Giving Back to Our Communities
A Culture Of Giving
As industry stewards, we take great pride in our active role in educating and supporting our industry and community. We are national instructors, leaders, philanthropists, and volunteers: the organizations below are but a few of those with whom we partner.
About Mercy Housing
Mercy Housing is one of the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations. They participate in the development, preservation, management and/or financing of affordable, program-enriched housing across the country. Mercy Housing serves a variety of populations with housing projects for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs. They acquire and renovate existing housing, as well as develop new affordable rental properties.
Mission Statement: To create stable, vibrant and healthy communities by developing, financing and operating affordable, program-enriched housing for families, seniors and people with special needs who lack the economic resources to access quality, safe housing opportunities.
About The Pike Place Market Foundation
The Market Foundation is a non-profit organization which supports housing and services for our low-income neighbors by fundraising, advocacy and community building. Over the past 30 years, The Market Foundation has contributed to a neighborhood model that allows our diverse community to live and thrive here at Pike Place Market. The Foundation does this by funding social services such as Pike Market Medical Clinic, Senior Center, Food Bank, Heritage House and Child Care & Preschool.
The Pike Place Market Foundation mission: The Pike Place Market Foundation is the heart of the Market. By helping our low-income neighbors who work, learn and live in and around the Market, the Foundation helps the Market you love remain a thriving, caring community.
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About The Ronald McDonald House - Western Washington
The Ronald McDonald House in Seattle is a “home-away-from-home” for families while their child undergoes treatment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. The House is built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on the health of their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest. In addition to providing housing, they also offer a stocked common pantry, meals through our volunteer dinner groups, activities and outings for kids, daily visits from certified therapy dogs, and many other services for our families.
Mission: At Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska, we support seriously ill children and their families. At the Seattle House, we provide a “home-away-from-home” to help families through a difficult time.
About Toys for Tots
The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.
Mission: The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
About Washington State Chapter of Community Associations Institute
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is the only national organization dedicated to fostering vibrant, responsive, competent community associations. Their mission is to assist community associations in promoting harmony, community, and responsible leadership. CAI believes that by giving board members, managers, and homeowners the knowledge to better run their associations, they can turn “owners” into “neighbors,” increasing harmony, and leading to more prosperous, safer communities.
Mission: To anticipate and meet member needs, foster inclusive participation, deliver essential educational programs, reach out to the greater community, and shape public policy.
About YWCA Pathways for Women
YWCA Pathways for Women – YWCA Pathways for Women is a 45-day emergency shelter for single adult women and mothers with children. They strive to give all clients the opportunity to find decent, affordable, and safe housing for themselves and their children.
Vision Statement: A healthy community transformed by racial and gender equity, where women and girls of color have equal access to opportunity, and there is social justice for all people.