Over 75 percent of Attain Housing client families consist of a single mother and her kids. Nearly half of these women have experienced domestic violence and for almost all of them, it’s the direct reason why they are experiencing homelessness. It’s a massive cultural problem in our society, but domestic violence is not often thought of by most as a cause...
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland has donated $5,000 to Attain Housing. This very generous donation covers revenue lost since the crisis first hit in early March. Kiwanis joins a growing list of local supporters stepping up in a huge way and donating to Attain Housing....
On Friday, April 10, Symetra and 777 Cafe coordinated the donation of 120 free meals for delivery to our client families in our Transitional Housing program. Our staff and a volunteer made the drop-offs observing all social-distancing protocol and it gave a lot of folks a much-needed boost....
What a difference three months make! In our last newsletter, I talked about the great year we had in 2019 and how I was looking forward to 2020 as we planned to add 8 apartments to serve more families. Then Feb. 29 hit and our world was turned upside down when the first COVID-19 death in the United States occurred...
Attain Housing’s classic 7 Hills of Kirkland is going online! Join the challenge from your home and then get pedaling for real for an entire month of cycling challenges, weekly mileage & climbing contests, and community!...
The 7 Hills of Kirkland bike event, Attain Housing's classic spring fundraiser, is going online! Join the challenge from your home and then get pedaling for real for an entire month of cycling challenges, weekly mileage and climbing contests, and community! Perhaps you've never ridden 7 Hills before because you're more of a casual/leisure rider and those hills just don't appeal....
[caption id="attachment_18147" align="alignright" width="225"] Susan Jones (left) drops off this year's collected donations.[/caption] When the holiday season approaches, Windermere Real Estate agents Kitty Ballard and Susan Jones team up to gather donations for Attain Housing families. They’ve been doing so for over 20 years now. It was an effort born out of friendship and a shared desire to help out families...
[caption id="attachment_18136" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo by Ashish Keshwani[/caption] Our 2019 annual fundraising luncheon raised over $174,000 to help families leave homelessness behind Attain Housing’s efforts to heal the trauma of intergenerational poverty and stabilize children and their families with its supportive programs got a boost from a distinguished physician at the nonprofit’s annual fundraising luncheon. Dr. Ben Danielson, Senior Medical Director of the...
Look out! Here come the holidays! Our nonprofit is certainly no exception to the typical hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Our staff are working hard with our Adopt-a-Family Holiday Program, gathering donations, sorting them, and spreading the word to potential donors. Things get a little crowded at our office once the donated gifts start rolling in, but it...
[caption id="attachment_18141" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Our supporters at Higher Leaf did a household goods donation drive last December and presented us with quite the bounty![/caption] Here’s how you can make an impact in the lives of homeless and at-risk families during the holidays We have some updates for this holiday season’s giving options through Attain Housing: Adopt-a-Family Holiday Program This year, we are expanding our...