What is a Table Captain?

Puget Sound Bank table at Step Up to the Plate Benefit Luncheon

With Bellevue LifeSpring’s annual Step Up to the Plate Benefit Luncheon just around the corner, we’ve been receiving this question: “So, what exactly is a table captain?” For us, table captains are the people, the stories and the hearts behind our organization, stepping up on behalf of Bellevue’s children and inspiring others to do the … Read Now

What’s New with Uncork the Night?

Uncork the Night 2018 Co-Chairs

Pictured above, left to right: Beth McCaw, Beth Halvorsen and Julie Cheng Bui take on the roles of event co-chairs for Uncork the Night 2018. Photo by Cecile Miller Photography.  If you’ve been to Uncork the Night, you already know it’s a fantastic, fun-filled evening jam-packed with friends, food and fine wine. There are tastings, … Read Now

Creating Transformational Change: Stories from Bellevue LifeSpring’s Luncheons

Over 3,600 kids in Bellevue live in poverty. In the Bellevue School District, 18% of students are at risk of hunger. Approximately 200 children are homeless. The stories behind these shocking numbers are what bring them to life. Stories of families facing unimaginable loss, building new lives and overcoming the cycle of poverty. Bellevue LifeSpring’s … Read Now

Six Ways You Help Bellevue LifeSpring Stand Out

We’re fortunate to live in a community where there are many resources for families struggling to make ends meet. While Bellevue LifeSpring isn’t the only organization serving Bellevue’s 3,600+ children living in poverty, we are unique in several ways. In this season of spring luncheons, learn how you help Bellevue LifeSpring stand out from the … Read Now

Insight from the Intern: Bursting the “Bellevue Bubble”

Brooke

By Brooke Chang A rising senior at Bellevue High School, Brooke began volunteering with Bellevue LifeSpring during her junior year, and recently completed a summer internship with their Development & Communications team. She shared insight from her experience with us, including her efforts to “burst the ‘Bellevue bubble.’” The “Bellevue Bubble” The “Bellevue Bubble” is … Read Now

Elise’s Story

Elise moved to Bellevue with her family when she was in middle school. She spoke no English. She was smart and hard-working and by the time she reached high school she had graduated out of her ESL classes. As a senior at Sammamish High School, Elise learned about the Overlake Service League college scholarship program. … Read Now

Blue Fridays with Bellevue LifeSpring

Thrift Culture volunteers with the 12th Man Flag

There’s a reason that the Seattle area is known as the “home of the 12s.” On December 2, 2013, Seattle Seahawks fans broke the record for loudest roar at a sports stadium after thunderous cheers registered 137.6 dbA at Centurylink Field. Since then, the Seattle Seahawks have continued into the post season five consecutive years and … Read Now

Three Community Partners – One Great Cause

Bellevue LifeSpring community partner Northwest Sound, a Bellevue-based a capella men’s chorus

Every Wednesday, the members of Northwest Sound, a Bellevue-based a capella men’s chorus, meet to practice in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church in Bellevue. When they got the idea to hold a benefit concert, they ran the idea by Reverend David Van Heyningen. “Do you have a favorite charity?” they asked him. “I … Read Now

Uncork the Night Raises Over $590,000

Pictured above: Uncork the Night event chairs Anu Jain, Betty Tong, Joe Tafoya, Molly McConkey, Akhtar Badshah, Dana Frank, Stacy Lill, Michael Thompson, Randi Brazen, Trish Carpenter and Cathi Hatch. Nearly 500 guests gathered in the glittering Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Bellevue on Saturday, October 8th for Bellevue LifeSpring’s 2016 Uncork the Night: A … Read Now