Judith Wood

If you're interested in joining an off-site work party to help paint the new mural later this summer, please contact Judith Wood and we'll let you know when and where the work will take place.
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We still have a few volunteer openings, contact Judith Wood if you'd like to help on Fridays from 4:15-7:15 p.m.
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Judith Wood, Director of Volunteer Programs and Home Fair Coordinator

Judith Wood, Volunteer Program Director and Home Fair Coordinator

Judith Wood, the director of volunteer programs for the Phinney Neighborhood Association, received a telephone call from a resident about the couple early Friday.The resident told Wood that the duo say they are raising funds for a program at the association's Phinney Neighborhood Center aimed at keeping kids off the streets, off drugs and out of trouble.

Problem is, the association doesn't run any such program.

"We do not do door-to-door solicitations and we don't have any programs designed to keep kids off drugs and off the streets," Wood said."They have nothing to do with us, and we want people to know not to give them any money."

Wood called Seattle police but was told officers can't do anything unless they are able to catch the couple in the act.She's hoping an alert resident will call 911 with a description of the couple and their vehicle.

She said they are flashing laminated photo ID badges in an apparent attempt to appear legitimate and are giving away copies of the association's newspaper, The Phinney Ridge Review.Wood cautioned residents against confronting the scammers, who asked one resident to make out a check to an individual named "Harry."

The Phinney Neighborhood Center is an independent, nonprofit community center at 6532 Phinney Ave. N.

The association runs a variety of programs at six locations, including the center itself, a former school building that houses an after-school care program and a parent-run co-op preschool, Wood said.

Two residents reported visits from the man and woman, who apparently went door-to-door Thursday in Phinney Ridge claiming to be volunteers collecting money for a drug-prevention program sponsored by the neighborhood association, said Judith Wood, the association's director of volunteer programs.

But the program doesn't exist.One resident who almost donated changed her mind when the solicitors were insistent that she write her check to a person -- whom they claimed was the treasurer -- and not to the neighborhood association, Wood said.

The solicitors carried copies of the Phinney Ridge Review, an envelope for cash and laminated ID badges, although it did not appear the badges had any markings of the association, Wood said.

Seattle police were notified about the reports.Anyone with information about them is urged to call police.

The solicitors were spotted Thursday at North 63rd Street and Phinney Avenue North and at North 65th Street and Greenwood Avenue North, Wood said.

For more information, contact Judith Wood at (206) 783-2244 or email href="mailto:%20judith@phinneycenter.org" target=" new">Judith@phinneycenter.org.

PNA members, please update your information by filling out the Volunteer Interest Form. Other volunteers are asked to submit a Volunteer Application. All forms should be directed to Judith Wood, via e-mail (above), fax (206-783-2246) or regular mail to 6532 Phinney Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98103.

"The Traveling Tutors program is a natural extension of what we do in the building," says Judith Wood, Phinney Neighborhood Association staff member and one of the program's founders.

Judith Wood, Director of Volunteer Programs

Judith Wood, Volunteer Program Director and Home Fair Coordinator (judith @ )

For more information, contact Judith Wood at (206) 783-2244 or email Judith@phinneycenter.org.

PNA members, please update your information by filling out the Volunteer Interest Form. Other volunteers are asked to submit a Volunteer Application. All forms should be directed to Judith Wood, via e-mail (above), fax (206-783-2246) or regular mail to 6532 Phinney Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98103.

If you'd like to help keep things green and growing, contact Judith Wood to join the ranks of independent volunteer gardeners known as Pacemakers.
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Judith Wood, Director of Volunteer Programs and Home Fair Coordinator