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A New Website For Kirkland, Washington Restaurants

In Dining in Kirkland, Exploring Kirkland, Kirkland News, Kirkland WA on November 11, 2008 at 9:51 pm

Kirkland, Washington and food seem to be on my mind these days.  Most of my last posts on this blog have focused on Kirkland’s efforts to help Hopelink and the Kirkland Food Bank raise money and collect food to help those in need. 

This post focuses on information about the great restaurants in Kirkland.  Dining in Kirkland can be a fun, tasty experience.  The abundance of great restaurants is one of the reasons I love living in Kirkland. There are great restaurants all over town, from the much celebrated Juanita Cafe to the local teriyaki spot.  Here’s a new website I found on the Eastside Life blog called Kirkland Restaurants.  The site rates restaurants in Kirkland and offers some specials if you sign up.

I would love to find out more about the rating system as Cafe Juanita, a nationally recognized restaurant with a James Beard award winner, Holly Smith, as its chef only received 3 out of 5 stars.  This was a bit surprising to me.

 

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The Kirkland Neighborhood Challenge to Raise Money and Food for Hopelink Begins!

In Kirkland News, Kirkland WA on November 7, 2008 at 2:00 pm

The Kirkland neighborhood challenges are on! Check out Kirkland Viewsblog post on the food drive and neighborhood challenge.  Scroll down to the remarks from Penny Sweet and Larry Springer.  The two are challenging the neighborhoods to be the strongest neighborhood contingent at Hopelink’s Turkey Trot on November 16th.  The Highlands, are you game?  They will also offer everyone who brings a bag of food or makes a cash donation at the Grape Choicea raffle ticket for a signed Magnum of Betz Syrah.  The Grape Choice is located at 7 Lakeshore Drive in downtown Kirkland.

Below is a copy of Karen Story’s email about the Highland’s plans thus far for the food drive:

 

The Hopelink Food Bank needs our help. Their supplies are very low and the need is very high.

 

The Highlands neighborhood will be joining in the city-wide “Neighborhood Food Drive Contest” November 15 to December 18. The neighborhood that collects the most pounds of food per person will win a summer party at Peter Kirk Pool, compliments of the City (250 participant limit).

 

The Highlands food drive will kick off November 15 when our Cub Scout pack will be collecting food at the kiosk on the corner of 116th Ave and NE 87th Street from 10am – 2pm.

 

We will also be collecting food at our general meeting on Nov. 20th.

 

In addition, I would like to organize a series of drop off locations in our neighborhood. Please let me know if you’d be willing to be a drop off spot, or to take loads of food to the food bank.

 

Hopelink is now located at:

13013 NE 65th Street

Kirkland, WA 98033-8613

425.889.7880

 

Most Needed Items:

 

·         Cereal

·         Canned vegetables

·         Pasta

·         Tuna

·         Flour

·         Sugar

·         Cooking oil

·         Canned fruit

·         Canned meals (chili, stew)

·         Please, no commercial size food donations

·         Cash donations gladly accepted. 88 cents can buy a meal for

one person.

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Kirkland, Washington Takes The Challenge to Stock Hopelink’s Food Bank Shelves

In Kirkland News, Kirkland WA on November 6, 2008 at 4:03 pm

Everyone in Kirkland is getting into the act, from the Kirkland Youth Council to the Senior Council to neighborhood associations.  Everyone is helping to raise food to stock Hopelink and The Kirkland Food Bank shelves.  You can do your part with a cash donation or drop off some food at Albertson’s in Juanita on the 15th of November.  The Youth Council and The Senior Council will be working together at the food drive on that day.

Karen Story, from the Highlands, is in charge of the HIghlands’ neighborhood effort and we will be hearing from her soon.  The Kirkland City Council is offering a summer party at Peter Kirk Pool for the winning neighborhood.    The Kirkland Highlands is a pretty cohesive neighborhood, so we should be able to win this!  (Who wants to be first off the diving board?)

For full details of the events, please read a copy of the joint news release from Marie Stake, Communications Program Manager for the city and  Denise Stephens, Public Relations Specialist from Hopelink and click on the links below:

 

Joint News Release

  

November 6, 2008

 

 

Kirkland Community Rallies for Food Drive

Kick-off Event November 15

 

 

Hopelink Food Bank
Most Needed Items:

 

·         Cereal

·         Canned vegetables

·         Pasta

·         Tuna

·         Flour

·         Sugar

·         Cooking oil

·         Canned fruit

·         Canned meals (chili, stew)

 

Cash donations gladly accepted.

