SAVE THE DATE
FALL 2010
CONTRIBUTORS:
Marlys Erickson Erika Sweet Mary Kollar Michele Peterson Tom Weed Zoe Freeman Clover Thurk
FIGGY PUDDING
September 25 26 October 5 October 30 December 3
GALA DINNER AND AUCTION
February 5
DESIGN:
Clockwork Studios www.clockworkstudios.com
I JUMP TO TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR
Once I built a railroad. Made it run. Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad. Now its done. Brother can you spare a dime? E.Y. Harburg By: Mary Kollar, Market Foundation Volunteer
for that job, not just because they are here that morning. She considers their health for the work and any specific requests of the employer, for example, a woman who is more comfortable with a female housekeeper. Michael appreciates the part-time work because it not only supplements his income, but he likes being involved with people, good people. In addition to light yard work, he has served as a caregiver for a stroke victim so the mans wife could run errands, knowing Michael was there to sit with her husband and to look after his daily needs. Cathy Cripe likes sending Mr. McKay for jobs because he is a gentle person and a good representative of the Senior Center. Michael serves on the Senior Centers Board and participates in exercise and yoga classes. I didnt know how to use a computer, he tells me, But Cathy helped me set up my email so I could apply to the city for the 55 and older programs. Once a lady called for work to be done at her house. Michael arrived to find nine cats weaving in and out of the home. Three cats had died. The woman wanted Michael to dig a big hole, a precise 4 x 6 foot grave. It was a hard job. Im not sure if the city has rules about this sort of thing. But I got paid ten dollars an
Working to preserve and enhance the traditions and diversity of the Pike Place Market community by helping to raise funds for the Pike Market Medical Clinic, Child Care & Preschool, Senior Center, the Downtown Food Bank and special historical and community projects.
ichael McKay unstraps his ankle weights from exercise class and joins me for an interview in
supplements their rent, pays a raised electricity bill; or for the homeless, buys toiletries for personal hygiene, necessary for health and employment. Cathy stays in contact with local businesses in need of dishwashers, maintenance workers and security guards. She answers the phone when a homeowner seeks help with weeding, gutter cleaning and pruning, carpentry, electronics, plumbing or housecleaning in anticipation of a move. Of course for $10 an hour, the fee for all jobs, we cannot provide licensed and bonded employees. Nonetheless, Cathy is impressed with the qualifications she finds on interviewing each applicant: college degrees, skilled craftspeople. I know my employees, and I choose a member for a certain job based on skill and personality
a sunny corner of the Pike Market Senior smile make him an unlikely candidate for day
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DONOR PROFILE ARTISAN FOOD FESTIVAL
THANK YOU
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Center. His slight frame and leprechaun laborer. Mr. McKay retired from a twenty-five
year career in wholesale jewelry sales as a gemologist. But now at sixty-five, he has come to the Senior Center where a friend told him he would find new friends, healthy exercise, a nourishing lunch and perhaps part-time employment. Michael found a valued friend in Cathy Cripe, the Centers Employment and Social Services Director. She is a conduit for center members aged 55 and over, connecting them with short term employment that
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DONOR PROFILE
In the late 60s, Jean helped lead the Save the Market Campaign and became a founding member of the Preservation & Development Authority (PDA). In 1981, before the Market Foundation existed Jean was out there raising funds and leading campaigns for the Preschool and when the Market Foundation was born on August 17, 1982 Jean was there as our Founder and 1st board member. Today, Jean remains just as passionate about the Market Foundation and the Pike Place Market community. The people of Seattle need the Market Foundationit preserves and supports the unique character and life of the Market community. That same passion for the Market Foundations mission to serve the low income members of the Market community Our hats are off to the Falls Family40 years of giving and caring. As supporters of the Market Foundation, the Falls family was there for us at the beginning and will be there for generations to come as Jean Falls became one of the early donors to our Second Century Societyendowing the future of the Markets Preschool, Clinic, Senior Center and Downtown Food Bank. was passed on at an early age to Jeans daughter, Jeannie Falls. Jeannie recalls as a young teenager stuffing envelopes and handing out flyers for the Save the Market campaign. Jeannie later became involved with the Market as a volunteer at the Pike Market Senior Center. Jeannie loved cooking and wanted to help in the kitchen and before long was managing fund raising events. Today, Jeannie works full time as the Operations Manager for the Senior Center The Market is my favorite part of the City. Its where I feel most familiar and most at homeJean Falls and Downtown Food Bank.
