Monthly
news & updates
November + December Issue | 2019
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Neighbors and Friends,
We are blessed as a community to have so many wonderful nonprofits doing exceptional work in order to make Whatcom County a place where anyone and everyone has an opportunity to thrive.
As you begin making your end of year gifts, we kindly ask you to consider the individuals, families, and children of Lydia Place.
Your gift to Lydia Place provides so much more than housing. It provides safe, stable, and nurturing environments, parenting support, mental health services, and opportunities for families experiencing homelessness to reconnect and feel a part of our community. Here is a small glimpse of the incredible work we are doing together, with your support, to disrupt the cycle of homelessness in our community.
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4,300+
Hours of in-home case management support provided by Lydia Place Housing Programs
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$225,000
In annual rent support provided by Lydia Place Family Housing Programs
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381
Children housed last year in Lydia Place Housing Programs
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628
In-home parent educator visits provided by Lydia Place Parent Support Program
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473
Individual therapy sessions provided by Lydia Place Mental Health Program
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10,000+
Hours of volunteer services provided by our local community
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$600,000
Or 25% of Lydia Place's budget came from fundraising events and donations
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And so much more thanks to Lydia Place supporters like you!
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Lydia Place's 2019 End of Year Newsletter are hitting mailboxes this week, but you don't have to wait- you can make your year end gift today!
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Events: Bellingham Tonight at Mount Baker Theatre
Tuesday, December 17th
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Episode 3 explores the complex issues surrounding homelessness in Whatcom County. Guests appearing in this episode will include Hans Erchinger-Davis, Executive Director of the Lighthouse Mission, and Emily O’connor, Executive Director of Lydia Place. After the taping, there will be an opportunity for an audience-driven Q&A with the guests.
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Events: Hearts for Housing at Four Points by Sheraton
Saturday, February 8th, 2020
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Grab your tickets, and your favorite sweetie and head downtown for the most darb and sought after Valentine’s event in Whatcom County!
This 450+ attendee event sells out every year, so don’t get yourself in a lather, get your tickets fast! This year’s Roaring 20s theme featuring MC extraordinaire Shannon Day and 200+ silent and live auction items is sure to delight
As Lydia Place's largest fundraising event, Hearts for Housing helps raise crucial dollars for programs and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in our community..
So what are you waiting for? Get yourself hotsy-totsy and get ready to raise your paddle and giggle water of choice as we celebrate hope, housing, community, and hearts-of course!
EARLY BIRD TABLE OF TEN DISCOUNT ENDS DECEMBER 16TH!
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Events: Carter's Bellingham Pajama Program
Now - January 11th, 2020
Did you know?
Millions of children live in instability and don't have the comforting tools to help them get to sleep-like pajamas.
What's the Solution?
Provide children with pajamas to help them have a good night for a better tomorrow. With your help, Pajama Program in partnership with Carter's, can reach more kiddos.
How can you help?
Donate a pair of pjs or take a pic with PJ the penguin in store and Carter's will donate a pj too! Or you can make a monetary donation at the register. OUR COMMUNITY receive the donations. You can donate in store or online at
carters.com.
Learn more at
carters.com/pajamaprogram
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Carter's Bellingham Drop-off Location:
3930 Meridian Street
Bellingham, WA 98226
Thank you to our local Bellingham Carter's and community members for donating to Carter's PJ Program running until January 11th. Lydia Place case managers will be delivering these adorable pjs, along with gifts to families in our Adopt a Family Program just in time for the holidays!
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Community Cares features individuals and businesses who coordinated a drive and/or donated 100% of proceeds in order to fulfill an immediate Lydia Place need.
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Community Cares: Humor for Housing raises $10,000!
On November 4th, our community came together, in a small room filled with laugher and love and raised $10,000 for families experiencing homelessness in our community! Join us in giving a HUGE round of applause to all our event attendees and the following sponsors who made this year's Humor for Housing fundraiser possible:
Presenting Sponsor The Pysden Team of Caliber Home Loans, Opening Act Sponsors Salish Chiropractic and Birch Equipment Lawn, Garden, Home. The Heckler Sponsors 3D/NPI- Business Advisors and IT Consultants and Veritas Media Productions, and the ornery One-Liner crowd Shannon Day, Cascadia Weekly, A Taste of Elegance, Kulshan Brewing Company, and opener Lisa Curtis.
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Community Cares: Thanksgiving Meal Boxes Delivered to 150+ Families
While you're here we also wanted to say how grateful we are for you and our community of volunteers who helped package, sort, and deliver Thanksgiving meal boxes to over 150 Lydia Place families in November.
For many of our families this is the first time they'll get to sit around a table together, as a family, and there's no pie sweeter than that!
Special gratitude to Darigold, Hempler’s, and Haggen Food & Pharmacy for their generosity and for helping ensure our families feel seen, supported, and loved by our community.
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Community Cares: Susie O'Connor and Friends
Thank you to Susie O'Conner and Pool League friends for raising $725 for Lydia Place programs and services! It's amazing to see the change "
cleaning the table"
with a little peer-to-peer fundraising can do in our community!
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Community Cares: Holiday Wishes Coming True Thanks to You!
Thank you for everyone who has generously supported Lydia Place's Adopt a Family Program this year. This year generous businesses, individuals, and even LP staff members pitched in to adopt all 117 Lydia Place families!
What does that look like? Wishes coming true for 232 children and strengthening family bonds for 466 individuals (232 children, 234 parents/caregivers) in our community with a family activity.
