Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 11:30AM PST
SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER

Our Annual Fundraiser Luncheon

WORLDWIDE

Seeding Change, Harvesting Homes

Thank you to all of our supporters for a successful Closer to Home!

We appreciate your presence, your donations, and everything you do in support of affordable housing in urban King County. By attending Closer to Home, you are helping members of our community build stable and thriving lives. Thank you for helping us seed change and harvest homes for 5,000 residents!

Together, we raised a record-breaking $625,000! Thank you for coming together to support our mission and make this our most successful year yet.

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There is still time to donate and support our work!

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Lunch with us at the Seattle Convention Center on Wednesday, October 25 at 11:30 AM.
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Want to help us put on a great event to help our housing crisis? Contact Mariel Wettick with questions.

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Host your own fundraising table for Bellwether at the event. Encourage your peers, friends and family to join you at a table for 10. Contact Mariel Wettick to sign up.

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Our goal is
$500,000.

Help us get there early!

Your support makes affordable housing possible.

Location:

Seattle Convention Center (WSCC)

705 Pike Street

Ballroom 6E. Follow signs and escalators up to 6th floor.

Getting There:

Main pedestrian entrance is located on the corner of 7th Ave and Pike Street.

Parking is available just off of I-5: 1380 8th Ave.

Schedule:

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

11:30AM-12:00PM: Registration, coffee, mingling

12:00PM-1:00PM: Sit-down luncheon with program and Keynote address

KEYNOTE

Featuring a Keynote Address by Stephen Bezruchka

Closer to Home features a Keynote Address by Stephen Bezruchka, Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington.

Stephen, who began treating individuals as an emergency physician, has changed his focus to treating countries as a population health doctor. This shift resulted from his recognizing that living in the United States compromised his health in ways that it wouldn’t be if he had been born in Japan, Slovenia, Sweden, or Spain.

Stephen is the author of "Inequality Kills Us All," which addresses how economic and social inequality leads to poorer health and higher mortality, and how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone.

Even before the pandemic, our mortality was going up, despite the Affordable Care Act and massive efforts to promote healthy lifestyles. Yet the public remains unaware that all the other rich nations–and quite a number of poor ones–have better health outcomes than we do. Stephen will dive into this, and more, at Closer to Home.

Make an Impact This Year and for Years to Come

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

2023 is a year of seeding change and harvesting homes for Bellwether Housing. We believe in a tomorrow in which everyone in our community has access to a safe, stable, and affordable home; in which everyone has a home in which they can build their own tomorrow.

Our Building Opportunity Campaign has sprouted nearly 1,000 new homes in just three years. And our Resident Services Program couples housing with services, continuing to find new ways to support and enrich the lives of our residents. With your help, we can do even more. Funds raised at Closer to Home go directly toward our Resident Services Program.

Together, we are master gardeners. Join us in believing in tomorrow. Help us plant seeds of change and harvest homes for our community!