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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Free gun lockbox giveaway in King County today
June 6 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and to commemorate this event, Public Health – Seattle & King County's Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention is partnering with community organizations and South King County cities to host free gun lockbox giveaway events throughout King County. Each event will feature remarks from community safety experts and local government leaders, gun safety education, and free gun lockbox giveaways. These events are free and open to all, and lockboxes will be distributed while supplies last. Seattle Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Community Passageways • Time: 9 – 10:30 am • Location: Parking lot at 23rd Ave - 2300 S Jackson St, Seattle Renton Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Freedom Project • Time: 1 – 2:30 pm • Location: Renton Community Center - 1715 Maple Valley Hwy, Renton Kent Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Community Passageways • Time: 2:30 – 4 pm • Location: City Hall Square – 220 4th Ave S, Kent Skyway Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Urban Family • Time: 3 – 5 pm • Location: Grocery Outlet parking lot – 11656 68th Ave S, Seattle Burien Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Progress Pushers • Time: 4 – 5:30 pm • Location: Burien City Town Square - 400 SW 152nd St, Burien Auburn Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with The City of Auburn • Time: 4 – 5:30 pm • Location: Auburn City Hall - 25 W Main St, Auburn Federal Way Lockbox Giveaway, hosted with Progress Pushers • Time: 4 – 5:30 pm • Location: Federal Way Community Center - 876 South 333rd St, Federal Way Safe firearm storage is the best way to reduce the risk of unintentional shootings and injury, and prevent firearms from being stolen and misused by others. In order to help increase safe firearm storage, Public Health runs the Lock It Up program. Everyone who owns firearms can take action by locking up their guns, whether in their home or car.
Business Journals
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Caffe Vita supports community through donations, training
Business Matters, presented by Umpqua Bank, is a running series showcasing the positive impact local businesses have on their communities beyond just financial support. If you know a business working to enhance our community, tell us about them here so we can share their story. It doesn't take a coffee enthusiast to know the importance cafes play in Seattle. The Evergreen City has a reputation to maintain, after all, as the home to Starbucks. But as neighborhoods have coffee houses and roasteries a plenty, there's at least one independently owned cafe that's making its mission to go beyond serving residents their daily caffeine jolt. CEO of Caffe Vita Deming Maclise and his team are working to better the community through partnerships, donation programs and trainings for low-income communities and those facing barriers to entering the job market. 'The part that I love about the hospitality industry, especially the coffee business, is it's really good at aggregating and creating community,' Maclise said. And through this work, Maclise and his team hope to act like 'beacons' of the neighborhood. FareStart FareStart has served about 15,000 youth and adults in job training programs since 1992, including more than 1,000 students who have graduated from the free Barista and Customer Service Program. For its part, Caffe Vita donates coffee, trains FareStart students and trainers in the Caffe Vita 500-square-foot Capitol Hill roasting facility and training center. The training center has espresso machines, grinders and coffee brewing equipment so the students are well-versed and suited for any cafe's setup, Maclise said. Caffe Vita, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has been working with FareStart for nearly as long. Maclise says they do it to contribute to Seattle for the better of its residents and community. expand Transferable skills Through the FareStart-Caffe Vita program, students learn how to interact with people, developing critical communication and customer service skills, in addition to technical skills. 'Communication skills are going to be valuable in any job you have or really any aspect of life,' Maclise said. 'Relationships and how you interact with people is an incredibly valuable skill and something that can make you feel more connected in your life and as well as navigating different job situations.' Other important skills include teamwork and conflict resolution. An ability to adapt to situations, time management and handling multiple tasks at once are all transferable skills to other markets and life situations. By completing the program, which takes place over nine weeks, students are better suited to join the community in a productive and adjusted way, Maclise said. Community Passageways In addition to FareStart, Caffe Vita partners with Community Passageways, a nonprofit that provides support and guidance to young people as alternatives to incarceration. Its programming is based on the principles that guidance and support are more effective tools for inspiring positive change in people. Caffe Vita and Maclise agree, which is why every year during the holidays, Maclise creates a donation program in all of the coffee shops and on the company's website. 'Their mission, to restore the community and rebuild it, is something that's needed,' Maclise said. So, whether it's through neighborhood unification or providing skills and lifelong teachings to the youth through partnerships like FareStart or Community Passageways, Caffe Vita puts everything it has into bettering the people who walk through or pass by their doors.
