By Devin Chicras
After a couple years of pivoting to virtual everything, we finally busted through the screens and celebrated the return of our annual traditions in 2022.
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New York New Year’s Eve Party
Sat, December 31, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Celebrate early with Skyway VFW Post 9430’s annual New York New Year’s Eve Party:
- 5 p.m. – Social hour
- 6-7 p.m. New York steak dinner
- 6:30-9:30 p.m. Music by Ron
- 9 p.m. champagne and ball drop (midnight in New York)
Only $20 if you pick up tickets at the Post ahead of time, or $25 at the door
$20 – $25
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Women United’s Winter Wonderland
Sat, December 17, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
“Join us at our Winter Wonderland Kinship Christmas Celebration! The Engagement Center is transformed into a winter wonderland. We provide the registered families with Christmas wishes. Christmas music, food, gifts, and a visit from Santa. Gifts are donated from various organizations.”
Free
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Free Cocoa and Kids Pack Drive-thru
Sat, December 17, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, we’ll be out by Nevzat’s Espresso stand handing out free goodie bags for the kids and free small cups of hot cocoa for all ages.
Keep an eye out for some silly characters and joyous high-fives. Event goes until 4 p.m. or supplies run out!
Part of our Winter Takeover series.
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Winter Takeover 2022 Events and Contests
By Devin Chicras
We’re capping off 2022 with our Winter Takeover – a series of FREE fun events and contests throughout December.
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We Made News, Magic, and Friends in 2021
by Devin Chicras
2021 was a year of getting things done in the face of great challenges. It was a year full of big wins on the path to collaboratively building a more equitable, informed, engaged, and vibrant Skyway-West Hill community. Here’s a recap of some of the things we got to do this year, with your support.
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Skyway Outdoor Cinema Stays Virtual for 2021 (Mostly)
by Devin Chicras
While Skyway Outdoor Cinema is staying virtual for 2021, you can pick up a FREE Cinema Pack full of snacks and fun stuff every Thursday.
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WHCA Presents: Some Things We Did in 2019
by Devin Chicras
WHEW, it’s been a YEAR. We’ve been super busy, and we’re glad to have been able to enjoy all the fun events and fight all the hard battles right alongside you, neighbor. We put together this roundup for you to chronologically lay out just what 2019 looked like for your all-volunteer nonprofit West Hill Community Association (WHCA).
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Election Day 2019 in Skyway: Pre-voting Assistance, Post-Voting Celebration
by Devin Chicras
Nearly 1,600 residents stopped by the King County Elections drop box at Skyway Library on election day, and we were there to offer support, high fives, and invite them across the street to celebrate democracy at our first-ever Election Results Watch Party at the newly renovated Beach Comber Bar and Grill.
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Over 400 Neighbors Pack Annual Halloween Takeover Party in Skyway
by Devin Chicras
On Monday, October 28th, 2019, we took over the Lucky Dragonz event space at Skyway Park Bowl and turned it into the wildest Halloween Party around for over FOUR HUNDRED AWESOME NEIGHBORS.
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Help Make Your 2019 Halloween Takeover a Smashing Success!
by Beth Hintz
What do you call an empty hot dog?
A hollow weenie.
But seriously, let’s CREEP it real. We need your partnership to help Skyway and our West Hill community have the best Halloween party yet.
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Skyway Outdoor Cinema’s Sensational Season Seventeen
by Devin Chicras
Spiders, princesses, and epic adventures helped make Skyway Outdoor Cinema’s seventeenth summer unforgettable, but the folks who showed up made it truly magical.
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New Neighbors, Old Treasures Discovered at Community Yard Sale
by Devin Chicras
When Bryn Mawr United Methodist Church (UMC) invited us to co-host their annual yard sale on Saturday, July 20th, we had no idea just how much fun we’d have!
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How Our First-Ever West Hill Board Game Social Event Went
by Devin Chicras
On March 2nd, 2019 we held a four-hour tabletop gaming session with the greatest neighbors and friends complete with the most awesome snack spread we could dream up (lumpia, quail egg chicken noodle soup, pub mix, cookies…).
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18 Wonderful West Hill Moments from 2018
by Devin Chicras
In 2018, your friends at the all-volunteer nonprofit West Hill Community Association had a banner year. From successfully partnering with teens to boost voter registration and turnout to leading community cleanups,
So we paused for just a bit to take a look back at some of the most wonderful, surprising, and memorable moments of last year (in absolutely no particular order). How many do you remember?
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