Greater Seattle Job Fair 4/28

Hi, if you or someone you know is looking for work, I want to let you know about the upcoming Greater Seattle Job Fair at Qwest Field on Wednesday April 28th from 11 AM to 3 PM. This job fair, presented by Jobbernaut, is the Northwest's Largest Hiring Event, featuring over 30 companies from the Puget Sound Region! It’s free to the public and all levels of employment are available. You can meet with dozens of hiring managers all in a single afternoon. Companies participating in this Job Fair are generally looking to fill positions from the following broad categories; Sales, Retail, Management, Financial, Healthcare, Restaurant, Accounting, Banking, Clerical, Computers, IT, Customer Service, Engineers, General Office, Secretarial, Security, and more! All levels of experience – from part-time hourly positions, entry level, management trainee positions all the way to technical and professional full-time positions! It is recommended that you dress professionally and bring copies of your resume. That’s at the Seahawks' Qwest Field inside the "West V.I.P. Club Level" at 800 Occidental Avenue South in Seattle, next Wednesday the 28th from 11 to 3. Enter through the Northwest V.I.P. Entrance at the North end of the Stadium. For more information, directions and a complete list of attending companies call (425) 397-7114 or visit www.jobbernaut.com. Good Luck!

Its not to late to complete the Census: now get counted over the phone

Hi. If you still haven't completed a Census form, there's still time, and now, there's an even easier way to make sure you're counted. Until April 19, you can call a toll-free Census number and provide your information over the phone. Simply dial 1-866-872-6868, select the option to receive Census information, then say "Customer Service." This command will put you in touch with a Census representative, and you can tell them you'd like to give your Census answers over the phone. Again, that number is 1-866-872-6868, and it's toll-free. Be counted! Good luck!

Free Tax Preparation

Hi. It's tax time! Between now and April 15, you can get your income tax return prepared and filed for free at one of several tax preparation sites in your area. In addition to getting help filing your taxes, you may be eligible to receive a refund of up to $5,657 through the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit for working people with low and moderate incomes. The free tax preparation service will be provided by IRS trained volunteers who know what they're doing. For more information, and to find a location near you, simply dial 211 from any phone and tell the operator you want information about free tax preparation services. 211 is a statewide Information & Referral number, and the call is toll-free. 211 may also be able to provide you with information about other general benefits you may be eligible for. Again, just pick up a phone and dial 211 to find out more about free tax-preparation services and other general benefits in your area. For a list of free tax preparation sites in King County, click this link:
http://www.uwkc.org/ourcommunity/endinghomelessness/eitc/where.asp
For more information see the United Way Tax Campaign website
http://www.uwkc.org/ourcommunity/endinghomelessness/eitc/default.asp

We hope this information is useful to you. If you plan to call 211 to find out about tax services, or have already filed your taxes, please let us know! At the end of this message, press the 4 button and leave us an anonymous message letting us know if you intend to call 211, or if you've already filed your taxes. We'd love to know how many Community Voice Mail users are taking action to file their taxes. Thanks!

Baby Boost Information Fair

Hello, this message is especially for pregnant mothers and parents of babies and toddlers.
On Saturday, April 10th there will be a Baby Boost Information Fair. The location is at Wallingford Family Works, 1501 N. 45th Street. The fair begins at 10:00am and lasts until 12noon.

Special at this event will be Husky Smiles: A volunteer group of dental students from the University of Washington School of Dentistry will provide these free services: dental screening, oral hygiene instruction, and toothbrushes for children. There will be fluoride treatments for children over 2 years of age.

All participants will have opportunities to:
• Learn about health and nutrition for you and your children.
• Connect with important social services such as housing and energy assistance, employment services, health care, and more.
• And get free useful baby items, like wipes, sippy cups, diapers, and more.
• There will also be a drawing for bigger prizes.

Child care and interpretation services will be available.

To register for the event, please call Megan at 206.694.6755.

New Homeless Veterans Hotline

I’m calling to tell you about a new resource for US Veterans who may be experiencing homelessness. The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a toll-free, national hotline for veterans to provide free, 24-hour access to VA counselors and other resources that might help you. If you call during normal business hours hotline staff will ask you a few questions to figure out what you need, then they will transfer you to a live person at your local VA medical center. If you call outside of business hours, hotline staff will give you a phone number and the address of the facility nearest to you.

To call the Homeless Veteran hotline, dial 1-877-424-3838. Again, this is a toll-free call, and is available 24 hours a day. That number again is 1-877-424-3838. For more information visit http://www1.va.gov/HOMELESS/NationalCallCenter.asp.

If you call, please let them know that you heard about the hotline from Community Voice Mail. Please pass the word to any friends or family members who are veterans and may be experiencing homelessness. Thanks!

"Spring into Bed" Seattle garden building project

Are you interested in fund raising, community outreach, event planning, publicizing & being a driving force behind Spring into Bed--Seattle’s First Annual Garden Building Event?
This is the first mobile weekly meeting taking place from now until the second week of May. At Cascade People’s Center at 309 Pontius Ave N, Tuesday, March 16 from 6:30PM to 8:30
Spring into Bed is a grass-roots, city wide, garden building event and fundraiser - building, strengthening and celebrating our flourishing community food systems. Come & share this rewarding, culminating labor of love! We will be discussing time line, mobilizing & choose well defined tasks that appeal to our individual & collective strengths & talents. We will also determine the next meeting location. Meetings will take place every Wenesday following tomorrow until May 8th. This celebration & delegation of the good work ahead is free & open to all. Please bring a monetary or food donation for the Center & let Stephanie know that you are planning to attend. Her number is: 206.708.9913 or springintobed@gmail.com
For more information visit www.springintobed.org

Be Counted in the 2010 Census

The following is an important message from the President about the 2010 Census and why it’s important for everyone to be counted. If you are living at your own residence, you can expect to receive a packet in the mail soon with instructions on how to fill it out. If you are living in a shelter or another situation where you are not at your own residence, census workers will be coming to shelters on March 29th, soup kitchens and foodbanks on March 30th, and outdoor encampments on March 31st. The personal information you provide to the census bureau is totally confidential and cannot be shared with anyone, including law enforcement, immigration and other government agencies. It’s easy, safe and important, so make sure to be counted in the 2010 Census. For more information about the census and what you can expect you can call 206-501-4160 for Seattle, 425-749-5110 for the Eastside or 253-449-1150 for South King County or visit 2010.census.gov. Thank you.

[President Obama] “Every 10 years, our Constitution requires the federal government to conduct a census. This helps determine your representation in Congress, as well as how federal funds are spent on things like schools and roads, and where businesses decide to put new stores and factories. So when you get your census form in mid-March, take about 10 minutes to answer 10 questions — remembering to include everyone in your household. Because we can't move forward until you mail it back.”