THE SEA-TOWN PODCAST: Interviewing Seattle's Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Christian Harris: author, business owner and entrepreneur
Here in Seattle, we take great pride in our various neighborhoods that we live in and all the things that make this area of the country so great... and the local businesses are a large part of what shape the flavor and character of these great neighborhoods that we love. I created this podcast to help tell the stories of other Seattle based businesses, entrepreneurs and others involved in the community. I want to highlight these people and what they are doing in serving others and their community here in Seattle. I mean really... Who doesn't want to know more about our local businesses and the brave souls who started them? Who wouldn't want to support them and see them and our neighborhoods thrive?! Do you know someone with an important message or story to tell? Please let me know, I would love to have them on this podcast. Find out more and sign up http://sea-town.com/podcast-guest-page Stay up-to-date with the latest weekly episodes by subscribing to The Sea-Town Podcast on iTunes Find out more about Christian Harris - author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Army Veteran, Real Estate Broker, founder & host of this Podcast - check out WWW.SEA-TOWN.COM
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Ep. 024 - Emerald Water Anglers - Dave McCoy
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11/23/16 • 42 min
This week’s guest is Dave McCoy, owner of Emerald Water Anglers. Headquartered out of their premier fly-fishing retail shop in West Seattle, Dave and his staff offer high-quality and knowledgable fly-fishing guides, are passionate about fishing, preservation and they really know the water and fishing around the Northwest. Topics & Ideas Discussed in This Episode:
- Dave is involved in many aspects of the fly-fishing industry - He is a true entrepreneur: with a photography business, writer, traveler, fishing guide, social media manager for his shop and Patagonia Fly Fish (as well as a "Patagonia Ambassador"), and helps develop products for companies he believes in.
- Seattle is a pretty small city for being a big city.
- The fly-fishing community is pretty tight - Dave's friend (and my dad) Tim Harris' fly-fishing site
- Their biggest challenge when first starting business - moving from CO, to WA and being new to the area... he had to go from just knowing trout in one mt. lake to having to know so many different fish species and hundreds of bodies of water.
- Their biggest challenge now - local retail spaces having to compete with online retailers | resource management pressures in WA State | Getting in front of a lot of fly-anglers, who are older and not necessarily online and so have never heard of their store.
- Steelhead (the WA State fish) are endangered in a lot of the local rivers, creating closures of some great rivers.
- Just launched new woman's fly-fishing guide program - Welcome Karli Roland (official announcement on Facebook)
- What set's them apart from other in their industry - Super selective in hiring... leading to unbeatable customer service, superior staff with extensive knowledge and experience.
- Their greatest strength - "great salesman"... focuses on the relationship and what the customer needs and what's best for them vs. pushing for "closing the sale".
- They wish they had the habit of... - not always saying what comes to his mind; having a better filter.
- They are passionate about - educating fellow fly-fishers about the current state of the states fishers and resources and incoming them on what they can do to be good steward of our fisheries.
- The best advice they have ever received - "Jump in with both feet and give 100% of yourself to it, unconditionally"
- A personal habit that contribute to their success - A sense of humor
- Parting Guidance from our guest - "If you make a lot of money and your unhappy, change it". Figure out something you really want to do and through yourself at it... you only have one life to live, so life it!
- www.emeraldwateranglers.com
- Business Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EmeraldWaterAnglers
- Business Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/EmrldWtrAnglers
- Get involved in local organizations that work to preserve our fisheries and be a good steward of the resources.
- www.pugetsoundkeeper.org - Working to keep Puget Sound waters clean & watchdog for superfund sites.
- www.wildsteelheadcoalition.org - Working specifically on policy for managing our state fish, the wild Steelhead.
- www.wildfishconservancy.org - Help facilitate courts making judgments in favor of good and sustainable policies as well as do a good deal of science to backup why they take the stances they do in court.
- www.tu.org - Does great work on habitat restoration in entire region.
- www.wildsalmon.org - Working hard in regaining Salmon populations.
- Jim Collins book - Good To G...
