Renton Nonprofits and Charities

We recently had the experience of going through the vetting and adoption process for a 1 year old Corgi from Aberdeen Scottish Terrier Rescue. From the in-depth online description, to the detailed application, interviews, and meet and greet, ASTR was extremely thorough, professional, and clearly prioritized the future health and safety of their beloved pups. Although we were unsure if we were going to be chosen to adopt Jake until the very last moment of the meet and greet, he has been a delight. We especially appreciate that we were taught the proper way to introduce our dog to the new puppy. They have become fast friends. Jake's very well-behaved, has slept through the night starting the first night, and has had no accidents. He was clearly loved and well-cared for by ASTR. He has had a hopefully temporary skin allergy moving across state, into a country setting. ASTR had let us know this can occur and sent us links to grooming/health and diet recommendations. Much appreciated!

These guys are great. I met the founder Ron passing out boxes of food in the rain around the holidays. Good Blessings!

Birthday Dreams is amazing. Changing the lives of homeless children and their families daily! Building memories and confidence that truly lasts a lifetime...

My granddaughter, Teagan (Sweet Tea) has been fighting her way back from brain tumor and its subsequent surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and post treatment impacts. Her inspirational courage is contagious. Her mom, Tatum, my daughter realized how lonely the experience of being a mother of a cancer kid is and inspired by Teagan has formed a non profit that's goal is to create an App that will connect parents of pediatric cancer kids so that they may support each other as only they can. This is one of non-profits that will make a difference in the lives of pediatric cancer families.

As an individual suffering from multiple mental illness stopping stigma, providing support, help and resources is crucial. Even with treatment for Bipolar Disorder the suicide rate is 15% I give to support and help others get help, support and treatment. I am also very active with our local chapter N.A.M.I. Ventura county It is a long hard road I have been on. I am happy and very very blessed and desire to help others as my foundation provides free Behavioral Health services to veterans The Invictus Foundation http://www.invictusfoundation.org Giving to others and helping others are part of my core values that I was raised with. We had to do community service hours in high school and I have continued in that way by volunteering for N.A.M.I and many other volunteer jobs. I am The Social Media Marketing Manger and CMO for The Invictus Foundation providing free Behavioral health services to veterans in the pacific northwest

This non-profit, set up specifically to operate a 24 unit apartment building for low income AIDS patients neglects those tenants. They do not treat all tenants with dignity and respect. They do not administer building rules fairly and equally. Tenant complaints and concerns are rarely resolved to the tenants satisfaction.

Freedom Project provides a much needed service: nonviolent communication courses in local jails and prisons. In addition, they actively participate in - and support - local networking among Seattle-area "prison nonprofits," thereby strengthening the local network. <br>Kim Burkhardt, National Network of Prison Nonprofits (NC4RSO)

I am looking for a friend and hope you can pass this message on to her. Her name is Janis V. Hyne. She was involved in missionary work in Korea perhaps 30 years ago and in all likely hood has continued to help people in the Renton Washington area. <br>Thank You, <br>Frank Zitomersky <br>email: zuartchitecture@Verizon.net <br>cell # 508-414-2411 <br>

I spent April in Addis this year, volunteering for 3 fun-filled weeks at the new preschool/lower elementary school there called Kobi Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It's an English-medium school founded by Ethiopian-American David Makonnen, who is contributing to his native country in this powerful way after living and working in the States since he was 15. <br> <br>Walking every day from my comfortable, friendly guest house in Addis, I reached the school easily and found teachers outside the gate warmly greeting parents and students as they walked into the school yard. Sixty students - ranging from 3 - 7 and wearing deep red uniforms - dashed around, playing on the climbing gym, going down the slide, and playing games of tag. We got to know each other quickly through songs and dances we did together in those free times as well as lots of conversations. <br> <br>Kobi Academy now has a small daycare nursery, 3 kindergarten classes (based on age and experience in the classroom), and one 1st grade class. Their teachers are enthusiastic and loving. Now students have "choice time" - a daily 20-minute period - in which they can choose to play with blocks of varying sizes and shapes, put together puzzles, or play board or card games. They love these new experiences! Their regular classes - all taught by the same teacher - include English, math, art, science, and Amharic (the language of their students). <br> <br>The focus of my volunteering was setting up a library of 225+ books for student and teacher use. Almost all of the books were donated by individuals and schools in Seattle and brought over in suitcases. With help from the school's security guard, a parent, and others, we organized all those books into fiction and non-fiction sections. The books were stamped with the Kobi label; those wonderful "old-time" pockets were glued in, identifying cards stuck in the pockets, and protected labels secured to the spines. We sorted fiction into 4 different levels of reading and non-fiction into simple Dewey Decimal categories, using just 100, 700, 900 etc. to organize them. <br> <br>We cleared out a room to be used exclusively for the library, had the walls repainted a soft green, and rolled out new plastic "flooring" to cover the dusty cement. Posters on the walls now identify the two sections (fiction and non-fiction) in 3 bookcases along three walls, and little Ikea chairs provide perching places for the kids to look at these new books. <br> <br>Then came training, class by class, on how to care for the books (wash hands first!), to turn pages without damaging them, and to check them out individually with their own names on the cards. The excitement was palpable as they chose their first books to take back to their classes! Each class has one library period a week for returning and checking out books and hearing stories read aloud. <br> <br>One of my fondest memories was seeing kids rush to the library when they saw me coming. Like bees to honey, they flew in - eager to look and look and maybe even read a few words in English from a book. "Finish, ma'm, finish!" they said as they turned in one book and asked for another. Their eagerness and joy was written all over their beautiful faces. <br> <br>

I became involved with this organization after thorough due diligence of the founder. My goal was to directly help protect wildlands for native plants,animals and future generations to enjoy. When you get involved at this level you can directly observe the effects of your involvement. This organization has saved almost 100 acres on the shore of Shadow Lake in King County WA. There are many more acres to save in this Jenkins Creek basin. We also are working to build a "green" spirit of the longhouse on a small portion of the non-wetland piece so the children can have a classroom and a place to learn about American Indian culture and customs. I believe that wildlands help children recover from adversity and gives them hope. Currently about 600 students visit as part of their school study program and we are working to accommodate more. We welcome contributions. Thank you.

This is a great place for any age to volunteer at, even young teenagers. I always look forward to coming to volunteer; the families that live in the apartments are never in a less than positive attitude and that rubs off on you...there is so much love for them and their children and I recommend coming to see what you can do to help.

I volunteered with this wonderful organization in the past (and would like to in future when I have more free time). Everyone helps out and they are a pleasure to work with .. you feel that you are really contributing. The organization has low overhead costs so the money goes directly to supporting those in need.