Please, no commercial size food donations.

Kirkland, WA – Since July 2007, Kirkland residents have made nearly 18,000 visits to Hopelink’s Kirkland food bank.  Hopelink, a social service agency that serves families in north and east King County, reports experiencing a 25 percent increase of visits to its Kirkland center in September 2008 compared to September 2007.  As the holiday season approaches and the economy remains uncertain, the need for food and other emergency services will increase.  Hopelink has turned to the City of Kirkland and the Kirkland community for help.  A community-wide food drive officially launches on Saturday, November 15 with a kick-off collection event sponsored by the Kirkland Youth Council at the Juanita Albertson’s, 9826 NE 132nd Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 

 

 


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The neighborhood associations are challenging one another to a food drive contest and City of Kirkland employees are currently donating food items.  Collection bins will be made available at several community events through December 18.  For collection and donation information, go to the city website  or Hopelink.

 

The Youth Council, with support from the Kirkland Senior Council, will be accepting non-perishable food items at the November 15 kick-off event.  Anahita Nakhjiri, Kirkland Youth Council Community Service Coordinator and member of the City’s Human Services Advisory Board hopes to fill two emergency medical services aid cars during the drive. 

 

“There is such a great need in this community and Kirkland is a giving community,” notes Nakjiri.  “I hope to be busy all day loading the cars with food donations.”  This is the 2nd annual food drive hosted by the Youth Council.

 The Kirkland City Council sought the help from neighborhood associations; challenging them to a food drive among themselves.  “I knew they would rise to the occasion and get right to work,” notes Mayor James Lauinger. 

 

The neighborhood that collects the most pounds of food per person living in that neighborhood will be rewarded with a summer party at the Peter Kirk Pool, compliments of the City. Residents are encouraged to attend November and December association meetings and bring donated items.  Meeting information is posted to the City’s website and on its government access channel, KLIFE Channel 75. 

 

Cash donations are gladly welcomed by Hopelink.  “A $10.60 donation can buy food to make 12 meals for one person,” notes Shona Koester, Kirkland Center Manager.  Cash donations can be made at any one of the six Hopelink centers or online at www.hope-link.org.

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Kirkland, Washington’s Food Bank’s Cupboards Are Bare

In Kirkland News, Kirkland WA on November 4, 2008 at 10:13 am

kirkland-food-bank-bare-cupboardsTimes are tough for everyone. When times are tough, people tend to spend less and donate less.  There are many people who need help right now.  Many of these people use the services of Hopelink.  Hopelink’s cupboards are bare and the need for food has increased.  Hopelink officials met with the Kirkland City Council in an effort to broadcast the plight of Kirkland’s neediest citizens. 

If you check the Hopelink site, here’s how you can help.  You can contribute dollars online, donate food directly to Hopelink or hold a food drive.  There are lots of ways you can help, even with a small amount of time and money.

 

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Hopelink Benefit, Wenatchee River Rafting Trip

In Kirkland News, Kirkland WA on May 23, 2008 at 11:08 am

Linda, a Kirkland HIghlands’ resident, asked me to post this message on behalf of Hopelink:

6/8: Hopelink Benefit Rafting Trip!!! Wenatchee River! Leavenworth, WA

Benefit Rafting trip for Hopelink (see info below) on the WENATCHEE RIVER Sunday, June 8th. Sponsored by RIVERS INC! http://www.riversinc.net/

Join us on a one day rafting trip on Washington’s most popular whitewater run, all proceeds to directly benefit Hopelink. Minimum donation for the trip is $65 per person (tax deductible!). So come join us, and help a great cause too! The trip starts at the foot of the Cascade Mountains, just outside the Bavarian town of Leavenworth. The Wenatchee is noted for having the largest waves in the state (sometimes over 10′ high) and plenty of sunshine. Despite all it’s adrenaline plumping action, the Wenatchee is a relatively easy river to navigate, making it suitable for a wide range of skills and ages.
Meet time for this trip is 10:30 am. Drive time from the Seattle area is approx. 2 1/2 hours. Raft trip will end about 4:30 pm.  Minimum age: 10 years old.
Minimum donation $65 per person, to benefit Hopelink!
Comfortable wetsuit, lunch, all other necessary river gear, & shuttle at river will be provided.
Completed registration form (send an email to receive the form) and full payment are required to reserve your space.   Pre-registration is required, deadline for sign up is June 4th.
Upon receipt of payment you will be sent a trip information packet by email or fax.
 Questions??? Call Lynda at: RIVERS INC (425) 822 5296 email: riversinc@netzero.net