Ep. 053 - Danielle Marchioro, Highline Medical Center Foundation
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05/12/18 • 31 min
This week’s guest is Danielle Marchioro, Executive Director of Highline Medical Center Foundation. Danielle joined Highline Medical Foundation four months ago to promote the mission of the organization. She spends her days getting out in the community, networking with board members, getting connected and plugging in with people. It’s her mission to share the story of the foundation and what they do in raising money to help Highline Medical Center Hospital provide access to quality health care for the members of the community who need it. Danielle is originally from Spokane, Washington. She attended the University of San Diego where she spent a semester at sea and traveled around the globe. After college she wasn’t certain about what she wanted to do but always knew she wanted to be in nonprofit. With a lingering travel bug from her college travels, she decided she wanted to spend some time traveling. She decided to take an internship in Germany with The US Department of Defense, where she ended up living for seven months. She traveled every weekend and taught preschool during the week while she was there. Danielle started her career in nonprofit after coming back from Germany and moving to Denver. She lived there for five years before moving back to Washington, a drive away from her parents, sisters and family.
Learn more about Danielle’s journey, the Highline Medical Center and the ins and outs of the nonprofit sector in this episode.
Episode Highlights:- Partnerships
- The thing Danielle found most surprising when first starting in her current role
- Team atmosphere in hospital culture
- Danielle’s motivation to get into the nonprofit space
- Ways the Highline Medical Foundation raises money
- Ways to best get involved
- Unique things the Highline Medical is doing
- Highline Health Connections
- Importance of listening in fundraising
- Guest's Website: Highline Foundation - www.supporthighline.org
- Article about their Health Connections program, which has been very successful in getting patience the care they need, to drastically cut down on the number of chronic over utilizers of the Emergency Room as their primary care - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/02/13/million-dollar-murray
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Ep. 042 - Cory Cote & Brandon Ramirez, Owners of Mystery Made
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09/18/17 • 38 min
This week’s guest is Cory Cote and Brandon Ramirez, owners of Mystery Made mens apparel and action sport oriented graphic design firm in The Admiral District of West Seattle. Highlights From This Episode: After 10 years at K2 and Ride Snowboards, Brandon and shortly after, Cory decided to take the leap into self-employment to start their own design firm and then more recently, opened the front of their space into a men's apparel shop. As artists and designers, they wanted to branch out from the cyclical nature of working at just one company and really explore the opportunities with starting their own thing.
- Mystery Made primarily does branding and design for action sports but also love doing branding and design for local companies, new restaurants (like The Nook) and individual entrepreneurs.
- One of their life mortars & slogan is "Get Busy Living". They live by the saying of "find what your passionate about and you'll never work again in your life"... it may be cliché but it's true.
- Best advice Cory remembers getting was from an old boss who told him to "Make a decision and be confident in it". Own it and move forward!
- Best advice Brandon lives by is to "put your passions in your backyard". Pursue your passions and it will work out.
- Guest's Website: www.mysterymade.com
- Like on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mysterymadedesign/
- Follow on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mysterymade/
- Guest's word of wisdom: Take a leap of faith and believe in yourself.
