Please Join Us for Our Sunday Clean Up
Date and Time: Sunday May 20th – 1pm – 2pm
Location: Meet us at NE 137th and 32nd NE
We provide all you need to take part. This is a great way to get to know your neighbors and it feels great.
2018 Date Flyer
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Amazing Lake City Youth Shares Her Story
LCFF is honored to share Ms. Furtuna Tekle’s story as part of our goal of bringing the stories of the people who live, work and play in Lake City to Enjoylakecity.org. Furtuna is an inspiration to us all.
“Awklenan! Yakiel, Yakiel!” “ Dictator! Enough is Enough!” I was the only young woman on the
sidewalk, but my voice was strong. The few other women were my mother’s age. All the men
were old, including my father. Yet we were giving our voices to the people walking and driving
by. The American passersby responded, “We are with you!” Our confidence and pride grew,
blunting the scornful laughter and threats of my fellow Eritrean classmates passing by and
through the festival gate. This was my first protest. My first freedom of expression.
Seattle leaders had allowed Eritrean government officials to present a festival in my new city,
my new home. But the festival was not a true reflection of Eritrean society. It was a lie dressed
in the beautiful fabric of my Habesha culture. A lie masked by the delicious aromas of Injera and
steaming clay pots of Doro Wat in festival booths. A festival hiding a dictatorship that ripped my
family from our mother country.
LCFF 2018 Sunday Clean Up Schedule
Mark Your Calendars
May 20th
June 24th
July 22nd
August 19th
September 16th
October 21st (Fall Clean from 1pm-3pm)
All regular clean up’s will be from 1pm-2pm
Check our Facebook Page: LCFF Facebook
Or Enjoylakecity.org for Locations
Benefit for North Helpline
Lake City Lion’s and the LC Community Center sponsor Spaghetti Dinner
Tuesday, June 13th from 5-7pm -Lake City Community Center
Pay what you can with 100% of sales going to North Helpline thanks to the generosity of the Lake City Lions and the NS Chamber.
Visit North Helpline Site
World Dance Party in NE Seattle
1st Annual Couldn’t Have Been More Fun!
November 18th brought the first “World Dance Party” to NE Seattle and it was not to be missed. The evening was an incredible night of sharing culture with each other through food, art and dance. Six scheduled dance instructions kept the night zipping along kicking off with none other than the “Chicken Dance”. As the evening progressed another set of impromptu dances came from attendants eager to share their cultural expression including a Turkish Folk Dance and some traditional Somali Dancing.
Everyone enjoyed a fantastic feast made up of potluck dishes brought by attendants, donations from the Kaffeeklatsch and Mo and Lu Pasta and wonderful offerings from Stephen with the Hunger intervention program and the staff of the North Seattle Family Resource Center. In addition, participants were asked to fill out a leaf and attach it to the “You Are Welcome Here” tree identifying where people had come from. The Lake City Youth Leadership Program helped with set up and take down and also offered up a cool mask decorating station.
LCFF was honored to take part in the event that was made possible through the Seattle Parks District’s “Recreation 4 All” initiative. Resources were available for individuals and families through several groups including the Office of Civil Rights and the ORCA card program. Partnering on the evening were the Children’s Home Society of Washington, Lake City Seniors, Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library, Hunger Intervention Program, LCFF, Seattle Parks and Department of Neighborhoods. Continue reading “World Dance Party in NE Seattle”