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Got Green is a program of the White Center CDA.
Click here to visit their website!
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The White Center CDA is the proud new home of the FEEST (Food education empowerment and sustainability team).
To learn more about FEEST, please visit
http://feestseattle.wordpress.com/
‘Health’ CategoryOctober 28th, 2011 in Business, Community, Culture, Education, Health, People | 1 Comment
{ CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW 2.50MB .PDF FILE } We’re proud to unveil the White Center Merchant Profile, featuring the stories and history of nine produce markets. The Healthy Foods Here Program and King County Food and Fitness Initiative are sponsors in this project. It is written by Jade Blackwater and designed by Kathi Wheeler. Enjoy! Post a commentOctober 19th, 2011 in Events, Health | No Comments During the time it will take you to read this email, 5 women will be affected by domestic violence - that’s 145 people every hour. Sadly, 1 in 4 women will be affected during their lifetime. But you can help. YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish and Allstate Northwest Region hope you will join us for a special event to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness month. On Monday, October 24 from 11:30 to 1:00 at YWCA Greenbridge Learning Center you will learn how to approach and talk to a family member, friend or co-worker you suspect is a victim of domestic violence. Learn what you can do. We have been challenged by The Allstate Foundation to have at least 100 people attend the event. For every attendee, the Foundation will donate $100 to the YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish to fund programs that support domestic violence victims. Please make sure to take a look at purplepurse.com. Cleverly disguised as an internet store, the site contains information on domestic violence. We will share more about the story of the purple purse at the event. You can show your support by wearing purple and/or bringing a purse to donate. Please use your social media networks to spread the word. On Twitter, follow “@ywcawork” and make sure to use #purplepurse in your tweets. RSVP today and help end domestic violence. When: Monday, October 24 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (lunch provided) Where: YWCA Greenbridge Learning Center Click here (link to Eventbrite) to RSVP Post a commentSeptember 1st, 2011 in Business, Environment, Health, In Motion, Transportation | No Comments Not a part of In Motion? Click here now to be a part of the free program and receive 8 free bus tickets and a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream from Full Tilt! Read below for the weekly raffle prizes to be given away for all those who continue to log in their trips via In Motion. White Center: You’ve done a great job getting In Motion. Keep up the great work to continue earning free transit fare and prize raffle entries! It’s easy to log your trips online: So far, you and your White Center neighbors have switched 2,374 trips from driving alone to a healthier option, saving more than 35,000 miles of driving, 1,700 gallons of gas, and 34,000 pounds of CO2. Be one of three weekly winnersSpecial Raffle Week 1: Picnic Prize Packages Prizes: Special Raffle Week 2: Get a Taste of White Center! August 26th, 2011 in Community, Education, Employment, Events, Health | No Comments From our partner organization Got Green:
Women in Southeast Seattle release survey findings and recommendations on what the green economy means to them SEATTLE - On September 24th 2011, Got Green’s Women in the Green Economy Project will release their survey findings and recommendations to the public at a community event at South Lake High School in Rainier Valley. The new green economy should mean that all communities have access to good paying green jobs, money to buy healthy foods, healthy homes that are energy efficient and free of toxins, and affordable public transportation. Yet, the voices of low-income women of color in Southeast Seattle are not heard in the green economy. When women’s voices are not heard, families’ health suffers. 35% of the surveys were conducted in a language other than English - including Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya and Vietnamese. “We started the Women in the Green Economy Project to create a place for women like me — low- income women, women of color, and women from immigrant backgrounds — to raise our voices, front and center, so that we could be a part of this new green economy. If we’re not on the front end of this green movement, it will be another opportunity that leaves us behind,” says Tammy Nguyen, a New Holly resident and founder of the project. Survey findings conducted by Women in the Green Economy Project and volunteers earlier this year showed that SE Seattle low-income women of color regard good nutrition as THE number one priority for their and their family’s health in a 2:1 margin, followed by green homes. When asked “what is your main barrier to a healthy diet for you and your family?” 78% had a simple answer: COST. The University of Washington released a study in August 2011 determining that it will cost a family thousands of dollars a year to follow the federal guidelines of a healthy diet; grocery bills dropped significantly if they buy foods high in saturated fats and sugars. It is not out of lack of concern for their family’s health; the real issue is that families with a tight budget during an economic downturn simply cannot afford to buy healthy foods. Ramata, a low-income single mom joined the Women in Green Project because, “I want to help with getting healthy food - because I know it’s a priority for me and my family - into our communities.” She feels strongly about the food issue as she’s currently breast feeding and wants to control what goes into her body. The women’s Food Access Organizing Committee is planning their next steps to put more healthy food dollars into the pockets of families in the community. Got Green is also working on the second identified priority -green homes– to ensure that low-income families have healthy and green homes through energy building upgrades and city programs. Survey findings, community discussions, and testimonials are compiled in a report to amplify the voices of real women from the most racially diverse and lowest income neighborhood in our city, laying the groundwork for community organizing efforts to include women’s and their families’ priorities in the green economy. WHAT: “Green Women, Healthy Voices” Community Event Women in Green Economy Report release
