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Kudos Kirkland Volunteers at Cotton Hill Park

spinfits — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:42:45 +0000

On Thursday, the Kudos Kirkland volunteers were out at Cotton Hill Park along the Cross Kirkland Corridor spreading mulch to help keep the weeds at bay. The team, lead by Michelle Sailor and Karen Story did a great job of helping improve the health of this 1.9 acre green space in the Highlands Neighborhood.

Photos by Tia Scarce

Kudos Volunteers restore pathway with help from Public Works

spinfits — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:50:26 +0000

On Thursday, thirteen Kudos Kirkland volunteers helped Public Works remove 300 feet of rusty, bramble-covered, litter-strewn chain link fencing along a public pathway near downtown Kirkland. Removing the fencing will make the pathway more attractive and easier for crews to maintain.

Just how do you remove chain link fencing? With clippers, a backhoe, and a lot of fun!

Please join us next week, when the fun will continue:
Thursday, March 15
8-10 am
Park along 5th Ave near 10th St (behind the Post Office)
Public Works will provide tools, but consider bringing your own pruners or wire cutters

Humanature Photography joins Kudos Kirkland

spinfits — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:39:36 +0000

We would like to welcome Humanature Photography as the newest member of Kudos Kirkland. We appreciate their efforts as stewards of our community and we are pleased to have them join our team.

Please visit http://www.humanaturephoto.com/

Thank you Kudos Kirkland Volunteers from the City of Kirkland

spinfits — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:11:20 +0000

Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year from your friends at the City of Kirkland. Our hats are off to you!

Thank you so much for your hard work on the Market Street medians. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

Have a wonderful holiday and take care,

Mark Padgett, Public Works
Julie Huffman, City Manager’s Office

Lisa Leo Design Joins Kudos Kirkland

spinfits — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:57:29 +0000

Lisa Leo has been a long-time supporter of the Kudos Kirkland and she has been an invaluable volunteer in our efforts to clean up downtown and the Market Street medians. We are pleased recognize Lisa Leo Design as a steward of our community and as a strong supporter of Kudos Kirkland.

Learn more about Lisa Leo Designs at http://www.lisaleodesigns.com/

Three Cheers for Kudos Kirkland Volunteers — 375 Hours of Community Service (and counting)

spinfits — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:55:13 +0000

On Thursday night, a group of volunteers, city employees and city council members gathered to celebrate the completion of the Kudos Kirkland Market Street Median Cleanup project — an 11 week effort to improve the link between Juanita and downtown Kirkland. Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet and council members Bob Sternoff and Amy Walen, all members of the Kudos Kirkland volunteer group, have worked side by side with citizens and crews from the city’s Public Works Department as partners in volunteer projects to improve our city.

To date, Kudos Kirkland has tallied over 375 hours of community service through the efforts of twenty-two volunteers (Public Works employees work alongside Kudos Kirkland volunteers in support of their efforts).

For those of you who can’t get enough of Thursday morning clean up days and need some stress relief, Kudos Kirkland is scheduling one more for the year –on the 22nd at 8AM. We will focus on sweeping and picking up litter downtown to help it make it look nice for some final holiday shopping and cheer.

L-R Back: Rob Butcher, Michelle Sailor, Bill Vadino, Penny Sweet, Tia Scarce, Rachel Walen, Sue Contreras, Bob Sternoff, Lisa Leo, Teri Hedges, Front: Ryan Walen.

As stewards of our community, Kudos Kirkland volunteers are doing their part in showing pride in our city. Picking up trash, sweeping sidewalks, weeding flower beds and roadway medians are just some of the ways the volunteers contribute. The Market Street Median project which began in late August, consumed 250.5 volunteer hours and was completed by early December. Kudos Kirkland efforts which started in the spring of this year in downtown Kirkland have spread north into Juanita and Kingsgate/Evergreen Hill.

Kudos Kirkland volunteers Michelle Sailor, Matt McCauley, Joene LaBou, Bob Roller, Bob Sternoff, Lisa Leo, Penny Sweet and Sue Contreras clean up Kirkland City Hall.

The partnership that the Kudos Kirkland volunteers have had with the city’s Public Works Department has been phenomenal. Several observers have noted that it is not everyday that one finds such a cooperative effort between citizens and city staff. Much credit, and kudos, goes to Public Works Director Ray Steiger and his department. The Kudos/Public Works partnership is a mutually beneficial relationship — citizens take pride in contributing to make their city a better place and the city gets a little help during tight budgetary times. This is a model that we hope spreads throughout City Hall.

