You can pop in to FareStart locations in downtown, South Lake Union, Beacon Hill, and Rainier Valley to sample the goods and support FareStart’s mission. Or — with three weeks to Thanksgiving and plenty of folks in need around the city — you can throw on an apron, meet up with fellow Evergreyers, and lend a hand.

“We’re seeing increased enrollment in our programs and a lot has to do with the homeless issue in our community,” said FareStart’s Stephanie Schoo. And 85 percent of locals in their longest-running adult culinary program, she said, have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity.

Want to serve your neighbors in need in more ways than one? 🍴 Sign up for one of two Evergrey volunteer field trips we’re organizing to Farestart below. What will they be like? Here’s the breakdown…

November Community Dinner

When: Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. (gotta be there by 4:50 p.m.)
Where: FareStart Restaurant at 700 Virginia St.
Open spots: 10
What is it? FareStart’s monthly community dinners are free, fun meals for FareStart students, graduates, staff, and their families to help them build a support network. “It’s an opportunity for our graduates and students to come together, break bread, share stories, and talk about challenges,” Stephanie said.
What would I be doing? Serving meals, bussing tables, handing out door prizes, and generally making sure the evening goes great. Oh, and you also get to share in the meal. 😋
Great! Where do I sign up? » RSVP here while spots are available.

Thanksgiving Meal Prep

When: Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 4 to 8 p.m. (gotta be there by 4:45)
Where: Farestart Restaurant at 700 Virginia St.
Open spots: 15
What is it? A night to prep a whopping 850 Thanksgiving meals that will be distributed the next day to shelters and transitional housing centers all over the city, including the Downtown Emergency Service Center. (Don’t worry; we’ll have lots of help!)
What would I be doing? Flexing your food prep skills and coordinating with FareStart chefs to warm hearts and stomachs on turkey day. 🦃
I’m in. Where do I sign up? » RSVP here while spots are available.

Check out our dispatch from our first volunteer field trip to build tiny houses with the Low-Income Housing Institute, and join us Thursday, November 29, as we celebrate not only our second anniversary, but also the launch of our Giving Guide, where we round up great ways to give back to your city. There is a lot to celebrate, and you won’t want to miss this! Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for making our Giving Guide project possible. 

We suck at love. At least, that’s what the popular The Great Love Debate podcast decided when it looked at “opinions and demographic data” from their millions of listeners, plus the 92,000 single folks who’ve shown up to their live events. “Of all the places where the disconnect grew wider this year, Seattle’s grew the widest; leaving a gloomy puddle of aggravated women, socially-awkward men, and rain water,” they wrote. Ouch. Some consolation: Portland, our southerly rival, came in fourth-worst. 😏 (The Great Love Debate, KOMO)

Psst, single Seattleites. We couldn’t resist an unscientific poll on this one. Do YOU believe Seattle is the worst U.S. city for love?

»*|SURVEY: Oh yeah. Have you tried online dating here? |* ← Click to vote
»*|SURVEY: Nah, people are just playing the blame game. |* ← Click to vote

That’s Mr. Spider to you. If you’ve lived here a year or more, you know that spiders are eeeeverywhere in Seattle in the fall. But did you know that about nine out of the 10 you see creeping around are probably dudes? That’s ‘cause they’re the ones on the hunt. For ladies. “The males are basically like a group of guys on a pub crawl stopping at different bars to see if there are any girls in there,” Washington state entomologist Arlo Pelegrin told MyNorthwest. Want an early Halloween scare? Look at Arlo’s Twitter profile pic. (MyNorthwest)

Watch your back. ‘Cause the Seattle Sounders are the most “dangerous” team in Major League Soccer right now. After a slow start, our boys hustled to a 14-2-1 record — the best half-season standing in Major League Soccer history. That MLS Cup is looking mighty close right now. (SoundersFC.com)

Tried and failed to get Shake Shack for lunch? There’s a good chance that’s because the 45-minute, round-the-block lines at the restaurant’s new South Lake Union location were too much for your schedule and your stomach. But fear not: Shake Shack just launched an app for putting in a mobile order you can pick up right from the window, sans line. You’re welcome. 😉 (The Seattle Times)

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

We’ll see you ghouls tomorrow, when we share back dispatches from your fellow readers’ trips to the legendary Georgetown Morgue.

Eat, drink, and be scary. 🎃  — The Evergrey