Solid Ground
Solid Ground is dedicated to achieving a just and caring community, free from poverty, prejudice and neglect.
Their mission:
- Develop and provide creative, comprehensive and effective responses to our community's needs.
- Offer quality human services in a manner that promotes dignity.
- Advocate for public policies and private initiatives that give all people equal opportunities and resources.
- Support the efforts of others who share our vision of community.
Their history:
Solid Ground was founded in 1974 by community leaders and concerned citizens of one of Seattle's then most economically devastated neighborhoods, Fremont. Originally called the Fremont Public Association, their services — emergency food bank, clothing bank, and employment program — reflected the desperate needs and the determined response of a mobilized and committed neighborhood.
Solid Ground today:
As the scope and severity of homelessness and poverty have increased over the years, so too has their reach to their greater community as well as their range of services. Now based in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, their nearly 30 programs help over 38,000 households each year to overcome poverty and build better futures throughout King County and beyond.