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• SB Knitters for the Homeless - meets on the 2nd Friday of each month at Aster Café, 7PM -9PM. Knit community and warm scarves and hats for homeless community members! Bring a pair of size 10 needles. We have plenty of yarn.

• Volunteer at a church's soup kitchen:

• Trinity United Methodist on 65th & 23rd is hosting a Saturday Soup
  
• St. Luke’s Episcopal on 22nd and 57th can use volunteers every Thursday preparing for their weekly Friday lunch offered to the needy.
  

• Volunteer with Community Dinners - Help serve dinner and chat with patrons to develop a sense of community and find out what help may be needed, every Tuesday evening, at the Odd Fellows Hall on Market Street. For more information please contact Lindsay.

• Donate clothes, rain gear and more at the The Bridge Care Center - at 1516 NW 51st Street (just south of the Ballard Bridge) serves primarily as a clothing bank, providing local homeless people with clothing, shoes, sleeping bags and rain capes at no cost, as well as internet access, counseling services and case management. See this great short video and this BNT article for more info. Donations of clothes gratefully accepted TUE. 2 - 6 pm and THUR. 10 am - 2 pm.

• Join the Ballard Community Taskforce on Homelessness and Hunger - meeting Thursday, May 24th and on the fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30PM - 8:30PM at the Swedish Hospital Ballard campus. Join advocates, representatives of faith communities and City departments and concerned community. Taskforce meetings are open to the public and anyone interested in attending is warmly invited to attend. For more information please contact Orna.