Wallingford Center has trick or treating from 2 to 5 PM on Halloween, plus bring non-perishable food for FamilyWorks when you visit.
Fun fact: You know why the food bank always wants non-perishable items? Because other food they get for free from the grocery stores as soon as it goes past its sell by date. Granola bars and canned food are a precious commodity for the food bank.
Archie McPhee has of course been doing Halloween all week, and Kids on 45th will be offering non-candy choices. Check out the costumes on the Archie McPhee blog.
Fun fact: In the used clothing market, $20 jeans are precious and $200 dresses are worthless. The biggest need is jeans for skinny guys. Guys just wear those things out, and there’s not near enough used jeans to go around overseas. Women’s dress clothes, on the other hand, are more likely to end up as pillow stuffing. Fashions change so there’s lots of donations, plus women overseas aren’t interested in your impractical outfits.
Best trick or treat loop I know about in the neighborhood: Loop from 47th and Wallingford to Meridian and 49th.
Just a reminder: donating those dresses no one wants to the usual places puts those textiles into the recycling pulp pile, rather than the landfill in Oregon. And those really wornout shoes. And that worn out tshirt. Just make sure they are clean (oil and food free, that is).
Best place to donate those $200 dresses is Jubilee House on Capitol Hill.
Good tip about the jeans! Being tall and skinny it’s hard for me to find jeans that are long enough, and since they always get shorter over time they don’t fit me for long. I wish someone would invent non-shrinking pants. Maybe it’s deliberate – built-in obsolescence.
Talk about precious – do you want to hear the food bank staff and clients ooh and aah at your donation? Bring them just picked fruit or vegetables! And if you need help harvesting your fruit trees, contact City Fruit and a harvester will pick your surplus fruit and deliver it to a nearby food bank, shelter, or feeding program. https://cityfruit.org/harvest
Thank you very much for the donations of food for our food bank participants, we appreciate it very much. Have a fun Halloween!