Many of you are aware that for 7 years I have been working for an amazing nonprofit local to the Puget Sound area that has been helping people with access to jobs, housing, education, and health care. 

Since the pandemic the need has increased, and we are hoping to raise more money to continue to offer services and to also increase our advocacy efforts to change systems causing poverty. 

Please help donate to my campaign! I will match up to $500 if we can make it happen! 

Neighborhood House has been doing this work for over 100 years and below is an example of helping a person and additionally changing a system so thousands of others could also benefit.

Ephraim, a rideshare driver saw a huge drop in income when COVID hit. Fortunately, the federal government extended unemployment to gig workers. Unfortunately, the Employment Security Department was not equipped to serve people that didn't speak English or have computer literacy.

Neighborhood House advocated with them to: 

Add a language line, 

Hire bilingual staff, and 

Revamp their website.

After we helped Ephraim secure unemployment, we paid for Ephraims Commercial Drivers license. He now makes $55/hour driving a truck and many after him had access to in-language support from the Employment Security Department.

These are some of the things we have always done in the background to make Seattle and King County more accessible.