Program: Andrea Suarez, We Heart Seattle, “Cleaning Up Seattle,” February 8, 2024

Our member, Andrea Suarez, is the Founder of We Heart Seattle. She has lived in King County for twenty-four years and in the downtown area since 2009. In September of 2020, she started ‘We Heart Seattle’ out of love for the city–wanting it clean and safe for all to enjoy.

We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers a helping hand to those in need.  Through direct civic engagement, We Heart Seattle leads the way to a more compassionate and healthy community.

They recently reached significant milestones–more than 1,000,000 pounds of trash removed from the city’s parks and public spaces and more than 200 individuals helped off the streets. That includes more than 25,000 needles removed.

Here is a story about the Club working with WeHeartSeattle.