Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has recently focused on the shortage of affordable housing issue by expanding the number of tent cities that will be allowed within Seattle city limits. The Queen Anne Helpline has long recognized that any individual or family can be struck by sudden crisis. The organization was founded with a basic mission: to assist neighbors during times of hardship. In the early 1980’s Dick Rhodes, owner of the Thriftway chain of grocery stores, noticed that many of his older customers were coming in and buying pet food. Yet he knew they did not own a pet. As it turned out, pet food was all they could afford. Rhodes partnered with several other community leaders and formed the Queen Anne Helpline. Longtime Queen Anne resident Pat Sobeck was the Helpline’s Executive Director until her retirement in 2012.
Under Moore’s leadership, the Queen Anne Helpline continues its mission to help people by providing financial and other basic assistance during times of hardship. “We operate as a safety net for people who are working and paying for all of these things, then one thing happens that causes a downward spiral,” she said. “It can happen very quickly, and suddenly they’re facing eviction or the prospect of their power being shut off. We’re all part of a community here and it’s all of our responsibility to take care of each other.”
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