Community News

* SCC's HEROES step up to make a difference

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:10:00 GMT

The HEROES peer mentoring program has gotten off to a strong start this quarter. The program has introduced new components and now offers students club meetings, leader meetings, workshops, one on one mentoring, and opportunities to participate in group service projects. The program focuses on providing support to ESL, GED, and CEO students but welcomes and encourages any interested students to join. The club, which is essentially the core of the program, has been growing rapidly this quarter, with 34 students at our most recent meeting! Each week students do activities and have discussions surrounding important themes.

HEROES have also already participated in two service projects this quarter. On Martin Luther King Jr. day they stepped up to lead the food drive team at the Fred Meyer on Aurora and 185th. The HEROES team won the competition for collecting the most food, bringing in over 2,300 pounds of food! On February 3rd, nine HEROES students also volunteered to help sort food collected from the on campus food drive into emergency food bags for students. (Photo: Program Coordinator Caela Smith and HEROES students Bekah Thorne, Husene Dukuray, Annika Fithian, Elouiessa Muana and Amadou Konate at the Fred Meyer location).

HEROES strives to help students gain leadership skills, get connected to resources, and build a community on campus. The HEROES club meets every Tuesday at 12:30 in room 1524. For more information, you can contact AmeriCorps HEROES Program Coordinator Micaela Smith at msmith10@shoreline.edu, (206) 533-6776, or in office 5204 in the FOSS building.

You can also “like” our Facebook page for HEROES updates, reminders, and photos.

http://www.facebook.com/SCCheroes#!/SCCheroes

Caela Smith, HEROS Program Coordinator

* SCC supports Seattle AIDS walk

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:55:00 GMT

On Saturday, September 24, 32 Shoreline Community College faculty, staff and friends joined some 3,000 participants in the 25th Annual Seattle AIDS Walk and 5K Run hosted at Volunteer Park. The SCC team contributed $375 to the event total of over $300,000. Thanks to all who supported the college's commitment to this important event including nursing students, students in Ernest Johnson's classes along with Johnson, Sharon Wines, Yvonne Terrell-Powell, Lynette Peters, Molly Marsh, Lynn von Schlieder and Amber Skidmore. All donations will support Lifelong AIDS Alliance programs for those living with HIV/AIDS in King County. An estimated 6,700 people are infected with HIV/AIDS right here in King County with an additional 300 new infection cases each year. Learn more about HIV/AIDS in our community at: www.llaa.org.

Didn’t make it? Check out pictures of our awesome team on the Center for Service-Learning facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/SCCservicelearning and join the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk Team here: http://makingstrides.acsevents.org

* SCC takes first in Celebrate Shoreline parade

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:58:00 GMT

Shoreline Community College participated in the Celebrate Shoreline parade, Aug. 20, 2011, along 15th Avenue NE in Shoreline, WA. With a banner, school mascot Dolphie (above) carried in a vintage Porsche, school shuttle bus and dozens of student athletes engaging the crowd and handing out candy, the college entry (a joint entry with the Shoreline School District) was named best in the parade. Photo gallery

* 2011 Group Helath Commute Challange is May 1-31

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:01:00 GMT

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the 2011 Shoreline Community College Biking Dolphins. During May, National Bike Month, you are invited to join one of the biggest bike commuter events on the west coast: the 2011 Group Health Commute Challenge. Teams of riders commit to commuting by bicycle at least four times during the month of May, competing in various categories for various prizes.

Last year, 723 organizations participated with 1,677 teams, 10,375 riders, 75,331 commute trips made and 1,083,208 miles biked.

Shoreline CC had three teams and 30 riders: "Biking Dolphins Yellow, Green and Chartreuse. Together they logged 3010 miles riding a total of 337 trips during May and ranked 69th overall (out of 723 teams) and 1st among all community colleges. Help us beat last year's great results! Participate! We can have as many teams as we want!

Each team member commits to ride to work at least four times during the month of May. But this is a contest; the more times they ride (up to five times per week) the higher our team's standing! More detailed information is available at the website. Read about last year's team in the Crosstown Traffic News.

NEW this year! We are tying the Bike to Work Challenge with the May Food Drive, collecting food donations based on the number of trips we make to work on our bikes. Please consider sponsoring one or more of our teams and supporting the Food Drive. Watch for pledge sheets in work areas and help us do even more good by collecting food donations for Shoreline kids. For more information on the food drive, please contact Amber Skidmore at askidmore@shoreline.edu or ext. 6690.

How to register for one of our teams: Send an email to the team organizer: Emanuela (Emma) Agosta, geology faculty, eagosta@shoreline.edu.

* SCC coordinates 2nd annual MLK Day of Service Food Drive

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:47:00 GMT

Shoreline Community College students, faculty and staff will join millions of others around the country to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of service on January 17, 2011. A food drive coordinated by the college’s Center for Service Learning will be held at six local grocery stores with donations going to three local food banks (North Helpline, VOA Greenwood and Hopelink).

The participating stores are:

QFC stores

9999 Holman Rd NW

1531 NE 145^th
3020 NE 127^th Street

          Safeway stores
                        8704 Greenwood Avenue North
                   15332 Aurora Avenue Ave

Fred Meyer stores

18325 Aurora Avenue North

13000 Lake City Way NE

Greenwood Market

8500 3^rd Avenue NW

Central Market

15505 Westminster Way N.

Metropolitan Market

5250 40^th Avenue NE

“Last year more than 26,000 pounds of food were donated and even though we were, and remain amazed by the generosity of our neighbors, we hope to raise even more this year,” Amber Skidmore, an AmeriCorps* VISTA service learning coordinator at the college said. Lists of the most needed items will be available at each participating store.

Skidmore also encourages community members to contact her if they are interested in volunteering at one of the store locations. She can be reached at askidmore@shoreline.edu.