| Astronics AES |
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| Warehouse Inventory Extravaganza - cleared wheelchairs and other medical equipment from warehouse. |
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| AT&T |
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| Planted bulbs, pulled weeds and reconstructed the compost and recycle at Children's Home Society of Washington. |
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| Renovating Fauntleroy Children's Center playground. Activities included painting the school bus, trimming hedges, sweeping and bagging leaves, removing litter and making the area more pleasant for the children that utilize the area. |
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| AT&T - Quality Engineering Team |
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| Cleared blackberries and saved solal. |
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| AT&T - West Region |
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| AT&T West Region, where 76 employees got "down and dirty" for a worthwhile environmental cause. Employees cleared paths, built fences, as well as saved trees and native plants by attacking encroaching bushes and aggressive plants within 50 acres of this neglected park. Before and after results were dramatic — within only 30 minutes of each five-15 person team working a designated area, the results were remarkable. |
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| Aerojet |
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| We cleaned up the backyard for a home that houses individuals with developmental disabilities. |
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| Costco Wholesale |
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| We painted the common area hallways and an oustide storage trailer. |
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| Communications Workers of America (CWA LOCAL 7803, AFL-CIO, CLC) |
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| Helped get playground ready for children from low-income families when they return to preschool in September! |
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| Holland America Line |
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| Kinnear Park is a lovely old world park on the west side of Queen Anne Hill. The Holland America team worked in Lower Kinnear Park by the tennis courts. They spent the day beautifying beds-weeding and mulching, removing ivy, laurels, and other invasive plants. They helped restore this green space and a switchback that connects lower and upper Kinnear. |
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| Home Depot |
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| Did a complete renovation of the Northshore Family Center. |
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| IBM |
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| Habitat Restoration on the Duwamish River. |
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| Japan Business Association of Seattle |
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| Cleaning the trails. |
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| Macy's |
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| Groundskeeping and painting. |
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| Marriott Hotels Eastside |
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| Clear out the area surrounding the building of leaves, tree limbs, etc. and lay 48 bags of bark, replace a section of fencing and secure the rest of the fence on one side of the building, build shelving units to place clothing donations and other goods; reorganize and bag the clothing; clear out trash |
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| Microsoft Corporation |
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| Completed a deep cleaning of 1811 Eastlake, which is permanent housing for chronically homeless people with onsite support services. |
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| Sorted and packaged food donations at Northwest Harvest. |
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| Repaired boards on deck, fixed play equipment and cleaned up play yard at Tiny Tots Development Center. |
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| On Friday September 21st, a team of 7 individuals from Sales Enablement & Excellence (listed at base) came together to help Bothell, WA based Northshore Youth and Family Services reclaim their property from invasive plants and weeds. The objective of our project was to enhance the appearance of the facility, and improve access to the buildings and adjacent property where clients park. |
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| Re-labeled barrels and organized documents for use in emergency feeding program food drive the next day. |
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| Help fix a house of disabled adults. |
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| Resod Rosa Parks Transitional House |
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| Cleaning, decoration and organization of North Seattle Family Center |
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| We helped get trees ready to plant that will help the environment for generations to come. |
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| Converted a courtyard from a sandbox to an adult picnic rest area |
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| Included removal of non-native invasive plant species such as English ivy. English ivy has invaded Seattle's urban forests and threatens the health of native trees by competing with them for nutrients, sunlight and water. We will be developing 'survival rings' around trees that have ivy growing on them. |
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| Participated in the YES Annual Thank-a-thon Event |
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| Olympic Sculpture Park beautification and grounds maintenance |
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| Nordstrom |
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| Food drive. |
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| PACCAR Inc |
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| We laid clean dirt and mulch, and moved cinder blocks to make a three tiered garden ready for plots to be laid for the local residents. |
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| PCL Construction Services, Inc. |
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| We replace a 3' high rock wall with a 48" high brick block wall. |
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| The Polyclinic |
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| We thoroughly cleaned the kitchen and common areas of the residence.
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| RoseWater Engineering |
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| Yardwork and painting at Hilltop House Retirement Residence. |
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| Shannon & Associates, LLP |
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| We worked on cleaning up the children's playground! Replaced playground chips and sand, weeded and planted new flower beds, made a new walking trail for the kids around their play ground, replaced shingles on a gazebo, cleaned out weeds from the fenced area, painted a teachers office and cleaned the classroom carpets. |
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| United Way of King County |
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| These wonderful volunteers cleaned up the landscaping surrounding the building, cleaned HSDC's Sensory-Motor Room & playdeck (lots of toys!) and painted cubbies for HSDC's new Speech Language Preschool. |
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| U.S. Bank |
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| Landscaping at El Centro de la Raza. |
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| USCG FD&CC (PAC) |
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| Painted two rooms, painted kitchen, patched sheetrock, painted exterior doors, washed porch, cleaned sand pit |
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| WaMu |
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| Cleaned floors, walls, windows, kitchen area, and restrooms at two Compass Center homeless shelters. |
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| Remove invasive plant species at Kinnear Park in Queen Anne |
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| MS bike tour wrap-up. Part 1 |
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| MS bike tour wrap-up. Part 2 |
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| Washington Dental Service |
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| Yard work, painting, patching holes in walls |
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| Worktank |
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| Pulled out blackberry bushes |
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| Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects |
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| Replaced old woodchip with new woodchips. |
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