Enriching North Seattle through services that support, educate and engage the community.
The Lake City community is as challenged as any during these difficult times. With a large population of people living outside in the business district, local business owners are challenged with the difficult conditions on the ground.What to do? With a strong ‘center of the community’ location, Kaffeeklatsch Bakery in Lake City is reaching out […]
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Meal/Food donation link and guidelines HERE In the mid-1990’s, Maple Leaf Lutheran Church welcomed SHARE shelter part time to the NE Seattle-Meadowbrook community. In these very different and hopeful times, the community and the hosts have now welcomed our guests full time, since March 2020. Can you help? This has created an opportunity for community […]
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It’s a difficult task, to age and have friends, family, young and old, come and go, passing on, way too young or living a life with too much pain. Experiencing loved ones passing anytime but especially in a season of love and care, not only highlights the season itself but embraces many, like my friend […]
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With MC2’s support, shelter, tutoring, holiday care and food security remain strong in the NE Seattle community during these turbulent times. We recently secured funding for approximately 600 children again this holiday season. Also realized is our support for low income families and their children’s language support at Lake City’s Olympic Hills Elementary School. With […]
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With an inspiring display of community spirit, the residents of NE Seattle have come together in 2020 to provide needy children with a little brighter holiday season. Thank you to everyone who sponsored children or donated money to our gift card fund. Watch this space in the coming weeks as we strive to recognize everyone […]
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MC2 has an ongoing working relationship with the Seattle Waldorf School. In the past, students and parents have donated and planted trees at MCGO in Meadowbrook, which are located near the 32nd NE and 105th NE intersection. It’s convenient for teachers, as they walk the kids to the site. Having parents help with the ratio […]
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In the decades of NE Seattle holiday support, we’ve never factored in a pandemic, thankfully. But here we are and we still have goals and an infrastructure of CARE, to support families in need during the holiday season. The pictures here provide the steps to help our neighbors and for a refresher, how we used […]
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A second end of summer visit by Waldorf summer campers to the Meadowbrook Community Gardens and Orchards (MCGO) installed more wattle around fruiting trees in the Orchard at Seattle Parks Meadowbrook campus. The goal is to keep trees safe from accidental breakage and vandalism.Using willow, bamboo and rebar, the weaved creation becomes an interesting attraction […]
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Urban gardening and food security are important positive and promising trends here in Seattle and around the country. You can see it here with the MCGO project in Meadowbrook. Begun in 2010, the MCGO concept is active and has actual citizen commitment behind them. FOR years! With the March 2020 madness of Covid, MCGO figured […]
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Northeast Seattle’s full time shelter in Lake City’s Meadowbrook neighborhood began in March, 2020. With 16 residents settled in, many in community have been able to send support with meals, and other ancillary CARE. The coed shelter has been fortunate with zero outbreaks. The shelter relies heavily on the food bank in Lake City. Just […]
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