The Thursday night gathering was a way to say thank you to the Kudos Kirkland volunteers for a job well-done. A special thanks also goes to The Wilde Rover for supplying appetizers for the group.

Would you like to see a volunteer effort to spruce up your block or in your neighborhood? We’re here to help. Join us at one of our weekly cleanup events. Contact us by email or learn more about stewards of our community at http://kudoskirkland.com

The Kudos Kirkland volunteers and member businesses are shining examples citizens coming together in common cause to solve problems.

From left to right: Matt McCauley, Lisa Leo, Bob Roller, Tia Scarce, Brandon Van Ditto, Jordan Edwards, Sue Contreras, Laura Westlund, Jerry Merkel, Michelle Sailor, Roger Kirk, Penny Sweet, Nancy Nelson, Kimberly Maddux and Rob Butcher.

Since the Market Street Medians was a large project taking 250.5 hours, Kudos Kirkland would like to recognize each of the following volunteers for their efforts. We say thank you and Kudos to you for being stewards of our community!

Penny Sweet (Grape Choice and Deputy Mayor)
Bob Sternoff (Sternoff Development and City Council)
Joene LaBou
Matt McCauley
Joyce Kirk
Roger Kirk
Tim O’Brian
Bob Roller
Lisa Leo
Tia Scarce
Virginia Padden
Doug Sollitt
Ann Quezada
Sants Contreras
Sue Contreras
Sue Warga
Marcke Lhyle (Gallery Wine Art)
Nancy Nelson
Laura Westlund (Laura Westlund Realty)
Di O’Farrell
Kim Maddux
Rob Butcher (Kirkland Views)
Michelle Sailor
Public Works – without their assistance, this project could never have been done.

Kudos Kirkland Volunteers Light Heritage Hall and Marina Park Pavilion

spinfits — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:38:08 +0000

When downtown Kirkland volunteers decorated the storefronts with lights and garland last week, two prominent locations were skipped: Heritage Hall and the Pavilion at Marina Park. Michelle Sailor and her team of Kudos Kirkland volunteers stepped up to finish the job on Wednesday morning. Thank you to Tom and Jan Reichert, Samy Khoury, George Noble, Tia Scarce, James Graham and Michelle Sailor.

The Mushrooms of Market Street

spinfits — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:03:25 +0000

As the Kudos Kirkland volunteers continue their march down Market Street cleaning and weeding the medians, they run into all sorts of strange items such as bottles, cans, pieces of automobiles, campaign signs, clothing and garbage left by less than thoughtful passersby. Also found hidden in the shadow of the trees are large orange and white mushrooms. Some of them are over ten inches in diameter. Since none of the volunteers was a mycologist, we thought it best to take just some photos and then wash our hands.

The public works side by side with Public Works

spinfits — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:16:54 +0000

Kudos to the sixteen volunteers and Public Works employees who tackled the Market Street medians on Oct. 27th. Together we accomplish great things!
From left to right: Matt McCauley, Lisa Leo, Bob Roller, Tia Scarce, Brandon Van Ditto, Jordan Edwards, Sue Contreras, Laura Westlund, Jerry Merkel, Michelle Sailor, Roger Kirk, Penny Sweet, Nancy Nelson, Kimberly Maddux and Rob Butcher. Not pictured: George Noble.

Kudos volunteers summit Market Street

spinfits — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:59:21 +0000

A group of fourteen Kudos Kirkland volunteers worked side by side with a crew of three Public Works employees on Thursday morning on their charge to clean up the Market Street medians. To date, the group has progressed along Market Street from Heritage Hall to 14th Street. Each Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m., Public Works cordons off the designated work area with safety cones, distributes orange reflective vests and gardening tools for the Kudos Kirkland volunteers. For the next two hours the Kudos volunteers work along side Public Works removing trash, weeds, and grass from the medians in an effort to spruce up this gateway to downtown Kirkland.

Special thanks to Penny Sweet, Tim Obrian, Sue Warga, Tia Scarce Santos Contreras, Sue Contreras, Roger Kirk, Bob Sternoff, Bob Roller, Michelle Sailor, Rob Butcher, Kimberly Maddux, George Noble, Laura Westlund and of course, Jerry Merkel and his team from Public Works.

Kudos to all for a job well done!

Interested in joining Kudos Kirkland? All are welcome! Join here.