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We Got This Seattle

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coronavirus
covid
covid-19
food
frontline workers
health
healthcare workers
pacific northwest usa
pnw
seattle
usa
washington
Fiscal Host: Open Collective Foundation

We support frontline workers in Seattle with meals. Our dual mission: to support our frontline and local businesses during times of crisis, such as COVID-19.

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A Meal a Month (Recurring)

Donate one meal a month to a frontline worker through a recurring $10 donation.

$10 USD / month

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One-time contribution
$25

This is enough to provide coffee for a small hospital team or provide dinner for 3-4 doctors and nurses.

$25 USD

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$50

This is enough to treat a nurse, doctor, or other frontline worker to lunch for a week.

$50 USD

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$100

This is enough to provide breakfast burritos for 25 firefighters.

$100 USD

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One-time contribution
$250

This is enough to feed 17 environmental services workers, who clean hospitals and keep medical staff safe.

$250 USD

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$500

This is enough to feed 30 respiratory therapists.

$500 USD

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$1000

This is enough to feed 60 doctors or nurses.

$1,000 USD

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$1500

This is enough to provide a meal for the whole UW Virology lab team, which is working 24/7 to process covid-19 tests.

$1,500 USD

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$5000

Support 10 local restaurants that are struggling. With this donation, some restaurants will be able to re-hire furloughed or laid-off restaurant wo... Read more

$5,000 USD

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Events

We Got This Seattle is hosting the following events.

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We Got This Seattle is feeding the front-line workers at GenCare
We are proudly supporting Seattle's restaurants and frontline teams

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Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) is Feeding the Frontline
We are proudly supporting both our local restaurants and frontline teams

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The AWS Partner Demand Generation Team is Feeding the Frontline
Our team proudly pledged to give 100 meals to frontline workers in Seattle during the covid-19 cr...Read more

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Shota Nakajima: Cooking with Friends Benefit Dinner for We Got This Seattle
12:30 AM-04:30 AM UTC
Six Top Chefs create a six-course meal to benefit frontline workers

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Feed the Firefighters That Are Running Seattle's Covid Testing Sites (Goal: $2,000)
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09:00 PM UTC
Seattle Fire crews have been running the City’s COVID-19 test sites. With the upcoming holiday, ...Read more

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Women@Amazon Seattle is Feeding the Frontline
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09:00 PM UTC
We proudly pledged to give 100 meals from women-owned restaurants to frontline workers in Seattle...Read more

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The APN Differentiation Programs Team is Feeding the Frontline
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08:00 PM UTC
Our team proudly pledged to give 100 meals to frontline workers in Seattle during the covid-19 cr...Read more

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Cinco de Mayo - Lunch of Gratitude for UW Virologists
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10:00 PM UTC
Buy a meal for a UW virologist. The UW Virologists are the ones who work night and day to process...Read more

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Top financial contributors

Organizations

1
Taku Seattle

$21,775.51 USD since Jul 2021

2
Schwab Charitable

$20,000 USD since Dec 2020

3
William Wockner Foundation

$5,000 USD since May 2020

4
Arakawa Foundation

$5,000 USD since Jun 2020

5
glassybaby white light fund

$5,000 USD since Dec 2020

6
Benevity

$4,470 USD since Aug 2020

7
Nakajima Foundation

$3,000 USD since Aug 2021

8
Open Collective COVID-19 Relief Fund

$1,035.98 USD since Jun 2020

9
Leviathan Security Group

$1,000 USD since May 2020

10
NOP Data Centers

$1,000 USD since May 2020

Individuals

1
Herzl-Ner Tamid

$3,522 USD since Mar 2021

2
Kris Moe

$2,248.61 USD since Apr 2020

3
Kanji Haitani

$2,000 USD since Apr 2020

4
Jade Leong

$1,481.16 USD since May 2022

5
Josh and charity stratton

$1,000 USD since Apr 2020

6
Sean Trew

$1,000 USD since Apr 2020

7
Margaret Rosenfeld

$1,000 USD since May 2020

8
Incognito

$1,000 USD since Oct 2020

9
John Rodger

$707.5 USD since May 2020

10
Jean Hilde

$600 USD since Jun 2020

We Got This Seattle is all of us

Our contributors 258

Thank you for supporting We Got This Seattle .