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Ep. 032 - Christian Castro, Co-Owner of Industry Finishes
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02/13/17 • 38 min
This week’s guest is Christian Castro, Co-Owner of Industry Finishes, a new company spinoff to flush out the already great logistical, office furniture & cubical supplies, facility services and IT Services provided by Reliant Group. Highlights From This Episode: Christian Castro talks about the various businesses he has had and his journey as a serial entrepreneur. He ended up here in Seattle when he agreed to help one of his friends grow his fledgling IT business, which brought him from flipping houses and doing IT in Pheonix, AZ to Seattle. Castro talks about what shaped him to be willing to take more risks and put it all on the line to create something from scratch. His parents were from Mexico and migrated her in their late teens. His dad retired at age 64, after starting in agriculture at age 16. He started picking lettuce to buying his own tractor and eventually starting his own agriculture business. His mom financed Christian's first RadioShack computer and it's his parents investment in him and their determination to make it work and figuring out how to make it that has made Christian successful and persistent in squeezing the opportunities out of life's situations. Along the way, what has been your biggest challenges? There is no such thing as an "overnight success". Make a plan but understand that you are going to have to change courses many times along your journey. Castro thinks it's true what they say about Thomas Edison... he found 100 ways on how to NOT make a lightbulb, before he was the first person to make the lightbulb. You will have many failures to get to your success. For Christian, both construction and computers have been passions for him and his challenge is focusing on just a couple opportunities at a time... there are just so many opportunities out there for everyone, the real struggle is just focusing on one at a time. At the end of day, if he was retired and could just do whatever he wanted, he would probably just focus on building houses. What is your biggest challenge now? Christian wants to make sure they have the right people on the bus and in the right seats on the bus (to use the "Good To Great" verbiage). Some people want perfection and want to retain 100% of their customers... Christian is actually of the reverse philosophy: You've got to let go of the worse 5% to make room for the better 10% so you can focus on quality growth. Though things are changing so rapidly with technology and business, it's still well worth the time and energy to develop out a 5 year plan. As Christian is getting older, he is really seeing the importance in investing his time in the things that are important to him and he wants to partner with the right people and not get stuck in a "bad business marriage". Scott (the owner of Reliant Group), says at the end of his regular meetings that, "I want you to go out today and fail somewhere", because that means the employees are making decisions and the only way one can learn is by making decisions. They empower the employees to be invested in the company by allowing them to be part of the decision making and not micro-managing.
- What is your greatest strength? Being able to see an issue from many different perspectives but is able to assess it quickly to make a decision.
- What habit do you wish you had ? Better and clearer timely execution of decisions.
- What boundaries have you setup to keep from being distracted by technology or other time suckers? Prioritizing opportunities - committing to particular opportunities and putting the blinders on to ignore the other opportunities so they can stay focused and keep quality high.
- What is the best advice you have ever received? Work hard now so you don't have to work hard later.
- Do you listen to podcasts? What are your favorites? Casey Neistat
- What is your one book recommendation for our listeners? "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Coleman or "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves
- Parting Guidance - "We all think that we have time... but we don't" and this becomes truer and truer every day of our lives. They say everyday like its your last day because one day this will be true.
Ep. 034 - Cary Kemp, Owner of Pizzeria 22
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03/13/17 • 42 min
This week’s guest is Cary Kemp, Owner of Pizzeria 22 in the Admiral District or West Seattle. Pizzeria 22 is West Seattle's first Neapolitan style, wood-fired, thin crust pizzeria. Cary traveled to and lived in Naples, Italy for sometime, along with his friend and colleague, Mike MCConnell (of Seattle's Cafe Vita fame) to learn and study how to make amazing Neapolitan pizza and bring it back to Seattle. Highlights From This Episode: Pizzeria 22 opened up in June of 2011 and was the first Neapolitan style wood-fired pizzeria in West Seattle. Cary's restaurant background goes way back but he got his start in the pizza world, assisting a colleague of his, Michael McConnell (who also founded and owns Seattle' iconic Cafe Vita coffee roosters/shops), starting Seattle's famous Via Tribunali pizzeria. Mike asked Cary if he wanted to help him on his journey to bring Neapolitan style pizza to Seattle (at the time, there was no certified Neapolitan pizzerias on the West Coast). The traveled to Naples, Italy and lived there for a while, learning and studying the art of Neapolitan pizza making. Naples, Italy is the birthplace of pizza as we know it here in America (1889), specifically the margarita style pizza. Cary got a job working at Sorbillo, a 3rd generation owned pizzeria in Naples, to be trained and learn how to make genuine Neapolitan pizza. Sorbillo was located on a street called "Via Tribunali", which is where they got the name for what became the Seattle pizza chain. To be a "Certified Neapolitan" pizzeria, there are a series of standards that need to be met, from the type of flour used, to limiting the ingredients in the dough to only flour, yeast, salt & water (nothing more), to the requirement of using a wood-fired pizza oven. It's also required to use a different kind of yeast (fresh cold yeast) for the dough and a "cold rise" or "slow rise" process, which takes several days longer to proof. This proofing process makes the dough very delicate and it takes a specific skill-set to be able to work with it (it takes several months to become proficient, so they can't just hire a pizza maker from a New York style pizzeria, like Pagliacci, to come over and be able to make Neapolitan style pizzas).
