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Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable.

Our approach combines direct services with community-based advocacy. We support individuals and work to undo racism and other oppressions that create barriers – so everyone can achieve their full potential.

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Closing the access gap to healthcare services

A recent health fair on Solid Ground’s Sand Point Housing residential campus in Magnuson Park had children and parents trickling in and out of the common area with I KNOW MY BODY stickers and goodie bags full of vitamins and hygiene products. The fair attracted the elderly and young alike with 10- and 14-year-olds excitedly preparing brightly colored salad bowls out of chard, beets, carrots, and toasted chickpeas. The ingredients and food prep tools were provided...

2017 members of RSVP's community of Volunteer Ambassadors! (Photo by Liz Reed Hawk)

RSVP Ambassadors spread the word to spread change

If you attended Solid Ground’s recent Building Community Luncheon, you were in the presence of RSVP Ambassadors – committed volunteers with our Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. Wearing their signature navy blue polo shirts and warm smiles, RSVP Ambassadors are more than seasoned volunteers for organizations they care about – they also enthusiastically spread the word about the benefits of volunteering later in life. On the heels of National Volunteer Month (April) and as we...

Vishavjit Singh, the Sikh Captain America, poses with cartoon artists from Sand Point Housing, unleashing their inner superheroes!

Naming vulnerabilities to find inner strengths

What’s YOUR superpower? Love? Compassion? Helping, housing, and feeding people? For 19 young artists from Sand Point Housing, these were just a few of the strengths tapped into during cartooning and storytelling workshops with cartoonist, activist, and educator Vishavjit Singh, Solid Ground’s 2019 Building Community Luncheon keynote speaker. At the first workshop, Vish, also known as the Sikh Captain America, shared his own personal journey with the youth – laying out his own vulnerabilities and...

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Upcoming Events

Aug

Community Food Education New Volunteer Training – August

Solid Ground’s Community Food Education programs offer cooking and nutrition classes to... Read More »

Sep

New Volunteer Orientation

Interested in doing something to address poverty, racism and other inequities in... Read More »

Oct

4-part series: Financial Fitness Boot Camp

Are you struggling to make ends meet financially? Are bill collectors calling... Read More »

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Food+Music+YOU=Fun!

Thanks to everyone who came out Thursday, August 8, for Solid Ground’s Food Truck Taste Off presented by Verizon! We had a great evening of food, fun, and friendly competition as Seattle’s favorite food trucks faced off to solve poverty.

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‘Put the important things first’

2018 Community Report

Superheroes come in all sizes

Community Accountability Council (CAC)