Be Our Partner!
2024 is a year of partnership for Bellwether Housing. Our work is building communities where everyone has access to a safe, stable, and affordable home; where they can build their own tomorrow.
Our Building Opportunity Campaign has sprouted nearly 1,000 new homes in just three years. And our Resident Services Program couples housing with services, continuing to find new ways to support and enrich the lives of our residents. With your help, we can do even more. Funds raised at Closer to Home go directly toward our Resident Services Program.
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Together, we can build our community!
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 11:30AM PST
SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER
Join us for our annual fundraiser luncheon
SPONSOR
Want to help us put on a great event to help our housing crisis? Contact Megan Mayes with questions.
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Location:
Seattle Convention Center
(WSCC)
705 Pike Street
Ballroom 6E
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Getting There:
Main pedestrian entrance is located on the corner of 7th Ave and Pike Street.
Parking is available just off of I-5:
1380 8th Ave.
Follow signs and escalators up to 6th floor.
Schedule:
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
11:30AM-12:00PM:
Registration, coffee, mingling
12:00PM-1:00PM:
Sit-down luncheon with program and Keynote address
Thank you to all of our supporters for a successful Closer to Home!
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Featuring a Keynote Address by
Shereen Marisol Meraji
Shereen is a veteran audio producer and journalist who has been telling stories with sound for more than two decades. Shereen helped create NPR’s groundbreaking and critically acclaimed podcast covering race and identity, Code Switch. She was awarded Harvard’s prestigious Nieman fellowship in 2022 before becoming an assistant professor of race in journalism and head of audio at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
How your contributions help:
HOMES
We provide and maintain
housing for over 5,000
people in your communities!
PROSPERITY
People of all incomes and backgrounds gain access to the prosperity of our region when their housing is affordable.
COMMUNITY
With economic equality, our communities are stronger, more diverse, and more resilient.
TRANSIT
Each of our buildings is situated for excellent transit options to work and neighborhood amenities and services.
We are improving lives, one household at a time
“This apartment means a lot to both of us. It gives us our own space. ... In order to manage transportation for my child and for myself to get to college, I had to be in the city. I have three buses right outside.”
Paris, Bellwether Resident
Our amazing sponsors make this event possible!
KEYNOTE SPONSOR
INNOVATOR SPONSORS
VISIONARY SPONSORS
CHAMPION SPONSORS
ADVOCATE SPONSORS
Coughlin Porter Lundeen
DCI Engineers
FPI Management
Geotech Consultants, Inc.
Kantor Taylor PC
Latitude 48 Engineers
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Marpac Construction
Stoel Rives
The Commerce Bank of Washington
Wells Fargo
Yardi
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PARTNER SPONSORS
ARC Architects
AssuredPartners
Beneficial State Bank
Coin Meter
Foreman Sturm Thede
Foster Garvey
Guardian Security Systems
Johnson Braund
PBS Engineering & Environmental
Plymouth Housing
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team at Kidder Mathews
Sprague Pest Solutions
TENW
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
FitechGelb
Heartland LLC
KeyBank
Outlook Exterior Maintenance
Reverb
Interested in getting involved in our 2024 Fundraiser?
Have questions?
Contact Megan Mayes, Director of External Engagement & Fundraising Manager
Bellwether Housing is a nonprofit 501(c)(3).
Tax ID 91-1116960