Support your local Veterans

We just received this email from the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 160 On Veterans Day, November 11, 2012, from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 160 is hosting a spaghetti dinner that is free for veterans and their families.  We are also holding a donation drive on November 11 from 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm to collect items that will be used to create care packages for a group of...

Buy some Bings TOMORROW at Emma Schmitz View Point [Corrected]

Tomorrow, June 28, 2012 from 11:00 – 1:00 pm at at Emma Schmitz Memorial View Point, you can buy Bing Cherries and help raise funds for Jessica Oldwyn who is fighting a brain tumor.  More info here. Look for a maroon Dodge truck with a trailor.   I can't think of a more delicious fundraiser, can you? HAT TIP: Tracy from WSB.  I initally posted the wrong date…blaming our new puppy...

Don’t Forget to Stamp Out Hunger

Today's the day to leave canned goods for your mail carrier to pick up in the blue plastic bags they gave out last week for their annual Stamp Out Hunger...

Please help me! I’m going to be locked up at Angelina’s to raise funds for MDA!

I'm scheduled to be "locked up" to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on April 7, 2011 at Angelina's Trattoria in West Seattle.  While I have no idea who the special person was who nominated me to this event, I do know that I'm tasked to raise $2,000 to help King County families. Please help "bail me out" by making a donation (click here).  Every donation...

Historical Halloween Haunting for the Log House Museum

It's time for a Historical Halloween Haunting benefiting the Log House Museum. Catch ghosts of Seattle'spast for an entertaining goulish fun-draising event!  Brunch, program and silent auction. Date and Time:  Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Where:  Salty's on Alki Cost:  $65 for adults; $25 for kids 13 and under; kids under 4 are free. All proceeds...

Beach Drive Gargage Sales Benefiting Great Causes Today

  At 3800 and 4100 Beach Drive, you'll find two garage sales both benefiting great causes.   Check them out and be sure to tell them that Beach Drive Blog sent you!  If you're a Beach Drive neighbor and have a garage sale or are doing a charity fundraiser and would like to promote it, please contact...

Alki Homestead Community Rally and Picnic on the Fourth of July

From the Log House Museum website: "The Southwest Seattle Historical Society has organized a mass photo event to take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday July 4, in front of Fir Lodge, the 106 year old log structure that many have known for decades as the Alki Homestead restaurant.  The building was damaged by a January 9 fire and since then has sat vacant…"   "This event takes place...

Tour Alki on a Bike Tour this Sunday

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society (SWSHS) invites residents to bike into history as the 2nd Annual SWSHS Bike Tour returns to West Seattle Sunday, June 7, 2009, 12:30 to 2 p.m. The Bike Tour accompanies SWSHS’ popular Walking Tour series, showcasing some of West Seattle’s most influential landmarks. Beginning at the Log House Museum on Alki Beach, the Bike Tour is a casual 5-mile bike ride around the...

Learn at the Log House Museum

Tuesday, June 2nd at 7 p.m. at the Log House Museum, Joan Hockaday talks on "The Olmsted Legacy in West Seattle" from her new book, Greenscapes,  Olmsted's Pacific Northwest (WSU Press 2009).  Hockaday is a gardener historian who researched the Schmitz family and West Seattle connection in the archives of the Log House Museum.  Frederick Law Olmsted traveled to Seattle to design...

Learn at the Log House Museum

Tuesday, May 5th at 7 p.m. at the Log House Museum, Alan Stein and Paula Becker of HistoryLink will present a slide show and talk based on their forthcoming book, The Alaska/Yukon/Pacific Exposition.    One hundred years later, hear how Seattle celebrated its coming-of-age with a world's fair on the grounds of the University of Washington. The...

Earthcorps at Mee Kwa Mooks

Today, the fine folks at Earthcorps were out at Mee Kwa Mooks Park.    ...

The Perfect Christmas Present: A Place on the Statue of Liberty Plaza

This message is from Libby Carr: When we had the big Plaza Celebration Day on September 6th, about 50+ people had expressed their regrets for having missed out on getting a brick in the new Plaza.  With those requests, we knew there would be many more to come so we decided to open sales up again and create a Maintenance Fund that would be dedicated to maintaining this place at Alki Beach. Well, to date, the...

Save Money, the Planet and Help Your Community with CoolMom

CoolMom has partnered with WestSide Baby and the West Seattle Food Bank as additional beneficiaries of this fundraiser!   Additionally, we’ll have paper turkeys (cut out from used cereal boxes mind you!) available to purchase for $2 to $20. All the proceeds from the turkey sale benefit the West Seattle Food Bank. The toy sale is the week before Thanksgiving. "Save Money, the Planet, and help...

Volunteer Opportunity at The Southwest Seattle Historical Society

Are you new to Seattle and curious about its past?  Are you a native who would like to brush up on local history?  Are you interested in serving an organization that needs your financial, fundraising, community organizing and management skills? The Southwest Seattle Historical Society, which operates The Log House Museum on Alki, is looking for volunteers, committee members, and board members. ...

Zombie spotted on Beach Drive

If you see her, please donate canned goods to keep her spirits calm and charitable. Read more about Thrill the World by clicking here.   Their next performance is at 2:00 today at Easy...

Are You Seeing Pink?

During October, Beach Drive Blog will be in the pink to recognize National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.    How can you help? Do self exams Volunteer Donate Spread the word!  Go pink on your blogs or website. Click the button on the right side of this blog once a day to help fund...

Auction Benefiting the Log House Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Log House Museum – Preserving Heritage Gala and Silent Auction Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 5pm-9pm WEST SEATTLE – The Southwest Historical Society invites you to a festive evening to raise funds for the Log House Museum.  The Log House Museum preserves Seattle’s history and as a non-profit, relies on donations from members, the business community and museum...

3 Day Breast Cancer walk NOT on Beach Drive

Not this year…sorry neighbors.  The route for the 3 day walk has just been announced and we are not on the map.  The organizers are trying to give all neighborhoods a chance to enjoy this event.  This year the route will be starting at Bellevue Community College, going along Greenlake and then back to the eastside. Maybe next year?

REI Work Crew at Emma Schmidts

My husband, aka The Junior Reporter for Beach Drive Blog, noticed this work crew from REI volunteering at Emma Schmidts Memorial View Point earlier today.   They certainly picked a nice day for it!

Seattle Breast Cancer 3 Day

You may have noticed a new button on the upper right corner of Beach Drive Blog… I’m supporting the memories of two of my friends and co-workers who have passed away from breast cancer.   Michelle Brown was my dear friend and processor for almost six years…she passed last December and Tammy Swanberg was a fellow loan originator who passed a few years ago.   Both of their...