Ellen Y Kuwana

Admin

$540 USD

We could not do this without your support. Plea...

Signe Burke

Admin
Thank you all for your generous support! We got...

Pia Mancini

Admin
We could not do this without your support. Plea...

Justin Gough

Core Contributor

Taku Seattle

$21,776 USD

Schwab Charit...

$20,000 USD

William Wockn...

$5,000 USD

Arakawa Found...

$5,000 USD

glassybaby wh...

$5,000 USD

Benevity

$4,470 USD

Herzl-Ner Tamid

$3,522 USD

Nakajima Foun...

$3,000 USD

Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Monthly financial contribution to We Got This Seattle (A...

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+$18.50USD
Completed
Contribution #77576
Monthly financial contribution to We Got This Seattle (A...

Credit from John Rodger to We Got This Seattle •

+$18.50USD
Completed
Contribution #77576
Monthly financial contribution to We Got This Seattle (A...

Credit from John Rodger to We Got This Seattle •

+$18.50USD
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Contribution #77576
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Today’s balance

$364.94 USD

Total raised

$111,564.82 USD

Total disbursed

$111,199.88 USD

Estimated annual budget

$512.20 USD

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News from We Got This Seattle

Updates on our activities and progress.

Spring in Seattle

Every week, hundreds of donuts are picked up from Mighty-O donuts (vegan, enormous, delicious!) and delivered by myself and my star volunteer Brigitta to frontline and essential workers. Together, we've gotten thousands of these doughy toke...
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Published on May 13, 2023 by Ellen Y Kuwana

Happy New Year (and goodbye 2022!)

To start, some numbers:$111,269.92 raised on the Open Collective platform from 257 donors!$110,260.01 spent to date (leaving $1009.91 currently)--all this is visible on this platform.150 re...
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Published on December 30, 2022 by Ellen Y Kuwana

Feb 2022

As violence against Asian Americans continues to be an issue (Stop AAPI Hate Campaign recorded more than 5,700 reports of anti-Asian hate in 2021, while NBC News reported a 339% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021), WeGotThisSeattle,...
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Published on March 14, 2022 by Ellen Y Kuwana

About

We Got This Seattle is a Seattle-based organization that supports frontline workers with meals. Our dual mission is to support both our hard-working frontline workers (e.g., nurses, doctors, firefighters, police officers, environmental health services staff, public health officers) and our local businesses during times of crisis.

Covid-19 has hit Seattle hard and our city needs us. Restaurants are struggling to stay afloat. At the same time, frontline workers are risking their lives and working long hours to take care of us. We have an opportunity to support both groups by purchasing meals from restaurants and delivering them to frontline workers in and around the city.

We rely 100% on generous support from the community to fund our initiative and provide much-needed support for our frontline workers and restaurants. Thank you to the many individuals, organizations, and local businesses that have made this possible!

To date, Ellen and a few volunteers have: 
  • Fed more than 70,000 frontline workers
  • Delivered hot meals, drinks and snacks to 175+ sites (e.g., UW Virology, UW Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, Harborview, YouthCare, Solid Ground, AMR Ambulance Company, Seattle Fire Department, Airlift NW, Kaiser Permanente, Overlake Bellevue, Neighborcare Health Clinics)
  • Ordered from 150+ restaurants, many minority owned
Keep the momentum going by contributing to the cause. We Got This Seattle!

Visit our website to learn more about the great work the team is doing to support the frontline, sign up as a participating restaurant, or read about how we got started: https://www.wegotthisseattle.co/

Special thanks to Mellina White, Justin Gough, Suzanne Bigelow, Melinda Branscomb, Leslie Mitchell, Rahul Shendure, Andrew and Stacy Wright, Benjamin Lees, and Cory Slater Scancella, who have played key roles in making this happen.

Have an idea or want to help? Get in touch with us by emailing: [email protected]

Special thanks to our supporting restaurants:

Our team

Ellen Y Kuwana

Admin
We could not do this without your support. Plea...

Signe Burke

Admin
Thank you all for your generous support! We got...

Pia Mancini

Admin
We could not do this without your support. Plea...

Justin Gough

Core Contributor