ITS NoT Too EArly To STArT PlANNINg
The Market Foundations annual Holiday Giving Trees will be decorated with lights and holiday wishes from low-income members of the Pike Place Market community. During the holiday season, make the Holiday Giving Tree part of your celebrations and youll help add sparkle to season for our neighbors in need. Your gift will make a difference. For more information call Tom @ 206-774-5243 or visit: www.pikeplacemarketfoundation.org.
THE FAllS FAMIly
Two generations of giving and caring.
Work PlAcE DoNorS corPorATE MATcH STrETcHES your DoNATIoNS
Many thanks to all Workplace Donors! Thank you for thinking of The Market Foundation and supporting our agencies through your donations every month. We deeply appreciate your generosity. We all want to see our dollars go further especially these daysand theres an easy way for you to double or even triple the value of your Market Foundation donation (including a portion of 2010 event donations)! Just submit the appropriate matching gift
ver 40 years ago, Jean Falls was invited to attend a meeting about saving the
Pike Place Market and came away inspired by what she heard from local architect, artist and professorVictor Steinbrueck. Later she visited with him at the University of
Washington and asked what can I do.
Food Festival taking place on September 25 & 26, 2010 in the Pike Place Market.
o not miss the Market Foundations first annual Pike Place Market Artisan
such as: cheese, coffee & tea, meats, breads, chocolate, fruits and vegetables and sustainability. In addition to an exciting mix of live music, and the always popular beer and wine gardens, it will also feature chef demonstrations and childrens activities -something for all interests and ages. Festival proceeds will support services for low-income seniors and families located in the Marketits Medical Clinic, Senior Center, Food Bank and Preschool.
form to your Human Resources or Payroll department and your employer will do the rest. Contact Tom Weed at 206.774.5243 if you would like confirmation of your 2010 donations.
Festival
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A rtisan Food
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Artisan Food Festivalfree to the publicis a new theme for one of Seattles most popular annual street festivals, which began in 1971 and takes place in our nations premier farmers market. In addition to all the usual Market activities, the festival will feature outdoor pavilions with themes
WISH LIST
FOR LOW INCOME MARKET RESIDENTS
Center which Cathy distributes according to need. When bus fare is subtracted from wages, employees feel the pinch. Coincidently, while I was interviewing for this article, representatives from Key Bank arrived at the Senior Center with a check to support the senior employment program. Readers may add their support by contributing bus passes, or calling the Center when they could use reliable part-time help.
On Labor Day 2010, especially for seniors, employment opportunities are rare, bringing to mind the anthem of the Great Depression, Brother Can You Spare a Dime. Most of the lyrics are not a plea for a handout, but a paean to years of productive employment. Likewise, skilled workers value the service of the Pike Market Senior Center so they many continue to lead productive lives.
hour. He laughs. Cathy calls me for a job and I jump. I jump at ten dollars an hour. Michael McKay often walks to the Senior Center from his Capitol Hill home, but like most Senior Center employment workers, he must take a bus to the jobs. Occasionally the city offers free bus passes to the Senior
Reading Glasses, Re-Usable shopping bags, Knapsacks, Clean Clothing (Fall & Winter) and household goods, Clothing racks, Gift Cards (Bartells & Walgreens, King County Transit Bus Passes, Old towels for Preschool
Donations may be delivered to the Market Foundation office (Monday Friday between 9:00 and 4:00). Please contact us at 206.774.5262 or at [email protected] for directions to our office.
