City Year is an organization that has been around for 22 years; founded in 1988 by two Harvard Law roommates who believed that if you get young people to focus on a social issue you can make a greater impact. The Seattle location started 10 years later, in 1998, and has been making a differences in our city ever since.
City Year’s name comes from the idea that each individual should take a year out of their life to give back to their city, or their country. Bill Clinton used …

Seattle Scenester takes pride in Seattle’s arts, music, food & drink, and non-profits and these are the foundation of the mission and vision. So, what better event to attend than a night capturing some of the best of all of these in the same room?
Blank Canvas, a Seattle non-profit, is an organization with a wide array of ideas collaborating art, Seattle artists, and other non-profits. For four years, Kristen Young, Executive Director of Blank Canvas, has been throwing annual events hosting teams of artists and non-artists that join …

Non-Profit of the Month

If you live in Seattle and are the least bit aware of your surroundings, you’ve probably seen them. Perhaps, like me, you quietly ignored them for awhile, pretending not to notice, or faking a text conversation to avoid eye contact. Some of them are solemn and gentle, others are a little more boisterous. I think of the vendor on 2nd and Pike with a loud booming voice “REAL CHANGE….get your REAL CHANGE”.
After living here for a few months I couldn’t avoid them much longer. They were everywhere …