharged, reserve, active duty, and retired Marines and Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen banded together for comradeship, mutual support, and community service. We are active in the annual Toys For Tots campaign, the Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Program; an assistance program for hospitalized veterans, the National Service Program provides assistance to veterans in a wide area of matters relating to their military service. We award scholarships to the children of Marines, sponsor a National Youth Physical Fitness Program, and the Young Marines, our youth program. And while we are essentially a-political, we have a National Legislative Committee that provides representation to Congress regarding veterans benefits. We are members of Washington State Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee, Veterans Legislative Coalition, and the Joint Committee Military and Veterans Affairs. We perpetuate the history of the Marines through fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines, and to honor our fallen comrades."HistoryLink.org
"HistoryLink is an online historical database and website devoted to chronicling the history of Seattle and King County since the arrival of the Denny party nearly 150 years ago. HistoryLink offers a growing collection of biographies, narratives, profiles, images, facts and chronologies relating to King County's history. The site includes both educational features and searchable databases. It is a place where you can find historical data, stories, and images detailing the people, events, and dreams that have formed Seattle and King County, Washington over the past century and a half."
"WWFOR seeks to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, equality, peace and justice. They are an interfaith, pacifist organization, part of a national Fellowship of Reconciliation and International Fellowship of Reconciliation network which has opposed wars since 1914. WWFOR initiated Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War (SNOW), now with over 90 member groups. WWFOR also works to abolish the death penalty; to achieve racial equality; to promote economic justice; to disarm the world of nuclear and other weapons; to create a culture of nonviolence."
"The Northwest Fraud Investigators Association was founded by law enforcement officers. The Association membership includes experienced investigators in all levels of law enforcement, banking and business; all working together. Information about bad-paper, stolen credit cards, wanted persons and fraud is shared at each of the meetings. The Association's purpose is to secure the full cooperation of all those interested in the location, apprehension, prosecution and conviction of all persons defrauding the public by means of passing forged, bogus or worthless checks and/or documents."Computer Recovery Project
"The Computer Recovery Project provides the residents and small businesses in King County with reuse and recycling options for their used computer equipment. The Project is a network of local computer repair and resale shops, nonprofit groups and computer retailers that have teamed up to offer multiple locations for donating, upgrading or recycling used computer equipment."
Diverse Harmony - "Celebrating diversity through music, Diverse Harmony is a gay/straight alliance youth chorus and is a musically creative social connection in the greater Seattle area designed to nurture friendships, promote musical abilities and provide a safe place where youth are accepted for who they are."
The FTC collects illegal spam. Be sure to include complete header data when forwarding illegal spam to uce@ftc.gov. Certain types of junk e-mail are illegal in Washington State.
The "Nigerian" Scam. "Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) they are receiving dozens of offers a day from supposed Nigerians politely promising big profits in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country. And apparently, many compassionate consumers are continuing to fall for the convincing sob stories, the unfailingly polite language, and the unequivocal promises of money." Also see: Nigerian 419 Scams
"TCA is a grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring an ecological balance in the Thornton Creek watershed. The Thornton Creek watershed is a drainage of approximately 11.6 square miles in northeast Seattle. It is Seattle's largest watershed, and drains to Lake Washington at Matthews Beach. That water ultimately goes through the Lake Washington Ship Canal to Puget Sound. The creek is a historic home to at least 5 species of Pacific salmon and trout."
"SEAMEC is a non-partisan civic organization that rates candidates running for political and judicial office in Seattle, King County, and the State of Washington. SEAMEC evaluates candidates on their knowledge of, record of proven activism for, and commitment to the concerns of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) communities. SEAMEC publishes its ratings in advance of the primary and general elections, so voters can make an informed choice."
"SCAA is a grassroots organization helping communities, governments, and airports. Noisy jets either keep people awake or wake them up during the night. Sleep disturbance is a serious problem in Seattle as both Sea-Tac and Boeing Field, unlike many similar airports, operate 24 hours a day. While both airports have some limited nighttime noise abatement procedures, these only help some residents some of the time. In addition, the FAA has suggested they need to start the night procedures later which will result in more sleep disturbance. SCAA has some suggestions that would result in fewer awakenings."
