Unity in the Community Committee Grants

Unity in the Community Committee

Marvin Thomas Memorial will host a Back to School supplies giveaway on August 28th, from 11am to 2pm at the Mercer Middle School located at 1600 S Columbian Way Seattle WA 98108. Supplies include backpacks, notebooks, pens, paper, crayons, glue, dental supplies, food and more. Also, Covid supplies such as masks and hand sanitizer will be available. Supplies will be first come first served. All Supplies are free and everyone is welcome to attend. Hotdogs, chips and drinks will be given out free of charge. Free hair cuts, DJ Doxx, Raffles are some of the events taking place as well as special guests in the community will be handing out supplies.

Unity in the Community Committee

Unity In the Community Block Party will bring together individual members of the community and families to participate, observe or congregate. This event is to bring fitness and proper nutrition awareness to BIPOC families. The event will be held at 3 locations. All events will be held on Saturdays from 1-4pm. The first event will be held on Aug. 20th at the Rainier Beach Community Center located at 8825 Rainier Ave S Seattle WA. Two other events will be held at the Yesler Community Center. At the events, vendors will provide nutrition and fitness education, healthy eating with guest speakers discussing various fitness related topics. The project goal is to show families a healthy lifestyle is a way of living, including diet and exercise and regular doctor visits. The anticipated project completion date is December 31, 2022.