Love Lowell
Lowell Elementary is our neighborhood school, only minutes away from our church. Because one of our core values is to Serve the Community, we make it a priority to support our local school through various initiatives.
Lowell’s attendance zone includes students who live on the west side of Capitol Hill and students who live in downtown Seattle (South Lake Union/Belltown, south to the International District). Unfortunately, many of their students face unstable housing situation such as living in motels, shelters, doubled up arrangements, or unsheltered. Our mission is to Love Lowell by providing resources and support needed to serve their kids. Learn more below on how you can help today!
christmas drive
christmas drive
This Christmas, join us as we make an effort to brighten the lives of children and families in our neighborhood.
Distribution Day: December 15, 3pm
On December 15th, we will be providing: medical counsel, a hot meal, and a gift drive.
Below you can you find ways to participate!
Ways to participate
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1) Donate Toiletries
The Lowell Food Hub is the first food pantry housed within a Seattle Public School. It is supported by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and run by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle’s Eco District. The pantry provides students and their families access to fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable food and toiletries. They are currently in urgent need of toiletries. Donations can be dropped off in a designated bin in the church lobby. Click link below to donate.
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2) Donate Toys & Books
Lowell Elementary has 104 students from Pre-K through 5th grade who are experiencing unstable housing situations. This holiday season, VPC is gifting these kids books and toys. We’re on a mission to collect 210 books and 110 unisex toys. Click the link below for the Amazon Wishlist.
Donation bins are located in the church lobby.
Donations can also be mailed to:
P.O. Box #7 10851 1st Ave S
Seattle, WA 98168 -
3) Donate Funds
Funds are sent directly to our VPC Lowell Fund to be used for additional toiletries, books and toys and materials required to distribute. Financial donations can be made via Zelle using the QR link shared below.
For questions regarding VPC Zelle, please contact our Treasurer, Carmen Alejo at carmen@volunteerpark.church.
Volunteer
Hi friends, as we prepare to provide our Lowell Elementary school family with gifts, essentials and a warm meal, we'd love your help and participation. Please see the list of ways you can help below and sign up for the task(s) that best suit your schedule and/or skill. We look forward to sharing these special moments with you!
A Thank You Note from Lowell Leadership
Dear Volunteer Park Church,
Thanks to your kindness and generosity we were able to order lots of whiteboards for classrooms and teachers this week. I was able to order 8 of them to upgrade classrooms and provide better instructional supports for teachers and students. I think of your communities generosity so often as I drive by and wanted to share our heartfelt gratitude for your on-going support of Lowell.
Thank you so much!
Sara Jo and Chelsea
Past Events
2024
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Members of our church community prepped, cooked, and served breakfast to the teachers to share our appreciation for their work in our community.
Service Day
Volunteers helped Lowell with tasks such as gardening, cleaning the property, organizing First Day Folders and more.
2024
Love Lowell Campaign
Throughout the year, donors have contributed school supplies to Lowell from their Amazon Wish List
2023
Open House
VPC came by to assist at Lowell’s yearly open house, helping with set up, clean up, and translation for multilingual families.
2022
Christmas Benefit Concert
VPC and Seattle Girl’s Choir partnered together to raise funds for new whiteboards to replace their outdated chalkboards. We were able to raise enough funds for 8 new whiteboards!