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Community Cares: T-Mobile
A big shout out to
T-Mobile
for adopting 15 Lydia Place families in our Adopt a Family Program!
“We are so glad to be partnering with Lydia Place again this year as we have in years past! Our employees love the ability to purchase gifts and help bring holidays to life for so many families in our community!” T-mobile Team
Our agency is in awe of the generosity of our local T-mobile community. Their fierce team of advocates have made a huge impact for the families we serve. From Holiday Drives, Welcome Home Baskets, Magenta Handbags, and more— T-mobile’s commitment to our community is something to celebrate!
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Community Cares: John Maier
A huge hug to John Maier from LP families and kiddos for providing tickets to a very special holiday figure skating show by the talented Figure Skating Club! On behalf of Lydia Place, we thank you for making this special outing possible for Lydia Place families and children!
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Community Cares: Lydia Place's 2019 Housing Hero Awardees
Every December Lydia Place hosts a special evening filled with gratitude and holiday merriment in recognition of local businesses and individuals who have gone above and beyond, in their each unique way, to further Lydia Place's mission to disrupt the cycle of homelessness and support sustained independence for future and current generations.
Special Gratitude to the following businesses for helping make our 2019 Housing Hero Awards possible. Veritas Media Productions, Flax4Life, Dawn Matthes Photography, Pacific Growlers, and Taste of Elegance.
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Thank You to Lydia Place
Community Champion
Recipients
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Community Champion
Sarah Bishop,
Flax4Life
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Community Champion
Josh Fox,
Belcher and Swanson Law Firm
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Thank You to Lydia Place
Creative Power Partnership
Recipients
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Creative Power Partnership
Psyden Team,
Caliber Home Loans
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Creative Power Partnership
MoonBelly Midwifery
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Creative Power Partnership
WECU
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Creative Power Partnership
Henifin Family of Companies
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Thank You to Lydia Place
Housing Hero
Recipients
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Housing Hero
Mission Reality
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Housing Hero
Ty Terrwyn,
Bellingham Housing Authority
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Housing Hero
Kaylyn Grantham,
Indigo Property Management
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Housing Hero (Not Pictured)
Teri Bryant,
Whatcom Homeless Service Center
Blake Kinnear,
Indigo Property Management
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Thank You to Lydia Place
Volunteer of the Year
Recipient
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Volunteer of the Year
Brett Lott
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Thank You to Lydia Place
Heart of the Organization
Recipients
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Heart of the Organization
The Thramer Family
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If you or your business is interested in raising funds or hosting a drive in support of Lydia Place we'd love to hear about it! Please contact our Community Engagement Coordinator, Rita Thames at ritat@lydiaplace.org to learn which needs make the biggest impact for our families.
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Habitat with Lydia Place and Wise Buys Thrift ...
Solving the housing crisis in Whatcom County requires creating innovative partnerships in Bellingham and across Whatcom County. The causes of housing insecurity are too many and too varied to be addressed by any one group, agency, or non-profit...
Read more
www.hfhwhatcom.org
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Immediate Need: Auction Items and Artwork
We are currently seeking donations of new merchandise, services, gift cards, art, donated stays or experience packages for our annual Hearts for Housing Gala, Dinner, and Auction on February 8th. As our largest fundraiser of the year, Hearts for Housing provides crucial dollars to support Lydia Place programs and services throughout the year. With a recent uptick in families experiencing homelessness in our community, Lydia Place is determined to raise $300,000, its largest fundraising goal yet, in order to meet the needs of our community in 2020.
If you are interested in donating an auction item to Hearts for Housing, you can do so online by clicking the button below.
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If you have questions about donating an auction item to Lydia Place please contact Community Engagement Director, Tally Rabatin at tallyr@lydiaplace.org or by calling 360.671.7663 ext. 2001
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Attention Lydia Place Monthly Contributors
You may update expired credit card details via our Financial Manager, Judy Wayt at 360.671.7663 ext 2003 or by filling out a new online donation form with your new credit card information
here.
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Thank you to the following businesses and individuals who generously gave this month!
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Gay H. Bartelt, David Beaumier, Michael & Mary Brunt, Paul Bulanov, Tony Casale, Karen & Richard Clark, Riley Clark, Sue Ann Croft, Mary Jane DelaHunt, Pamela E. Englett, Graham Essex, Steve Forbes, Robert S. Fraser, Frontstream, Glow Mediclinic, Audrey E. Gravley, Lisa Heezen, Alicia Herzog, Jerry H. Walton Foundation, Joanne Hooff, L. Jane & Milton Houser, John E. Goerlich Charitable Trust, Amy Johnson, Sara Johnson, Alan G. Kemble, Milton Krieger, Kroger, Ann Lackland, Tom Laughlin, Sonja Lee, Heather & Garrett Leque, Merrill & Lorene Lewis, Kerri Love, Kathleen McQuaide, Jennifer Moehl, Patti Morgan, Marilyn Moullen, Shenandoah Myrick, Nina Nancarrow, James A. Nelson, Dr. David Netboy, Network for Good, Susan Palmer, Debbie Parker, Melanie Pysden, Scotty Browns, Selene Homestead, Kari Severns, Karla Slusher, Donna & Jim Smith, Robert B. Smith, Jillene Snell, Social Fabric, Delores Starcher, Pete Stelling, Sterling Rentals 1 LLC, Superfeet, Scott L. Thomson, TJX Companies Inc, Jeffery Y. Tom, Shawna Unger, Verry - UHL Associates, Village Inn, Michelle Welch, Whole Foods Market
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