Enriching North Seattle through services that support, educate and engage the community.
Harvests, holidays, school time and home are essentials in life. Thank you for donating to our 2021 Give BIG effort that helps keep our community humming. Each of these 2020 project challenges were met and we count on donor interest in the year-in, year-out work happening to support care in our community. Shelter food donations […]
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The dates for GiveBIG 2021 are May 4 and May 5 but early donations are being accepted now! The needs in our community are great and we need your help to meet them! This yearly, dedicated, regional fundraising focus in the month of May has a huge positive impact for small nonprofits like MC2. We […]
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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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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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When we first started discussing the changes we needed to make for the 2020 Lake City Holiday Project (way back in June) we had high hopes that the outcome would be successful. This project has been running in NE Seattle for more than 30 years and we have gotten to know the character of our […]
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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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NOW you can be a part of the yearly effort to strengthen the Seattle community. A donation to MC2 ensures continued programming for shelter support, building food security, holiday family support and after school language tutoring at local Lake City school (Olympic Hills Elementary). This all happens with one full time staff and one part […]
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As the many colorful murals of Seattle’s Lake City District appear in blank and barren spaces, another claim to fame for folks by the lake is now frequently, ‘on the menu’. Kaffeeklatsch Bakery first appeared on the Lake City scene in 2011. Annette Heide-Jessen, owner of this tiny center of the community, advocates and organizes […]
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With all this January wet weather, you’d be thankful to be home warm and staying out of the ‘liquid’ sunshine. For some Seattlites having time, resources and space to take CARE of hygiene needs like bathing is not always an ‘everyday’ experience. With Seattle’s ongoing campaign to help those dealing with homelessness ‘front and center’, […]
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Yoga in Meadowbrook – Fridays / Winter Session 2020 Donate to MC2 here on the ‘About Us’ page and start your new year off right. Bring your mat or a big towel and meet your neighbors. For all levels, this opportunity starts at 1pm in the Community Hall of Maple Leaf Lutheran Church in Meadowbrook. […]
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