Yesterday, disaster struck in Oklahoma. Tornadoes have directly hit communities. We are working with our BWB contacts in the area and as soon as we have a firm list of needs, we will post them. One thing we know they will need is money. If you would like to donate, you can paypal any donation to us at donate@bwbsea.com (or click the donate button on our website) and be sure to make a note that it is for OK. We will distribute all funds to our contacts in the midwest.

The BWB national team will be sending a team to help rebuild. If you are interested in being part of this team, please email us volunteer@bwbsea.com and we will make connections.

We will post when we have more details. Stay tuned guys, BWB goes in when it is no longer sexy to do so, after the red cross and media is gone. But, it takes planning and funds to do it!

On May 12th, the BWBS crew went to Animal Talk Rescue in North Seattle and volunteered a few hours. When we were done, the rescue had been deep cleaned, the cat trees steamed cleaned and hearts were widened. Mops, brooms, sponges, people and cats!  Take a look at the photos to see the fun we had while cleaning the rescue! CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES BY ESPRESSO BUZZ

We are busy planning for June & beyond and hope you will join us every SECOND SUNDAY!

Dear Burning Man Community & BWBS Supporters:

 During our annual audit of BWBS finances we found approximately $7000.00 in fraudulent activity.

Our 2012 Treasurer and board member, Sean Larson, has resigned from our board and we have notified the King County Sheriff's Office. We are cooperating fully with law enforcement in their investigation and have already implemented changes to ensure this cannot happen again. We are also working with our attorney to investigate whether any of the funds can be retrieved.

As soon as we have more information, we will share it with everyone, but that's all we have now. If you have questions, please call the BWBS phone line (253) 234-4292 and you will be connected with Diana (President) or Ozzy (Vice President).

We thank you for your continued support. We are dedicated to doing the right thing to continue to build your trust.

Sincerely,
The BWBS Board Of Directors

BWBS Second Sundays: May
Sunday, May 12th

THANK YOU to everyone who came out on April 13th for our very first Second Sundays project. The afternoon was a great success. The sun was shining all day at the farm and we completed the chicken coop, 4 compost bins & some shelves!

Pictures from the day can be found on our facebook page: www.facebook.com/bwbsea
Here is a video recapping the day! BWBS April Second Sundays Video

 We hope you will join us for each Second Sunday! See you in May!

Plumeria

To Kick off our Second Sundays, we are teaming up with Rainier Beach Urban Farm to build them a chicken coop!  All the details are over at http://www.bwbsea.com/2/4/SecondSundays.html. Join us!

BWB Seattle introduces our new give back campaign called "Second Sundays" starting Sunday April 14th. On the 2nd Sunday of every month we will have a way for you to volunteer to help our community. We may clean a park, build a garden, fix a roof, paint a building and so on. I am spending today researching where we will start. I have contacted thus far five org's in Seattle who were very excited to hear from me. This is what we have been gearing up for. Please mark your calendar for Second Sundays, every month. Putting our "Civic Responsibility" Principle into action each month!

Sean here, the producer for Black Rock Equinox 6ix, and the very first thing I would like to say is a big, "Thank You', to everyone that attended, volunteered, and supported Burners Without Borders:Seattle at Black Rock Equinox 6ix this year!  The support from thecommunity was overwhelming, and I couldn't enjoy it more.

With your help, we raised $4007.60 for Burners Without Borders:Seattle!  The money we raised will go to help both local communities,as well as become part of the global Burners Without Borders funding. Specifically,

·          $2003.80 of that is going into our local grants program
·          $1001.90 to the global Burners Without Borders organization
·          $1001.90 saved for local volunteer project expenses and local disaster relief fund.

For information on our NEW LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM, please visit http://bwbsea.com/65/16/grants.html. Note that the grant application deadline is November 1st!

I want to give a huge thanks to Trap Studios for hosting our event, the staff were amazing to work with, and the venue was a perfect location for making us feel like we weren't quite back to the default world for One More Night.  We wouldn't have been able to do this event without our amazing volunteers either: bartenders, door, setup, tear down, etc.  You help make it possible.  A shout out to the awesome folks from Lego Truck that also helped transform the outside area from lounge to dance floor.



We will be working on other events coming up soon, as well as ways that you can get involved locally in Burners Without Borders to help make a difference in our communities.  Follow us online at http://www.bwbsea.com and on Facebook at 
http://www.facebook.com/bwbsea.

We have board positions open! Want to serve your local community? We are very active, and would love help. If you are interested, please write "president AT bwbsea DAWT com"

~BWB:S TEAM