ABOUT HOPELINK
Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Hopelink’s mission is to promote self-sufficiency for all members of our community; we help people make lasting change.
Hopelink emergency service centers are located in Bellevue, Kirkland, Northshore, Redmond, Shoreline and Sno-Valley.
Hopelink is funded by diverse sources including public and private foundations, United Way, government support and by donations from individuals, organizations and corporations in the community. Hopelink runs efficiently by keeping expenses low. With administrative costs at only eight percent of the budget, a full 92% of financial support goes directly to helping families in crisis and preventing homelessness. As a Community Action Agency, Hopelink is governed by a board of directors.

 
 

 

 

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Extreme Makeover TV show and the Chapin Family Give Back to Kirkland WA’s Hopelink

In Extreme Makeover Home Project, Kirkland News on December 20, 2007 at 6:18 pm

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(Photo of finished home courtesy of Sherry Vincent) 

The Kirkland Performance Center was hopping on Sunday night the 18th.  People came to support Hopelink and the Chapin family at a presentation of  the Extreme Makeover show of the Chapin residence.  As many Kirklanders know, The Chapins received a new home in October courtesy of  Extreme Makeover Home Edition and many local contractors, such as Doyle Construction.  The construction of the home was a huge community effort that continued with Sunday’s “performance” of the TV show. 

volunteerorgextmakeoverbest.jpgext-makeover8lastdaybest.jpg Volunteers, contractors, and members of the cast of Extreme Makeover worked around the clock in rainy weather during the 8 day build.  The sign above shows  just a few of the many contractors that contributed their time, money, and services.

 The Kirkland Performance Center sold over 300 tickets, netting about $422 in cash donations and a total of 6 crates of food for Hopelink.  Over on Rain City Guide, Ardell wrote a piece about Sunday’s performance.

The Chapin family utilitzed some of Hopelink’s services in the past when they were a bit more down on their luck.  They have been great to always remember Hopelink and this was a fine way to do it!

 If you check out my previous blog postings on The Extreme Makeover home, you can follow the experience from beginning to end.  Photos have been posted which show the original home, the teardown, and the construction.  It was an exciting project and a neighborhood/city bonding experience. 

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Help Hopelink with a Toy and Food Drive at Kirkland’s Fire Stations

In Kirkland News on December 5, 2007 at 9:42 am

food-for-food-drive.jpgHopelink needs you!  The Kirkland Fire Department is collecting both food and toys for Hopelink.  As we all know, this is a difficult time of year for many people.  This year has been especially hard, particularly for those folks who were affected by this week’s heavy rain and snow.  For more information about the food and toy drive check, the news release from Marie Stake, Kirkland’s communications program manager.

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Hopelink and Extreme Makeover In Kirkland, WA’s Highlands

In Extreme Makeover Home Project, Kirkland News on November 28, 2007 at 4:31 pm

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Learn the real scoop on The Extreme Makeover Home Edition Experience.  Here’s your chance to hear first hand about the Kirkland Extreme Makeover experience while giving to people in need.  Hopelink is sponsoring a broadcast of the show as it airs on ABC the evening of December 16th at 8 PM.  The event will be held at The Kirkland Performance Center with the Chapin-Groven family, the home owners, present to answer questions about the experience.

Where:  The Kirkland Performance Center

When:  December 16th at 8 PM, with doors opening at 7 PM

Cost:  $15 for adults, and $10 for children.  Bring a food or toy donation for Hopelink.

For more details about the event, please check the Hopelink website or call 425-893-9900. Tickets go on sale on November, 30th, 2007.

(photo by Sheryl Vincent) See other great photos and read more about Extreme Makeover on earlier posts on this blog.
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