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The
Brighter Birthday Club
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Most
of us cannot imagine having to call the streets of Seattle home, sleeping
on sidewalks, in doorways, and under bridges. However, the Seattle Police
Department
reports that this is a reality for approximately 800 youth in our city
each night.
These youth, between ages 12 and 21 years of age, are often removed from
their homes,
or fleeing abusive family environments. Circumstances leading to their
homelessness can
frequently be traced to conflict and dysfunction in their upbringing.
Nearly half
of homeless youth are asked to leave home by a parent. They are
children,
with an average age of 14.7, homeless, and high-risk.
Since 1974, YouthCare, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has
been dedicated to serving youth who have nowhere else to turn. Our
mission and purpose is to serve youth, and their families, who are
experiencing alienation, conflict and homelessness. By developing
resiliency, we create opportunities for success.
For more information, please click on
Our
website: www.youthcare.org
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Youth Care, 2500 NE 54th, Seattle, WA 98105
Attention:
Sarah Walczyk,
The Brighter Birthday Club
206.694.4500 ext. 1225 Fax - 206-694-4509
sarah.walczyk@youthcare.org
Treehouse
is a non-profit organization that provides
education and enrichment services to foster, abused and neglected
children
in King County, WA. Whether it's new clothes, a week at summer camp,
swimming lessons, birthday presents, or help with schoolwork,
we do all that we can to make their childhoods more normal.
Our Mission:
By listening to the wants, hopes and dreams of
foster children
throughout King County, Treehouse is uniquely committed to helping
them attain self-esteem, confidence and their fullest potential.
Website: www.treehouseforkids.org
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Treehouse,
2100 - 24th Avenue South, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98144-4632
Attn: Toni
Hartsfield,
The Brighter Birthday Club
PH: (206) 767-7000
FX: (206) 767-7773
toni@treehouseforkids.org
Childhaven's primary goal is to provide early intervention in
the lives
of abused and neglected children ages one month to five years
in order
to reduce long-term harmful effects caused by
maltreatment.
Children
receive treatment for abuse and neglect. They come to an environment
that
will help them form an emotional attachment to a primary
caregiver,
learn to know and trust adults, develop
interactive skills necessary
to form other secure relationships
and bond to positive social values.
Website: http://www.childhaven.org/
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Childhaven
316 Broadway Seattle,
WA 98122
Attention: Katie Fredlund, The Brighter Birthday
Club
206-624-6477 ext. 4839
Fax - 206-382-3303
katief@childhaven.org
Catholic Community Services was founded in 1937 and is the
largest non-profit,
non-governmental organization delivering
human services to the people
of Western Washington.
CCS’s Family Centers, together with the Archdiocesan
Housing Authority
and our Long Term Care system, provide 188,000 bed
nights
every year in shelters throughout the
region, deliver nearly 2-million hours of
home
care services to the elderly and disabled, and assist nearly
12,000 families with children using such services as foster care,
counseling, child care, pregnancy support and emergency
aid.
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Catholic Community Services
100 - 23rd
Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144-2302
Attention: Angela
Clifford, The Brighter Birthday
Club
206-328-5695
FAX
206-328-5978
angelac@ccsww.org
Jewish Family Service (JFS),
established in 1892,
provides essential social services in the Greater Seattle
area to people in need of
emergency assistance,
domestic violence advocacy, mental health counseling
as well
as support services for seniors and children,
adults with developmental
disabilities and refugees.
Jewish Family Service has two goals: 1) to move families
and
individuals out of crisis by providing for urgent,
basic needs such as food, housing,
clothing and
employment support and 2) to help families and
individuals
improve the quality of their lives through
affordable counseling, family
life education and stronger
connections with community.
The agency’s 16,000 clients are both Jewish and non-Jewish
Website: www.jfsseattle.org
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Jewish Family Service, 1601
- 16th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Attention: Jane Deer-Hileman, The Brighter Birthday
Club
206 461-3240 ext. 3155 Fax-206 461-3696
jdeer@jfsseattle.org
Established
in 1892, Family Services is a private, nonprofit
counseling and social service agency whose programs serve
over 10,000 children, adults and families in King County each year.
Our services include domestic violence prevention and treatment,
mental
health counseling, and programs for homeless and at-risk families. One
of
our primary focus areas is serving kids in distress and crisis by
supporting
both their basic everyday needs and offering the in-depth case
management
needed to reach a healthy and self-sufficient future. Homeless
children
can receive clothing, education, counseling and, with the help of
the
Brighter Birthday Club, gifts to celebrate their birthdays and their
lives!
Thank you for helping to change lives, every day.
Website: http://www.family-services.org/
Mail,
fax or email the Party Information
Form
at least ONE MONTH before your party to:
Family
Services, 615 2nd Avenue, Suite 150, Seattle, WA 98104
Attention: Vickielee, The Brighter Birthday Club
(206) 826-3038 Fax -
1-866-219-8482
vwohlbach@family-services.org
