Tell your senators you care about AmeriCorps
Along with cuts to Title X Family Planning programs, on February 19 the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which in effect...
View ArticleSummertime done come and gone, my oh my
With the autumnal equinox upon us, we bid goodbye to summer 2011. We remember this as the first summer of Brettler Family Place, where 120 young people and their parents are recovering from...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act: Help us continue to get the word out!
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services study – HealthCare.gov King County is a national leader in obtaining health care coverage through expanded Medicaid and Qualified Health Plans. In 2013, King...
View ArticleKids’ programs spark interests and create bonds
Puppy Power encourages reading on the Sand Point Campus For families who have experienced homelessness, finding the time and money to participate in afterschool programs can be challenging. However,...
View ArticlePoverty Action at the Capitol
On Martin Luther King Jr., Day 2014, Statewide Poverty Action Network members and volunteers took their fight for social justice to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia. Over 200 members joined us...
View ArticleUniversity Rotary Club’s gift to Solid Ground has the kids jumping with joy
The Rotary Club of the University District selected Solid Ground to receive a gift in honor of the club’s 75th anniversary. During the club meeting in Dec. 2013, Solid Ground’s Resource Development...
View ArticleOlympic Hills Elementary School’s ‘Walking School Bus’ route gets a makeover
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, volunteers and members of Feet First – an agency dedicated to creating walkable cities and neighborhoods – set out to clean up a path frequently taken by...
View ArticleUpower: Combining physical fitness & confidence for youth
Growing up, there was never any question about whether or not I would be able to play softball for my high school. I played co-ed tee ball when I was 8, then graduated to slow-pitch for a community...
View ArticleSkool Haze: Part 2
Image by twobee at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Just how does a white teacher communicate identity and belonging to a black child or teen? Is their legitimate concern enough? Are a set of classroom guidelines...
View ArticleCOMPARED TO WHAT?
Poetry zine gives voice to Sand Point Housing youth The youth who live at Solid Ground’s Sand Point Housing campus do not see themselves as a continuation of their parents’ lives. “I get super annoyed...
View ArticleDigging deep (at the Danny Woo Garden)
This post was contributed by Lauren Wong and originally appeared on the Apple Corps blog. Hello! I’m Lauren, one of two Apple Corps members positioned at the Danny Woo Garden in the...
View ArticleSand Point Housing’s young artists
Eleven young artists discovered the Officer’s Club at the Magnuson Park Gallery. This former office of a naval commander became a worksite for young residents of Solid Ground’s Sand Point Housing...
View ArticleA lesson in empathy
I was blown away by the youth homelessness training program, The Ropes: Understanding and Engaging in Youth Homelessness. I expected a rigidly structured program that presented “scenario A” and then...
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