Bloodworks Northwest is holding an Apheresis and Whole Blood Drive, Friday, May 11
On Friday, May 11 Bloodworks Northwest is hosting a blood and apheresis drive on the first floor of the Chinook Building, Room 123. The blood drive is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed between 11 to 11:45 a.m. To make an appointment, click here. For questions on eligibility, call 1-800-398-7888. You can also sign up for Apheresis: Click here to make an appointment for platelets or call 1-800-398-7888 for plasma. To schedule a Platelet donation appointment online via same link above, select Plateletpheresis for a Platelet donation from the Donation Type drop down (default says… Read More
Big Backyard 5K presented by Kaiser Permanente on June 3
Have you registered yet? There’s still time. Individuals, kids, groups, and teams can register today for the 9th Annual King County Parks Big Backyard 5K Run/Walk and Kids’ Dash. The BBY5K is dog, stroller and family friendly! Sign up online through June 1 and in-person on race weekend. All who register get t-shirts, snacks, a chance to win prizes and, of course, lots of family fun at Marymoor Park in Redmond. Prices vary depending on sign up date. Get $20 off your registration fee using discount Code KPThrive Kaiser Permanente* wants to… Read More
Prosecutor partners to end sex trafficking
Crossposted from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Facebook Even before Liam Neeson’s film, “Taken” hit movie screens in 2008, Tanya Fernandez had the notion that sex trafficking involved kidnapping young girls and forcing them into the commercial sex trade against their will, but that’s not the reality. Tanya learned what trafficking actually looks like while running youth programs in her hometown of Oakland, Calif. and volunteering as a rape crisis counselor for sex trafficking victims. “Every victim I worked with, I kept thinking, ‘How can I build a time machine and… Read More
Kudos! to the King County Medic One team
The King County Medic One team gave a Facebook tip-of-the-hat to “the good citizen” who reported a good deed by the team to the Seattle Times RAVE section. Good citizenship all around, including by our King County team members! From Medic One’s post on Facebook: “Thank you to the good citizen who reported the following to the Rave Section of the Seattle Times RAVE: ‘To the medic from a King County Medic One who, as he was leaving Trader Joe’s, noticed a young mother juggling a baby and many bags of groceries… Read More
Social Media Spotlight: EcoConsumer on YouTube
Green spring fashion, sustainable communities and indoor air quality are just three of the topics you can enjoy learning more about on EcoConsumer’s YouTube channel! KOMO4 News features the team discussing a number of topics; most recently, Earth Day. EcoConsumer is a public outreach program of DNRP’s Solid Waste Division. Follow King County EcoConsumer on YouTube today. Click here to view all King County social media pages.
Japanese-American Remembrance Trail Map
Crossposted from GIS & You By Patrick Jankanish, GIS Specialist and Senior Cartographer with KCIT One of the most satisfying things that a well-made map can do is convey a sense of place. And an especially well-made map may convey a sense of a past place that both infuses and transcends a present location. I came across such a map yesterday just a few blocks from our own King County GIS Center location, where Seattle’s Pioneer Square transitions to the International District, specifically the historic Japantown. The “Japanese-American Remembrance Trail Map” somehow… Read More
Listen to Executive Constantine on KUOW’s “The Record”
King County Executive Dow Constantine joined KUOW host Bill Radke on Tuesday, April 17, to discuss a range of issues, including the new Children and Family Justice Center, which is being built to replace the failing Youth Services Center. “King County has long had a goal of reducing the number of kids involved in the justice system, including the number detained,” Executive Constantine said during the interview. “Over the course of the last 20 years we’ve reduced the number of kids in detention from around 200 on an average day to, on… Read More
Local cases of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce outbreak
Crossposted from Public Health Insider Two King County siblings, both under age 5, have been diagnosed with E. coliromaine-lettuce-medium 0157:H7 infections that genetically match the ongoing national outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. One child was hospitalized and has since been discharged. Both children have recovered and neither child developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure that can result from an E. coli infection. Public Health’s disease investigators are currently working to identify the exact source of the E. coli exposure and suspect romaine lettuce as a potential source but… Read More
EcoConsumer Tom Watson on KOMO4 News
In observance of Earth Day, KOMO4 News hosted King County EcoConsumer’s Tom Watson and four of his special guests to showcase youth innovators and leaders who are working on great projects and making a difference in our communities. “Earth Day is all about the future” said Watson, “and our guests today are the future.” Two of Tom’s guests were University of Washington students Maika Bui and Kaitlin Tighe, from the team that won the 2018 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge Grand Prize with their BioPots – biodegradable planting pots that are an… Read More
Buy small and local through Amazon? Yes you can!
This is National Small Business Week. We know that small businesses are the backbone of our regional economy, contributing billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. King County has a long tradition of supporting local small businesses through our Small Contractors and Suppliers (SCS) certification program, as well as other efforts, and we want to do even more to support these entrepreneurs. Last year, King County purchased nearly $1 million from thousands of sellers through Amazon Business – and we want to direct more of that spending toward small businesses. If you… Read More
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