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Month: April, 2010

Food Frenzy: Fight Hunger in Washington

27 April, 2010 (23:06) | Uncategorized | No comments

This is a fund raising competition among firms to raise money to combat hunger by supporting Food Lifeline.  Food Lifeline channels surplus food from food producers and retailers to a network of distributors such as food banks, shelters, and meal programs.  Some information from their website:

Many of the people served by Food Lifeline are [...]

Designers 4 Haiti Symposium

16 April, 2010 (19:49) | Events, News | No comments

?Designers 4 Haiti: AWB-Seattle will be participating in a panel symposium on the culturally appropriate means of extending a helping hand to the Haitian community.
When: April 19th, 7pm
Where: University of Washington, Architecture Hall – Room 147
For more information here or visit www.designers4haiti.org.

Volunteers Needed

2 April, 2010 (22:21) | volunteer | No comments

There is an immediate need for design professional volunteers in Leogane, Haiti to perform building damage assessments. People needed:

architects or designers with ATC training (or other relevant experience)
structural enginel volunteers

At this time, general volunteers are not needed.
We’d like to see a group of design professionals from the Seattle area team together for a 1-2 week [...]