- What do you love most about what you do? Being part of the community and being able to participate in community charity events like the annual Taste of West Seattle,happing May 25th, 2017 (Taste of West Seattle is a fundraiser event for the West Seattle Helpline - listen to WS Helpline's Executive Director, Chris Langeler's podcast interview on Episode 26)
- What was most surprising or unexpected with opening your own business? Wasn't expecting to be as busy right away, as they were... and credits the West Seattle Blog in helping build the interest and anticipation prior to Pizzeria 22's opening.
- What is your biggest challenge now? Staffing is the on-going challenge. It seems like these days, it's hard just to get applicants to show up for their scheduled interviews. There is also so many restaurants out there that it can be difficult get and keep good employees.
- What set's you apart from other Neapolitan pizzeria's in the area? Cary created his own menu that offers some less traditional toping options and doesn't make the pizza as "wet" as most traditional Neapolitan pizzas are (doesn't put on as much sauce and strains the fresh mozzarella to drain some of the water from it).
- What is the best advice you have ever received? One of Cary's mentors is Vince Mottola (who started and owns Pizzeria Pulcinella on Rainier Ave). Vince's dad started the famous South End Vince's Restaurants in 1957 (Burien, Federal Way and Renton). Cary helped Vince open Pizzeria Pulcinella and when Cary started Pizzeria 22, Vince told Cary that success in business "is not a sprint, it's a marathon"... you have to make decisions based on the long term.
- Parting Guidance - "It's ok to send it back". In the days of yelp and other online reviews... if you ever have a bad dinning experience, it's way more helpful to raise the issue at the time and give the restaurant an opportunity to correct the issue. Rather then the increasingly more common method of posting a nasty review on multiple sites or smearing the businesses name online or starting a campaign against going to a restaurant without even letting the business know and giving them the chance to make it right.
Ep 061 - Ryan & Molly Schoeb, Owners of Schoeb Chiropractic
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12/06/18 • 24 min
This week’s guests are Owners of Schoeb Chiropractic, Ryan and Molly Schoeb. Ryan and Molly Schoeb started their own practice after wanting Ryan to be a little closer to home. They are located in West Seattle.
Ryan grew up in a rural town in Minnesota. He was the oldest of four and heavily involved in sports. It was a community where everyone knew everyone. Molly and Ryan met their sophomore year of college.
After multiple injuries, Ryan always knew he wanted to do something related to the body. He became very interested in how the body works and especially how it doesn’t work when it starts breaking down. This led him into his interest in the chiropractic field.
At Schoeb Chiropractic, they have a three-prong specialty; pregnancy, kids and family care. They also have private patient rooms. Each patient gets a unique treatment specific to their needs and they take most insurances.
Learn more about Schoeb Chiropractic, owners Ryan and Molly and how Ryan and Molly started their own practice in this episode of The Sea-Town Podcast!
Episode Highlights:- How Schoeb Chiropractic got started
- Information about Schoeb Chiropractic
- What sets Schoeb Chiropractic apart
- Ryan and Molly’s greatest strengths related to starting a business
- One habit Ryan and Molly wish they had
- Planning in advance when having a business
- Finding a good balance
Guest’s Contact Info:www.schoebchiropractic.com Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SchoebChiropractic/ 206-923-2225
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Ep. 066 - Brian Nelson - Unleashed at Stadium Bowl
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04/19/19 • 32 min
This week’s guest is Brian Nelson, Ted X speaker, retrieved Army Officer, life hacker and event planner. Today we will be talking with Brian about his annual community fitness event, "Unleashed at Stadium Bowl" at the historic Stadium High School in Tacoma, to benefit the pet rescue, "Kindred Souls Foundation".
