Seattle Gay Culture Center Receives $100,000 from City of Seattle, Area Donors; LGBT Community Center to Open in 2001.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2001 Today the Seattle Gay Culture Center secured $100,000 to open the first stage of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. (LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender ) community center this summer. These funds were collected through the City of Seattle Neighborhood Funds Matching Grant matching grant Academia Non-peer-reviewed funding in which a commercial enterprise, foundation, or philanthropy, federal government, contributes a sum of money that 'matches' a financial contribution made by an institution, university or hospital. Program, in partnership with area donors. In the five months of fundraising, over 400 individuals, community groups and corporations made cash contributions. "This was a community effort. The support we received has been overwhelming," said Darian Shaw, co-chair of Queen City Community Development (QCCD QCCD Queen City Contra Dancers (Buffalo, New York) ). QCCD will develop and manage the Seattle Gay Culture Center. "Now, we start looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place for the community center in earnest," said Shaw. "It may come as a surprise, but Seattle is one of the few major metropolitan cities without an LGBT community center," said Mark Hanses, QCCD treasurer. "What pleases me most is how so many people from Seattle A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington, USA is called a Seattleite. This is a list of well-known people who were born or lived in the city of Seattle. Born in Seattle Living
Hanses points to the recent success of QCCD's 2nd Annual Going All Out fundraising event in October 2000 as evidence the community supports a LGBT community center in the Seattle area. In 1999 the event had nine sponsoring organizations, most of them LGBT owned or operated. In 2000, the event grew to 42 participants, sponsors and supporters, including major sponsorships from The Seattle Weekly Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster, now publisher of Crosscut, as The Weekly, and its first issue came out on March 31, 1976. , Pagliacci Pizza and Stolichnaya Vodka, distributed by United Distillers & Vintners of North America. On July 18, 2000 the Seattle City Council The Seattle City Council, the legislative body of Seattle, Washington, consists of nine members elected at large. Each member's term is four years, and there are no limits on the number of terms a member may serve. announced the center was awarded a $49,000 Neighborhood Matching Grant. To receive these funds, the project, under the auspices of QCCD, had to raise an additional $49,000 by Jan. 18, 2001. About Seattle Gay Culture Center The Center's mission will be to create a meeting place for the LGBT community to grow together, to strengthen public understanding and to celebrate our diversity. Training, outreach, art, volunteer and social service programs will be offered for all ages of the LGBT community. The center will provide space for meetings, small non-profit offices, a welcoming center and accommodate gatherings sponsored by QCCD's 32 organizational members. About Queen City Community Development QCCD, a non-profit organization, was formed in 1996 and has a mission of building strength and stability for Seattle's LGBT by supporting community organizations and increasing economic development. |
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