Enriching North Seattle through services that support, educate and engage the community.
For the last 10 years, volunteers have pulled and cut back weeds that thrive at MCGO. Whether growing potatoes at the Community Garden or plums in the East Orchard, the battle against the happy growing weeds is an ongoing challenge. This year, the stewards chose plastic! In the past, to improve the soil and help […]
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Back to school, back to nature and back to CARE. The After School support programming at Olympic Hills Elementary follows a busy season at the Meadowbrook Community Gardens and Orchards (MCGO). The goal for MC2 is to ‘support, educate and engage’, which drives our CARE and support for the citizens of the Lake City District. […]
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Thornton Creek Alliance welcomes all to this free event; the highlight of this evening will be the journey to secure purchase of a key North Fork property at 125th in Lake City. Seattle Parks, SPU, the County and City Councils worked together to procure this exceptional Thornton Creek property. The benefit to the watershed and […]
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Each Fall Seattle Pacific University connects with Meadowbrook Community CARE (MC2) on their freshman class orientation. The Cityquest 2019 volunteer effort here in Meadowbrook was fun and inspiring. Sharing the onsite history of the Muckleshoot Tribe trail history and the Homestead stories tied to the land, along with the kinda’ wacky ‘Time Oil Golf Course […]
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Every year, King County’s United Way offers a Day of Caring event to support nonprofits in need. Their website cues the need every year and community groups, corporations and civic groups come to the call. The seven acre site in Meadowbrook really benefits from this yearly offering, as winter approaches and we look forward to […]
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Sights, sounds and smells…the Lake City Farmers Market has flourished over the years. 2019 is no different. It would be great to experience this on more than one day a week but we are thankful for what this community jewel does offer. With a park and library neighboring this fun event, there’s much to experience. […]
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Back in 2015 the United Way’s Day of Caring annual event welcomed Microsoft employees to MCGO. Getting out of the office and into the fresh air made for a fun day and getting much accomplished. Its 2019 and we welcome them back! The yearly Day of Caring event happens all over the City of Seattle. […]
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The last mural to grace the front of the popular Meadowbrook Community Center has now been revealed. As a welcoming gesture, colors and text ‘bring you in’. With water and nature all around, the murals share the goal of workers and community alike. Ponds, creeks, trails, orchards, community gardens, playfields all reside in this neck […]
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MCGO Steward Sue M opened the welcome mat for this returning summer camp last week. Traveling around the city, the kids enjoy and experience citywide effort to create a thriving food security network. We appreciate the visit and celebrate the focus on being an engaged citizenry. Thanks to Dave, Staff and of course, kids!
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Pounds and pounds of goodness produced are delivered each Monday. With an abundance and variety, volunteers dig, pick, pull and box up each weeks sun-drenched local deliciousness. With the dog days of August ahead, leadership begins to plan Fall harvests, and prepping for the Winter nap. This weeks delivery is highlighted by tender, ripe figs […]
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