We Were at Seattle Works Day!

On Saturday May 22nd 5 members of Team Younger and Wiser grabbed some friends, rolled up their sleeves (or cut them off) and formed the Seattle Works Day team Sleeves are for Suckers. Our team totaled out with 10 volunteers, 5 current Younger and Wiser members, one veteran member, one boyfriend, and 3 friends. Our project was at the Fremont Abbey, small venue and community center. The Abbey regularly puts on concerts (there was actually one happening while we were working) as well as fitness, dance, and art classes; it's a great addition to the artistic neighborhood that Fremont is.
Our team was all pretty experienced with the projects we were working on: weeding, sweeping, removing invasives, and painting. We did have an interesting addition that we haven't had to projects before, street cleanup. The Abbey feels very connected with the fremont neighborhood, so in addition to cleaning up at the Abbey we were asked to help pick up trash in a two block radius of the site itself. With the theme for this years Seattle Works Day being Neighborhoods I couldn't have thought of a better way to make our project about Fremont instead of just about the Abbey.
Around 3 we began finishing up all our tasks and cleaning up in time to head to Fischer Pavilion at Seattle Center for an amazing after party sponsored by Pyramid Brewery, Taco Del Mar, Zevia Soda, and Breyers ice cream. We all got a great fill of tacos, a new pyramid flavor, some tasty ice cream treats, and played some awesome games.
After the day was over Seattle Works had raised $75,000 from 1175 volunteers who worked 4000 man hours at 28 sites around Seattle, which is pretty easy to call a success.
Check out all the Seattle Works Day photos on their special flickr group.