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Image of Ruth Velozo sorting food with volunteers at Northwest Second Harvest, Seattle, August 3, 1983
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Ruth Velozo sorting food with volunteers at Northwest Second Harvest, Seattle, August 3, 1983

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.04
Date:1983
Image of Mary Lou Johnson, Howard Johnson, and Ruth Velozo with delivery at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 10, 1986
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Mary Lou Johnson, Howard Johnson, and Ruth Velozo with delivery at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 10, 1986

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.05
Date:1986
Image of Kuuseng Sateurn and Lai Sio receiving goods from Ruth Velozo at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 27, 1990
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Kuuseng Sateurn and Lai Sio receiving goods from Ruth Velozo at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 27, 1990

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.06
Date:1990
Image of Ruth Velozo checking cans of food at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, November 18, 1991
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Ruth Velozo checking cans of food at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, November 18, 1991

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.07
Date:1991
Image of Ruth Velozo and Bob Boogert watching the unloading of food donation at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, November 17, 1992
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Ruth Velozo and Bob Boogert watching the unloading of food donation at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, November 17, 1992

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.08
Date:1992
Image of Ruth Velozo serving lunch at The Shanty, Seattle, December 18, 1992
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Ruth Velozo serving lunch at The Shanty, Seattle, December 18, 1992

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.09
Date:1992
Image of Tony Ventrella at KING 5 radio studio, Seattle,  May 1986
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Tony Ventrella at KING 5 radio studio, Seattle, May 1986

Tony Ventrella (1944-2024) started his broadcasting career in Seattle at KOMO-TV, then joined KING-TV as sports director in 1982. Over his 12-year tenure at KING, Ventrella became a fixture at every sports venue with every franchise in Seattle. Ventrella moved on to KIRO from 1994 to 2002 before becoming a digital media host with the Seattle Seahawks in 2008, where…
ID Number:2000.107.219.33.01
Date:1986
Image of Two women holding Vietnamese infants at Sea-Tac Airport, April 6, 1975
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Two women holding Vietnamese infants at Sea-Tac Airport, April 6, 1975

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Over 400 children, mostly under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle to…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.01
Date:1975
Image of Adoptive and foster parents waiting for children from Vietnam, Sea-Tac, April 6, 1975
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Adoptive and foster parents waiting for children from Vietnam, Sea-Tac, April 6, 1975

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Over 400 children, mostly under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle to…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.02
Date:1975
Image of Vietnamese children arriving at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, on one of the last flights out of Saigon, April 29, 1975
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Vietnamese children arriving at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, on one of the last flights out of Saigon, April 29, 1975

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted.The “Operation Babylift” adoption program was controversial: antiwar protesters demonstrated at the airport against the program, a group of Seattle leaders described it as reminiscent of removing Indigenous children from their parents, Catholic relief agencies described the program…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.03
Date:1975
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