2023 Gift Drive! ~ Thank you donors, supporters, volunteers, CID and InterIm CDA
The Chinatown International District is one of the most impoverished communities in Seattle. InterIm CDA serves many of the neighborhood’s low-income, immigrant, refugee, Asian, and Pacific Islander residents through all our community-building programs and services. To further provide emotional and material support, InterIm initiated an end-of-the-year gift drive for our clients and community residents.
InterIm CDA and CID residents would like to thank our supporters for the many thoughtful gifts we received. We initially hoped to get 200 gifts for our gift drive; however, with our supporters’ help, we could provide 441 clients and residents with gifts. We would also like to thank the score of volunteers who helped to organize our holiday party and wrap, transport, and hand out gifts.
The gifts embraced and provided cheer for many of the recipients. We are grateful for those who participated in this effort to make the holiday season and New Year good for our community.
We want to thank the following companies and individuals for providing gifts to this project:
- Marpac Construction
- Enterprise Community
- Gates Foundation’s Gates Asians in Philanthropy Employee Resource Group
- Expedia Group Volunteers in partnership with Asian Community at Expedia
- Starbucks Pan-Asian Partner Network
- ProvidenceSwedish
- Sound Transit
- King County Metro Transit
- Walsh Construction Company
- Site Workshop
- International District Emergency Center
- Mai and Rob Ketcherside
- Elaine Ikoma Ko
- Leslie Morishita
- Teresa Woo
- Elaine Ishihara
- Family of Carl and Marie Ooka
- Mercedes Luna
- Ann Kawasaki Romero
- Liana Woo
- Vivian Chan
- Valerie Pang
- Sharon Tomiko Santos
- Ken Daffon
- Anca Boldan
- Lynette Seigafo
- Sarah Mac
- Peter Kim
- Jilian Carlo (for Jaysen and Qilian)
- Anhkhoa Lam (for Alfred)
- Gary Lee
- Erin Shigaki
- Cindy Domingo
- Erin Demmon
- Sharon Maeda
- Delight Roberts and Ethan Im
- And several anonymous folks
Caption: On December 10th and 11th, InterIm Community Development Association and volunteers delivered gifts to Chinatown International District Residents.
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