"Women in Black is an international women's peace movement and an example of networking power. This informal organization, with no centralized offices or leaders, links women in countries as far apart as Israel, India, Yugoslavia, the UK, Indonesia, Spain, Azerbaijan, Italy, the USA, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, and Canada. The group's approach is simple and direct. Participating women stand publicly in silence, dressed in black as a sign of mourning for lives lost to violence, and they don't go away."Mobile Roving Circle
"The Mobile Roving Circle is an ensemble of acoustic guitar players performing at no cost for social service institutions including nursing facilities, continuing care facilities, and mental health residential facilities. The Mobile Roving Circle is a performance project of Seattle Circle, a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to develop and promote appreciation of music in the Puget Sound area through education, workshops and music events."
"Seattle Area Events Commemorating the Victims of 9-11 and the Victims of the war in Afghanistan; Working for Peace; and Working against Repression in the Backlash of 9-11."CASPIAN
"Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN) is a national grass-roots consumer group dedicated to fighting supermarket loyalty or frequent shopper cards. CASPIAN's efforts are directed at educating consumers, condemning marketing strategies that invade shoppers' privacy, and encouraging privacy-conscious shopping habits."Reclaim the Media
"Reclaim the Media is part of a growing media democracy movement concerned about the private takeover of public broadcasting resources, corporate consolidation and homogenization of media systems, and the deregulatory rollback of public interest accountability."
Fear of Flying Clinic - "Through empathy, education, and experience, the Fear of Flying Clinic offers fearful flyers the tools to cope with their phobia and their fear and to fly comfortably. The staff of the Fear of Flying Clinic is committed to this goal and to the individuals who seek the key to comfortable flight."
"Do you own $2,000 worth of a corporation stock? Have you owned it for a year? Then you can file a shareholder resolution! At this web site you will find information on and examples of shareholder resolutions, rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, information on Washington corporations, mutual funds, and related websites."
"Dark Skies Northwest is dedicated to preserving and promoting beautiful night time skies in the Northwest United States - Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington. Just 30 years ago the Milky Way was visible from Seattle. Largely, because of a proliferation of unregulated, glaring lights it can no longer be seen from Seattle. With the adoption of full cut-off lighting and appropriate lighting levels, our view of the Milky Way can be restored."
"The Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (CCCS) is a statewide grassroots, nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington. Their goals are to protect children and youth from commercial influences in school, to educate the public about commercialism in schools, to advocate for the elimination of such commercial influences, and to seek full and stable funding for education."
"STAR is dedicated to providing state of the art computer and internet access for all members of the community, including people with barriers or limitations due to disability or low income. The center is committed to increasing independence and productivity for all residents and neighbors of Seattle through the aid of technology while providing the opportunity for them to improve their quality of life."Camp Ten Trees
"Camp Ten Trees features one week for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and one week for the children of LGBT parents. At Camp Ten Trees, children and youth build self-confidence and strength in diversity in an environment which challenges homophobia and provides a range of traditional camp activities. In addition to typical camp activities, campers will engage in age-appropriate workshops centered around diversity, homophobia, identity, and youth coalition building."SeniorNet of Puget Sound
"SeniorNet of Puget Sound is an all volunteer organization whose mission is to establish and operate a learning center to provide basic computer education to fellow seniors, age 50 and older. Our goal is to provide, at minimal cost, computer literacy to any senior willing to learn."
"We are the Disavowed. We know the soul-extraction that a bad workplace can cause. We know how it can be to leave even the worst of jobs. We know about loyalty and guilt and finances and fear and excitement and the rest of the roller-coaster job ride. We lived through it and like veterans of other battles we want to support one another."
Seattle Community Network was mentioned in Slashdot!
"Communities are rich and complex networks of social relationships. Regardless of whether the nature of these relationships is economic, legal, political, or something else, communication and information are essential to the formulation and the maintenance of the social web that we call community."
"This site is intended as a collection of tips for effective use of the internet to promote your own social cause. There is also a forum for your input on tips and resources, and pages of links to web help information, resources, and a variety of activist sites and lists to network with."
"The Young Shakespeare Workshop is a tuition-free program that offers two summer workshops for young people. The first year class learns the basics of Shakespearean acting, and presents an annual recital of sonnets, speeches, and scenes. The returning class produces and performs one of Shakespeare's plays. Now celebrating its eleventh year, the Workshop is an organization whose purpose is to awaken the hearts and minds of the young to the power and beauty of the English language. The Workshop relies entirely on donations."