Reminder: Calling Rainier Valley residents and applicants!

Rebuilding Together Seattle is hoping to help SIX families in the Rainier Valley in need of essential home improvements this August!  To request that a copy of our brochure be mailed or emailed to you, please contact info@rtseattle.org or call the RTS Office at 206.682.1231.

APPLY TODAY!
View and print the RTS homeowner application our call our office to request an application.

Volunteer of the Month: Dave Thomas

Dave pictured with RTS Program & Development Assistant, Claire Oatey

Dave Thomas, a volunteer through the Safe at Home program and the Project Manager of the Safeway Rebuilding Day, is our Volunteer of the Month for April!

Here's what Dave has to say about his experience with RTS:

 

1. How did you get involved with RTS?

I got involved with RTS about a year ago.  I was looking for an organization that fit the type of work that I liked doing and made a positive impact on the people that we helped.  I actually found out about RTS on a TV commercial and thought it was right up my alley.  I have had a really good time helping out.

2. What do you enjoy most about working with our organization?

The thing I enjoy most is working with so many great volunteers and homeowners!

3.  What do other volunteers say about RTS?

The  people that I have worked with have had really nice things to say about the organization and are excited about doing future projects.

4. Why do they want to volunteer their time?

The volunteers think it is really awesome how people pull together to help people they don't even know and try to make a difference in someone's life.

5.  What about RTS' mission are you most drawn to?

I like the fact that we are helping ordinary people that have had some bad luck and are trying their best to keep their homes from falling apart.

Dave with volunteer, Sean (Left), and homeowner, Shawn (Middle).

Thank you, Dave, for all the time and hard work you've put into helping homeowners maintain safe and healthy homes!

Tomorrow is the LAST day to submit photos to the 3rd Annual SRD Photo Contest!

Thank you, WDVA!

 

 Mike Gregoire (L) with RTS Executive Director, Margie Thirlby (C) and John Lee (R) on April 28th.

Rebuilding Together Seattle sends a big thanks to John Lee and the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs for supporting our Spring Rebuilding Day 2012.  Thank you to John Lee and First Gentleman Mike Gregoire for visiting three of our veteran clients and helping make our day a big success! 

See you next year!

Didn't get your SRD 2012 T-shirt?

Thank you to our 1,000 Spring Rebuilding Day volunteers!  If you participated on April 28th but were unable to claim your awesome orange SRD2012 t-shirt, we have some extras at our office!

You can swing by the RTS Office (811 Harrison St, Seattle) from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (M-F) to grab a t-shirt (please note that some sizes may be limited).  Give us the heads up before you head over so we can grab your shirt and give you a greeting when you stop by!

Contact: 206.682.1231 or coatey@rtseattle.org

GiveBIG to Rebuilding Together Seattle TODAY!

TODAY IS THE DAY!

The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG 2012 Event, a ONE DAY charitable giving event, began last night at midnight! Make a donation to Rebuilding Together Seattle before midnight tonight (Pacific Time) and your donation will go so much further!

Here's how it works:

Each donation made to the more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations profiled on The Seattle Foundation's website between midnight and midnight (Pacific Time) on May 2, 2012, will receive a pro-rated portion of the matching funds (or "stretch") pool. The amount of the "stretch" depends on the size of the stretch pool and how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. For example, if a nonprofit organization receives 3 percent of the total donations during GiveBIG, then it will receive 3 percent of the stretch pool.

 

PLUS, throughout GiveBIG, donors will be chosen at random to have an additional $1,000 given to the charity that received their donation. The selected donor will also be eligible to win a Starbucks gift card worth $100!

Click here to donate TODAY!

"A mutually beneficial organization for all involved" (SRD recap from Board Member, Gary Ballas)

 

RTS Board Members, Gary Ballas (L) and Russ Schultz (R)

 

I had a great day yesterday [on Spring Rebuilding Day] as a roving Rebuilding Together Seattle Board Member supporting various projects in the North end. This is seriously one of the few organizations I've ever seen that is so mutually beneficial for all involved.

Homeowners in need get absolutely free home improvements focusing on Safety, Warmth and Independence to help them stay in their homes.

Businesses get to give back to their communities by providing leadership and virtually incidental funds to support projects. Beyond the goodwill factor, the payback is the morale boost from co-workers getting out of their daily grind and working side-by-side with people they may only know in passing on a major 1 day transformation for the benefit of someone else.

Volunteers get to apply their talents (and learn new ones) to help people that really need it and absolutely appreciate it. While not everyone is into the volunteer thing, I believe most people love to help out when there is something they can do. Somehow it's way more satisfying than any paid job.

Sponsors get to see tangible results in their own communities for the resources they contribute.

Rebuilding Together Seattle gets to help more people each year given an strong organization and a focus on applying every $ to the cause. 

Everybody wins. Check us out at: www.rtseattle.org

 

 

Thank you, Gary!