If you’re curious about Brian, he went to junior college prior to joining the Army. He’s a curious, high energy individual with a curiosity for life and passion for various things. One of those passions is sports. He has always been a Seahawks and Niners fan.
Learn more about Brian Nelson, how he got to where he is today and the work he is doing revolved around the Kindred Souls Foundation.
Episode Highlights:- Brian’s annual community fitness event
- Kindred Souls Foundation
- Unleashed Fundraiser
- Brian’s goals and where life is taking him
- Grit 360
- Brian’s upbringing
- Brian’s strengths
- A habit Brian wishes he had
- Meditation and reflection
- unleashedatstadiumbowl.org
- kindredsoulsfoundation.org
- Bullet Journal
- The Joe Rogan Podcast
- Tim Ferriss Podcast
- Sam Harris Podcast
- Jordan Peterson Podcast
- Sex, Lies, and Video Tape
- The Talent Code
- The Century Trilogy
- A Paradise Built in Hell
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Ep. 029 - Matt Greenfield, owner of QED Coffee
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01/09/17 • 38 min
This week’s guest is Matt Greenfield, owner of QED Coffee. QED Coffee started as a wholesale coffee roaster and now has multiple locations in the Mt. Baker and West Seattle neighborhoods. They really excel at perfecting the flavor of their coffee through the roasting and brewing process, while also providing the customer with a great experience. Highlights From This Episode:
- QED started in 2012 as a wholesale coffee roaster.
- Matt met and partnered with Jason Venhuizen in 2013 and decided to put together plans for opening a cafe, which they opened in 2015 in the Mt. Baker neighborhood of Seattle. They just opened their second QED Coffee cafe close to the Morgan Junction in West Seattle at the end of 2016.
- So from the technical side of things, there are many ways to geek out over the roasting and brewing of the coffee but at the end of the day, it's just coffee that tons of people enjoy daily. He being able to simply make that connection with people by handing them a delicious cup of coffee for them to enjoy.
- Matt also really enjoys serving people and making connections. They have their cafe's in neighborhood locations so they can be part of those neighborhoods and build the community connections with their regular customers.
- There are examples of pockets across the nation (and in Seattle), that have been making espresso 25 or 30 years ago (before the rise of Starbucks brought it to the masses.
- First Wave - Black coffee at home.
- Second Wave - Lattes, Macchiatos and such (Italian made machines imported for specialty coffee drinks)
- Third Wave - People started modifying the equipment to do different and customizable things.
- While there are some places with high-turn over (more of a job) but being a barista and working in coffee is now a viable career option... and that is what places like QED, Stumptown, Victrola and Cafe Fiore do, where they have employees that have been there for a very long time, providing a wealth of experience and coffee knowledge.
- The management and owners need to create a culture that takes care of their employees and strives to understand the unique challenges that people in the service industry have (inconsistent hours/shifts, no-paid vacations, avoiding employee burnout, etc).
- The engagement of knowledge - Providing employees opportunities to learn about the product, how it's made, tasting it, asking questions of them... so they are engaged in what they are doing, who they are doing it and how to best serve and engage with both the product and customer.
- He uses the classic example of the "Carmel Macchiato" (which was popularized by Starbucks but is different then the classic Italian beverage) and how some specialty coffee sho...