Got Green is a grassroots group in the Seattle area led by young adults of color and low-income people that works to make sure the benefits of the green economy - including green jobs, access to healthy food, energy efficient homes, and good public transit - become widely available to low income and communities of color Post a commentAugust 12th, 2011 in Health, In Motion | No Comments Join White Center In Motion - Receive Rewards for Using Metro White Center residents are invited to get In Motion! If you live, worship, work, or play in White Center, take advantage of this great opportunity to earn rewards, get entered to win great local prizes every week, and get free information - all for giving transit, walking, biking, and sharing rides a try! Join over 200 of your neighbors in this community effort to reduce car trips and celebrate White Center! Since the start of the program, about 6 weeks ago, We have switched more than 1,000 trips from driving alone to a healthier and more affordable option, saving 764 gallons of gas and nearly 15,000 pounds of carbon emissions. Amazing! What are you waiting for? Get in motion. Register online at: Just for signing up you will receive 8 free metro ride tickets and a voucher for Ice Cream from Full Tilt. Connecting People and Place to Build Community, White Center Community Development Association August 10th, 2011 in Business, Events, Health, White Center CDA | 1 Comment
The White Center Community Development Association is leading the effort to organize the first White Center Business District Summer Shop Fresh Event in the White Center Business District on Saturday, August 20th from 5-7pm. The purpose of this event is to raise the awareness of fresh, healthy food available in our six produce markets and three Halal stores in White Center’s business district. “White Center isn’t necessarily a “food desert”. Exploring Summer Shop Fresh and by foot in White Center’s walkable, pedestrian-friendly business district, will allow visitors to not only purchase healthy fruits and vegetables, but also learn about unique culinary traditions and meet neighbors at the same time!” said Aileen Balahadia, Executive Director of the White Center Community Development Association. The White Center CDA is a catalyst for a healthy community and new prosperity in White Center- so it’s a better place to visit, shop, and live. When White Center shoppers enter the designated stores, they will check in at each market’s Healthy Food table where they will participate in an activity relating to healthy food and fitness. Afterward, they will be gifted a $3.00 coupon. For every $3 dollars of own money spent, White Center residents can use this coupon to buy additional food. This coupon is only valid for purchase on August 20 and at this particular store of visit. Therefore, the more stores the residents visit, the more coupons they will be gifted and use. In addition, there will be a chef demonstration of cooking healthy food at one of the markets. There are nine food stores participating in the event: Lee’s Produce, West Seattle Halal, White Center Market, White Center Halal, White Center International Deli and Halal Store, Phnom Khiev, Samway Market, Hung Long Asian Market and New Golden Village Market. The White Center CDA thanks our co-sponsor, the Community Putting Prevention to Work’s Healthy Food Here Initiative, a national initiative to prevent chronic disease and promote health through policy, systems and environment changes, and the King County Food and Fitness Initiative, who believes that shopping, cooking and eating healthy food is easy and fun activity that the whole family can enjoy. For additional information, please contact Nhan Nguyen, Neighborhood Revitalization Program Manager at (206) 694-1082 or at nhan@wccda.org. On a related note, the White Center CDA also would like to promote other exciting events happening on August 20th, 2011 organized by our community partners.
With these excellent family-friendly events happening one after another on the same day, Saturday, August 20 will be fun day for White Center residents/businesses to come out and celebrate a great neighborhood that we are building together. Post a commentJuly 6th, 2011 in Health | No Comments Free Health Screening Van Free sight and hearing tests for all children and adults Two Free Children’s books for each child (Lions Club Destination Reading Project)
Monday and Tuesday July 11 and 12 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Albertsons Parking Lot 10616 16th Ave. SW White Center
Sponsored by the West Seattle Lions, Burien Lions, and Des Moines Lions Clubs in partnership with the White Center Chamber of Commerce Jimie Martin (206) 619-1029 Post a commentJuly 6th, 2011 in Health, In Motion | No Comments This summer, discover all the ways you can leave the car at home and make walking, biking, taking the bus or sharing a ride part of your routine. White Center In Motion will provide you with maps and information, fun events and classes, and rewards for trying a new way to get around our neighborhood. Meet our friendly outreach staff at upcoming events like our bicycle safety check-in, Music In the Plaza at Greenbridge, and White Center Jubilee Days. Sign up for this free program online: http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/MetroTransit/InMotion/WhiteCenter.aspx Once you sign up, you’ll be eligible for rewards like free transit tickets and weekly prize drawings donated by local merchants like Full Tilt Ice Cream, Alki Kayak Tours, Bicycles West, and Helsing Junction Farm. We can’t wait to meet you and get In Motion together! Questions? Contact the In Motion hotline at inmotion@kingcounty.gov or 206-296-3455. Post a commentMay 26th, 2011 in Community, Culture, Health, Video | No Comments Mapping Our Voices for Equality (MOVE) unveiled these three digital short stories featuring two staff members of the CDA, plus Colleen from Young’s Restaurant in White Center. You can view them all here: Nhan Nguyen, Neighborhood Revitalization Program Manager - The Chronicles of Nina Peter Chum, Neighborhood Revitalization Assistant - The Need for Healthy Choices at Community Colleges Colleen Young, Young’s Restaurant - What’s Pretty? Post a comment |
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