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JOEL HAMLEY
Broker, ABR
Sexual minority business owners interested in
applying for next year’s award can e-mail business
award@nglcc.org to be notified when next year’s
application is available.
Volunteer to Party
Elder Resource Alliance, part of Friendly
House’s senior program, works to enhance the
lives of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender,
questioning and intersex community members
through education, advocacy, outreach and
resource development.
ERA is looking for volunteers for its holiday
party from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5. Volunteers are need
ed from 1 to 6 p.m.
Volunteers are welcome to work the entire
event or just a shift. Duties include setting up
tables, chairs and food; decorating the room;
serving food; socializing with seniors; and cleaning
up. They are asked to distribute fliers around town
in advance of the event.
To sign up call 503-228-4391 or e-mail
volunteer@friendlyhouseinc.org or eracoordina
tor@yahoo.com.
Gay Candidates Victorious
Dozens of openly queer candidates running in
municipal and state legislative races across the
country won their elections Nov. 6, according to
the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
Of the record 71 candidates endorsed by the
group in 2007, at least 31 won their races on
Election Day, while 10 were elected earlier this
year. At least three more endorsed candidates
received enough votes to advance to runoff
elections.
Two of those winners were Seattle City
Commissioners Tom Rasmussen and Sally Clark.
Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe said the
growing number of out candidates demonstrates
the gay community’s increasing involvement in
electoral politics. “This is rhe path to change. We
are not content to sit on the sidelines and hope
that others do the right thing for our community.
We will step up and lead the fight for a more equal
and fair America, and we will win.”
The Victory Fund’s 71 endorsements set a new
record for an odd-numbered year with no scheduled
federal elections. The group endorsed 88 candi-
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dates in 2006, and it expects to endorse more than
100 candidates in 2008, according to Wolfe. He
added that planning has already begun for next
year’s races.
“2008 will be another record-breaking year for
gay candidates, and they’ll need help to counter the
inevitable attacks from anti-gay hate groups. We’ll
be ready to fight,” Wolfe said.
Quest Expands Services
Since last May, Quest Center for Integrative
Health, a nonprofit health care clinic located on
East Burnside Street and 29th Avenue, has
received more than $300,000 in grant funding to
expand services for low-income, medically
underserved people living with chronic and life
challenging illnesses.
The largest award, more than $ 130,000 to fund
a three-year yoga and exercise program for people
living with disabilities, came from the Department
of Education. “Yoga greatly helps people dealing
with depression and other physical disabilities. As
a therapist, 1 combine both discussion and move
ment in my classes,” said Debbie Flittner, mental
health therapist and certified yoga teacher at Quest
Center. “I’m thrilled that we now have more
funding for our program that will be accessible to
many people who otherwise can’t afford yoga."
With support from recent grants totaling more
than $120,000 from both Collins Foundation and
Meyer Memorial Trust, Quest Center also launched
in August an abstinence-based, outpatient program
called Finding and Sustaining Recovery for people
dealing with chemical addiction. This program uses
an integrative approach to help people develop and
maintain clean and healthy lifestyles through
acupuncture, groups, one-on-one counseling, exer
cise, nutrition and peer mentoring.
“It’s common for people who are low-income
and living with depression, HIV, cancer or other
chronic illnesses to develop addiction to drugs and
alcohol,” said David Eisen, executive director at
Quest Center. “As a community-based integrative
care clinic, we felt these services were important for
us to offer. After just a couple of months, Finding
and Sustaining Recovery has taken off, and we
have over 14 people actively enrolled.”
Quest Center treats all people, regardless of
• their financial situation. It offers traditional and
holistic medical, mental health
and support services in a com
munity-based setting. It has
many community workshops
and classes and has programs
specifically for people living
with H1V/AIDS, breast cancer,
mental health disorders and
chemical dependency. Quest
Center also sees clients who are
private-pay or have health
insurance to cover services.
Low-income clients are able to
apply for financial assistance,
with much of the funding for
these services coming from I
grants and individual donations. I
For more information or for I
a complete list of services, visit I
www.quest-center.org. ©
Seattle City Commissioner Tom Rasmussen (center) was re
elected with support from the Gay ft Lesbian Victory Fund.
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