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NOVEMBER 25, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 49
FEATURED STORIES
QA Food Bank wants to build reserves
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DR. UNIVERSE
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
The Queen Anne Food Bank needs extra help, not only for the holidays, but beyond, as well. Since April, the food bank, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, 232 Warren Ave. N. in Uptown, has relied on National Guard members to provide much of the heavy lifting and volunteer work, but they will be going on leave for the holidays. Food bank manager Stephen Kreins needs additional help beyond the holidays, however. He said it is likely the National Guard members will be assigned elsewhere in late winter, leaving the food bank without crucial help. “I’m trying to build up our volunteer base,” he said. Ideally, Kreins said, he would like a pool of 40 volunteers a
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Photo by Jessica Keller Washington State National Guard Second Lt. Nicholas Hathaway sets out melons to be picked up by patrons underneath a tent at the Queen Anne Food Bank, 232 Warren Ave. N. in Uptown, Thursday afternoon. The National Guard members have filled an important need for the food bank, but manager Stephen Kreins would like to build more volunteer reserves for when the National Guard volunteers are called elsewhere.
New Magnolia nonprofit will raise money for community improvement projects By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor The Magnolia Chamber of Commerce recently announced the formation of the Magnolia Better Together organization after it was officially designated a nonprofit with tax-exempt status. The Chamber of Commerce and Magnolia Beautification Committee has been pursuing 501 (c) (3) status for this new
organization so it can raise funds for charitable purposes, activities and streetscapes, as well as other community development projects, Magnolia Better Together Board President Joan Enticknap said. “One of our main functions will be to raise money to support these activities,” Enticknap said. As a nonprofit, Magnolia Better Together can apply for more foundation and government grants that are only given to nonprofits with 501 (c) (3) status,
as well as receive tax-deductible donations, Enticknap said. Currently, the main priority is to broaden funding opportunities for the Reimagine Magnolia Village project, which has completed streetscape projects in the heart of the village shopping area and is raising funds to make further improvements. “The news of Magnolia Better Together obtaining 501 (c) (3) status gives the Reimagine Magnolia Village project a real
boost,” said Cheryl McQuiston, chairperson of the Magnolia Beautification Committee, a part of the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, in a press release. “We see residents and businesses alike enjoying the streetscape improvements already in place. As we fundraise for Phases II and III, it is an incentive for more donors to invest in the project and
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