Ep. 050 - Meghan Reese & Malika Siddiq, Creators of West Seattle Vibes
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03/19/18 • 45 min
This week’s guest is Meghan Reese & Malika Siddiq, the creators of West Seattle Vibes (Instagram Page). West Seattle Vibes is a neighborhood Instagram page created to support the West Seattle Neighborhood: To checkout new and favorite restaurants, bars and shops. Episode Links & Resources:
- Guest's Instagram - Follow them at: https://www.instagram.com/westseattlevibes/
- Email at: [email protected]
- Lika-Love FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/Likalovefashion/
- Business & Non-profit shoutouts:
- Lika Love (Malika Siddiq's business): https://likalove.com
- The Nook: https://www.thenookseattle.com
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- West Side Baby: http://westsidebaby.org
- Past episode interview with Nancy Woodland of West Side Baby: https://sea-townpodcast.com/ep-025-west-side-baby-nancy-woodland/
- West Seattle Helpline: http://wshelpline.org
- Past episode interview with Chris of WS Helpline: https://sea-townpodcast.com/ep-026-west-seattle-helpline-chris-langeler/
- West Seattle Foodbank: http://www.westseattlefoodbank.org
- Mary's Place: http://www.marysplaceseattle.org
- West Side Baby: http://westsidebaby.org
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Ep. 026 - West Seattle Helpline - Chris Langeler
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12/12/16 • 51 min
This week’s guest is Chris Langeler, the Executive Director of The West Seattle Helpline, a community-based organization that provides emergency services to local families and individuals to prevent homelessness and other detrimental poverty-related outcomes. He is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, one of the largest affordable housing providers in West Seattle. Highlights From This Episode:
- Chris' road to serving the community where he is now started back with influence from both his parents, with their complimentary perspectives.
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- His mom did lots of compassionate work with young people (small picture focused on individuals)
- His dad was a bit of an entrepreneur, having founded a tech company in Portland, OR and very systemically &, logically (big picture focused on why things are the way they are).
- Early on, he developed an interest in homelessness and housing and other racial and social justice aspects of non profit and public policy work.
- Chris came to Seattle for the graduate program at the University of Washington (Evans School of Public Policy and Governance), focusing on non-profit management and public policy.
- Worked on political campaigns while at UW, working in Senior Patty Murray's office as part of undergraduate intern program.
- The W.S. Helpline is designed to be a little further "up stream" in peoples lives, to help them make a small "diversion" along their path, before life situations thrusts them into poverty or if they need help but don't qualify for the more conventional low-income or government programs.
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- This additionally is more cost effective and efficient to help an individual or family make a small diversion to get back to a healthy place of self-sufficiency, rather than waiting until they are overwhelmed with catastrophic events or fall into poverty... when the cost, effort and likelihood of getting them back to a good place is much harder and much more taxing on an already strained social 'safety-net' system.
- Chris was the first full-time staff member when he started nearly 2 years ago.
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- Now they have 3 full-time staff and 1 part time.
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- Program Manager - Teresa
- Operations Coordinator - Joan
- Development and Communications Coordinator - Lala
- They have become a more effective and visible organization by picking the 'low hanging fruit' and leveraging resources that are readily available.
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- Created a social media strategy.
- Tuning up the website so its easy for people to find out more about WS Helpline.
- Partnering with organizations that have larger "megaphones".
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- Big shout out to the enormously helpful partners - the West Seattle Blog and West Seattle Herald.
- And now partnering with The Sea-Town Podcast, to get the WS Helpline's message to our "4 million listeners"... (ok, not nearly that many, but working towards it).
- Being present in community events like the West Seattle Summer Fest and Harvest Festivals.
- What they love most about working for the organization - The relationships built with the volunteers, people they serve, staff and community members.
- The thing that gets Chris most excited is the potential for what can be done.
- Their serves and programs are the main way they help the community but giving people the opportunity to volunteer and serve and have an impact in their own community is good for them too.
- The future of the WS Helpline:
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- In next couple years, grow out the core of the programs, focus on outreach to gain greatest visibility to everyone in West Seattle, so everyone who may need their services, know about them.
- Maintain 100% ability to help all eligible people who ask for assistance.
- Increase funding, bus ticket numbers and expand clothing distribution center.
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- In next 2-3 years, the goal is to be able to help 3-4 times as many people as they are now... people who may not know about them now.
- Their biggest challenges when he started and biggest challenges now - So many hats to wear and so much to do to keep the organization running, serve the needs of the clients, while also building relationships with other non-profits in the area to make everyones efforts more effective.
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- WS Helpline has been around a while but until recently, they did not have close relationships with any of the other non-profit organizations that are also serving the W...
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