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Hundreds experience downtown living at its best
Nearly 450 attendees experienced a taste of downtown living at this past Junes Spaces for Urban Living: Downtown Home Tour. The event raised more than $10,000, funds which will support the Markets human services for low-income and elderly individuals: Pike Market Senior Center, Child Care & Preschool, Medical Clinic and the Downtown Food Bank. THANK YOU to all who took part, especially the homeowners who generously opened their homes for viewing, our team of dedicated volunteers, and the events sponsors: BoConcept and Seattle Homes & Lifestyles Magazine.
Sunset Supper at the Market
Thank you to the generous businesses that sponsored the 15th annual Sunset Supper on August 13th! Their support defrayed our expenses so that revenue from ticket sales can directly support the Market Senior Center, Medical Clinic, Child Care & Preschool and the Downtown Food Bank.
Rays Boathouse Regatta Bar & Grille Sazerac Spinasse Taberna del Alabardero TASTE Restaurant at SAM The Georgian
The Melting Pot The Pink Door The Ruins The Virginia Inn Ventana Washington State Convention Center Wild Ginger
Pike Brewing Co. Redhook Ale Brewery Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
Spirits
Espolon Tequila SKYY Pineapple
Wineries
509 Wines Airfield Estates Balboa Winery Big Daddy Chandler Reach Davenport Cellars DiStefano Esther Bricques Winery Fall Line Winery Gamache Vintners Gard Vintners Gilbert Cellars Ginkgo Forest Winery Girly Girl Wines Goose Ridge Estate Hestia Cellars Hoodsport Winery Kana Winery Kerloo Cellars Lodmell Cellars Lost River Winery Lowden Hills NHV Nicholas Cole Northwest Cellars NW Totem Cellars Ott & Murphy Wines Palouse Patterson Cellars Queen Anne Winery Red Sky Reininger Revelry Vintners Reynvaan Family Vineyards Rotie Cellars Silver Lake Skylite Cellars Smasne Cellars Sweet Valley Wines Trust Two Vintners Waterbrook
Additional Beverages
DRY Soda Co. Starbucks Coffee Thanks to our in-kind donors: Clockwork Design Studio, Jeremy LangePhotographer, Odom Southern Distributors, Redhook Brewery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Weekly, Starbucks Coffee, WA State Convention Center Thanks to businesses who made a donation to the Sunset Supper raffle wheel: The Athenian, Best Western Executive Inn, The Confectional, Don & Joes Meats, Hotel Andra, Inn at the Market, Jimmys on First, Lowells Restaurant, MarketSpice, Pike Place Market PDA, Racha Noodles & Thai Cuisine, Silver Cloud Inns & Hotels, Sixth Avenue Inn, The Spanish Table, Totem Smokehouse, Ulis Famous Sausage And last, but by no means least, our heartfelt thanks to the scores of volunteers who helped make the magic happen! We couldnt have done it without you!
Corporate Sponsors
Safeco Insurance Starbucks Coffee Company Sterling Savings Bank Seattle Uncorked SKYY Spirits
Media Sponsor
103.7 The Mountain
Restaurants
2100 Bistro & Bar Andaluca ART Restaurant & Lounge Barrio BOKA Kitchen + Bar Caf Campagne Cicchetti & Serafina Cutters Bayhouse DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine Ettas Hard Rock Caf Seattle icon Grill Il Fornaio Intrigue Chocolates Ivars Acres of Clams Le Pichet Library Bistro Matts in the Market On Safari Foods Inc. Purple Caf & Wine Bar
I WANT To SuPPorT THE MArkET FouNDATIoN.
2010 2011 BoArD oF DIrEcTorS
Kim Anderson Carol Binder Becky Bogard Melody Brown DeeAnn Burman Debbie Campbell Secretary Lynn Claudon Elizabeth Coppinger Peter Danelo President Susan Finneran Treasurer Joe Fuller Tim Fuller Sally Garratt Shannon Giralando David Hasson Theresa Pan-Hosley Ken Jackson Janie Johnson Jerri Lane Dan Moore Sen. Ed Murray Pat Patterson Rep. Eric Pettigrew Jack Pierce Anne Redman Lisa Samson Jackson Schmidt Barbara Shickich Janeen Simmons Joe Slattery Warren Stickney David Watkins Conrad Wouters Evelyn Yenson
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pike Market Medical Clinic Feast at the Market
Did you know that the area surrounding the Pike Market Medical Clinic is ground zero to the greatest health and social disparities in King County? the Feast event page at www.facebook. com/neighborcare.
