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Making a Real Difference
Everyday
Each month, more than 250 homeless and vulnerably housed
vendors get a hand up to helping themselves by selling
our weekly newspaper. Real Change readers respect
and depend upon our award-winning journalism for information
about their community and how they can get involved
and make a difference. Real Change’s groundbreaking
advocacy and organizing work is building a cross-class
movement of homeless people and their allies that can
deliver real wins for those who need change the most.
Awards:
2004: Society of Professional Journalists, Susan Hutchison
Bosch Award for outstanding Achievement
2005: Seattle Weekly, Best Grassroots Media Source
2005: Municipal League of King County, Organization
of the Year
2006: Society of Professional Journalists, Best Personality
Profile, Best Humorous writing
2006: State Housing Finance Commission, Friend of Housing
Award
Real Change depends on reader support to publish our
weekly newspaper and fund our organizing. More than
forty percent of our 2005 budget came from readers like
you. Our most recent Annual
Report (PDF File) and Strategic
Plan (PDF File) are available for download here.
Thank you for supporting Real Change. To
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Adobe Reader.
Real Change
Homeless Empowerment Project
2129 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206.441.3247 ext. 208
email:development@realchangenews.org
Download a donation form to print out here.
If
you would like to make a material donation...
Real Change is currently looking for items for our Summer
Weather Drive! We need the following items
to help keep our vendors warm, dry and healthy during
the cold months:
- Summer hats
and sunglasses
- Sunscreen and aloe
- New and
Gently Used Boots (especially ones
that are waterproof)
- New socks
and underwear
- Personal
care supplies: soap, shampoo, toothpaste,
toothbrushes, hand sanitizer, cough drops, facial
tissue, chapstick
Cold and Personal Hygiene
products: travel sized facial tissue,
travel-sized tylenol or cough medicine, lozenges,
soap, shampoo, gel hand sanitizer, razors, ect.
- Rain
jackets--even though it's summer,
there's always a chance it could rain.
Other Things
we need:
Books:
Got books gathering dust? We want them for our vendor
book exchange program!
Plastic grocery bags
(used but clean) for vendors to use
Macintosh USB keyboards
and mice--they MUST connect to the computer
via USB and be compatible with Apple computers
Gift Certificates
to restaurants, movies, stores, grocery stores, and
fun things to do to pamper our vendors and volunteers
Composition books
Pens, pencils, markers
Printer paper (white and colors) and printer labels
Other office supplies: staples, tape, sticky pads, etc.
Plastic sleeves to protect papers
from rain
Have a Computer Donation?
Because we operate on Macintosh OSX, Real Change can
only accept working Macintosh G4 or
greater processors.
Our Minimum Specifications for Computer
Donations are:
700 MHz processor
10GB Hard drive
500 MB Memory
USB ports
If you have a material donation, please
contact Lorelei Quenzer, Real Change Administrator by email loreleiq@realchangenews.org or
(206) 441-3247 ext. 203.
Feel free to stop by the Real Change office
at 2129 Second Avenue, Seattle WA. 98121. Map >>
Real Change is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
that relies on donations to operate. Donations are tax-deductible,
and receipts will be provided upon request. We appreciate
the support of our neighbors and community, and that
all of those who have helped us come this far.
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