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Adams Elementary Penny Harvest gets underway

10/26/201110/26/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Dig out your spare change – the 5th Annual Penny Harvest kicks off this week at Adams Elementary. The students at Adams will be collecting coins starting this Friday through […]

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Hundreds eat to raise thousands for charity

08/22/201108/22/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Thai Siam’s 24th Annual Charity Benefit Dinner was a huge success on Sunday! Thai Siam served nearly 600 people during the day-long event, raising more than $25,000 ($25,051.55 to be […]

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How has economy affected food banks?

04/20/201104/20/2011 Doree 1 Comment

Our news partners The Seattle Times had a story today about how the economy has been affecting local food banks. Now, a graduate student at the University of Washington contacted […]

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Ballard running group raises money for charity

03/23/201103/23/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Instead of paying the registration fee for a large race, a group of Ballardites decided to take that money and donate it to charity. This last Sunday, a group of […]

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Get your fill of pancakes for Seattle’s Bravest

06/23/201006/23/2010 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

This Saturday is The Hi-Life Benefit Pancake Feed from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The restaurant, located in the old Station 18 firehouse at 5425 Russell Ave NW, will serve buttermilk […]

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‘Dining out for Life’ on Thursday

04/27/201004/27/2010 Geeky Swedes 3 Comments

The 17th Annual Dining Out For Life is this Thursday, April 29th and several Ballard businesses are participating. Dining Out is an annual charity fundraiser to support Lifelong AIDS Alliance […]

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Empty Bowls painting party Saturday

01/26/201001/26/2010 Geeky Swedes 13 Comments

Grab your paintbrushes! The 2nd annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is just around the corner and organizers are looking for artists to help paint the bowls. The painting party is Saturday […]

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Scenes from Ballard’s third annual Turkey Trot

11/26/200911/26/2009 Geeky Swedes 8 Comments

A record-breaking crowd turned out for this year’s Turkey Trot, a 5k run/jog/walk through Sunset Hill and down to Golden Gardens. With more than 700 people pre-registered and more dropping […]

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Boy & Girls Club raises $46,350 at auction

10/18/200910/18/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

More than 150 people attended Saturday night’s auction at the Ballard Boys & Girls Club to raise money for a remodeling and expansion project. As we posted last week, the […]

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Benefit dinner raises record amount for charity

08/17/200908/17/2009 Geeky Swedes 6 Comments

Thai Siam held its 22nd annual benefit dinner on Sunday and raised a record amount for charity. With nearly 900 guests, people donated more than $27,000, “which is another record-breaker […]

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‘Fill the Boot’ raises tens of thousands

07/14/200907/14/2009 Geeky Swedes 3 Comments

Last Friday firefighters with the Seattle Fire Department helped raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by “Filling the Boot” at major intersections, including 15th and Market here in Ballard. […]

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The Tap Project is this week

03/22/200903/22/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

This week two Ballard restaurants are participating in The Tap Project, an event to help bring clean drinking water to children around the world. When you dine at Volterra or […]

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