For updates, visit the Pumpkin Push event page at www.facebook.com/neighborcare.
Figgy Pudding Dont miss it!
THE GREAT FIGGY PUDDING STREET CORNER CAROLING COMPETITION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010, 6pm 8:30pm
Join us and Honoree Howard Schultz, Chairman, President and CEO, Starbucks Coffee Company for an Evening of Hope!
1. Our supporters (you!) enroll in Celebrated Chefs by registering one or more credit cards on the secure Celebrated Chefs web site; 2. Anytime you dine at one of the participating restaurants, that restaurant will donate 5% of your bill to us; 3. When you enroll in Celebrated Chefs, you will receive a stunning hardcover cookbook featuring a recipe from each of the participating chefs;
Neighbor Care Health Pumpkin Push
Every year, Pike Market Medical Clinic provides care to thousands of homeless and formerly homeless adults in shelters, transitional housing, and in the Clinic itself.
You can help support patient care by joining us on October 5th for the Clinics 27th Annual Feast at the Market, an annual progressive dinner through the Pike Place Market where guests enjoy a selfguided tour of tastes at 20 participating restaurants. Set your own pace, dining at the restaurants of your choice in the order you choose. Youll be seated at each & served a delicious, small dish prepared especially for the occasion. You may not make it to every restaurant but youll have a great time trying.
The 24th annual Great Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Competition celebrates the beginning of the holiday season with 40 caroling teams singing their hearts out to raise money for the Pike Market Senior Center and Downtown Food Bank. Downtown Pine Street closes to traffic every first Friday of December at 6pm so that groups of singers from all over the City can line the sidewalks and compete to win the award for Best Choral Group, Most Imaginative Team, and Peoples Choice.
Once again, the Seattle Hotel Association has selected the Market Foundation as the beneficiary of their 14th Annual Gala and Auction, Evening of Hope. We are excited to announce that this years Honoree will be Howard Schultz. This elegant event, to be held at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, February 5, 2011, brings the Seattle hospitality industry together to give back to the community. The Market Foundation will receive proceeds from ticket sales, raise the paddle bidding, and auction purchases. Auction items include fabulous vacations and getaways, dining opportunities, and gift items galore. Ticket and sponsorship information is available by calling (206) 236-6167.
You can help ensure that these programs are completely funded this year by bringing your family, friends, and workplace team, to Neighborcare Healths 15th Annual Pumpkin Push 5K Run & Family Walk on October 30th in Seward Park. The Pumpkin Push is a one-of-a kind holiday race where you will enjoy stunning views of the Cascades and Mt. Rainier by running the time-certified 5K or walking the twomile family course, all while donning your Halloween spirit and supporting health care for the most vulnerable in our neighborhoods. Close the gap in care for Neighborcare Healths homeless patient programs by registering at www.PumpkinPush.com.
Dining Out Never Tasted So Good!
The Market Foundation is participating in a great new program, Celebrated Chefs, a special partnership featuring the Seattle areas best restaurants in support of local charities. Heres how it works:
4. Thats it! You eat out with your friends and business associates and the Market Foundation receives a donation from the restaurant. Your personal information is absolutely secure and will never be shared or sold. How easy is that?! Enroll today at www.celebratedchefs.com or call Erica Sweet at (206) 774-5254.
Tickets will be discounted at $60 each through September 17th only! To reserve your place at the Feast, visit www. neighborcare.org/feast or call 206-548-3259. For menu up-dates and more, check out
The best groups participate in a rousing singoff on the Figgy Stage just outside Westlake Center beginning at 7:30. Figgy Pudding is free to attend and all donations benefit the Pike Market Senior Center and the Downtown Food Bank. If you would like to form a team or help sponsor this event, please call Zoe Freeman at 206-728-2773, ext. 8.
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