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Assistance League of Seattle asks, ‘What else can we do?’ The answer: care packages for families in need

Submitted on May 29, 2020 - 9:30am
Carrie Slavin, center
Carrie Slavin, center, delivers "Family-to-Family Care Packages" to Rocio Luquero, left, and Joshua Olivarez of Seattle World School.

Carrie Slavin (BA 1994) was helping with a project to get food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop a nagging thought.

Slavin, as part of the Assistance League of Seattle, was working on the organization’s campaign to provide grocery gift cards, but she said, “It was bugging me for weeks: What else can we do?”

The answer: “Family-to-Family Care Packages.”

A total of 325 packages, full of personal hygiene and cleaning supplies, were delivered to four high-need Seattle Public Schools last Friday and given to families in need…

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