These people are so dedicated to the clients they serve. It's refreshing to know we have a local…read morenonprofit that does what they say they are going to do.

Unfortunately about 99 percent of the people working for housing hope are incompetent, couldn't…read morecare less about the mission statement, and are far from philanthropic. They don't communicate with residents are even each other. They are constantly late for appointments if they even show up at all, they don't respond to phone calls, emails or requests. I was never informed of all the great programs, employment opportunities and classes they brag about online. If you are going to live in one of their units I would definitely suggest saving all of your rent receipts because they're constantly losing rent checks or not entering it into the computer. I was overcharged rent on three separate occasions and never credited back the amount I was owed in the computer so they tried to say that I owed rent from years prior, even when having a rent receipt from their office signed by them. They charge everyone for a mandatory "carpet cleaning" fee when they never clean the carpets or replace them. They constantly have you put different dates on paperwork when signing and they never get it right the first time. A lot of the management is very rude especially Janet rainwater. I've heard her tell people that they can go back to "living in their car" or "can be homeless again". They know that people living in housing hope units have nowhere else to go and they take advantage of that fact and abuse it. There is a rare few people working for them that do care but for the most part they're incompetent and to say management is a shit show is a great understatement.

Ok I would like to spend a few moments to respond to a review on here stating facts that are not…read moretrue. I have volunteered for this organization for the last 5 years and have had the pleasure of meeting some of the volunteers and board members. The fact that this person who left a review that was completely false! There is not 1 person who is a breeder associated with this organization! We bring these dogs into our personal homes with all their baggage and try to get them healthy and socialized with our own dogs. We do this because we care deeply for this breed of dog. We have owned this breed for years and know they are prone to have allergies to everything! Some dogs come into our homes with almost no hair, their ears and feet so swollen with yeast because of lack of care. It takes months to rehabilitate, re-socialize them into members of our families so we can find them their forever homes. Yes I've loved each and everydog that has come into our home and I work really hard at placing them into a home that is perfect for them! I would move into each home I've placed a dog into and felt very confident with their placements. I hear from almost everyone of the homes I've placed dogs into and have contact with the surrendering families if they want to know updates on their dogs I always will communicate with them. Until you can walk in a volunteer footprints to love unconditionally for months and then find them the absolutely best home placement for them than please say nothing! Everyone with Bulldoghavennw.org is a volunteer with their homes, family, time and love. Not one person is "hoarding" these dogs. Our end goal is to rehabilitate them and find them their forever homes. We don't get the perfect dogs into our rescue, we get the dogs who are needing extensive medical care and dogs who have not been socialize. We volunteers care so deeply for this breed that we give up our time, homes and families to help them. Please be respectful, just because you were not the right fit for one dog dosent mean you won't be a great fit for another dog. You may not get what you want, you get what you need. Fill out an application to foster, we have dogs waiting to get into our care. Be the solution

We had a great experience with this rescue. We applied and it did take some time to hear back from…read morea member of the team but let's be real they are filtering through tons of applications on tons of dogs in need. We adopted our boy Moo from them and they spoke with me prior to adoption for hours to make sure we were a good fit for the dog and visa versa. They are taking in dogs that are expensive to care for and have lots of health issues (it's the breed). Do your research before rescuing a bulldog they are amazing dogs but they do have a lot of special needs. They are couch potatoes but also have a lot of energy and are stubborn as a mule. But you will not find a better breed to be a Velcro dog. Bulldog Haven still checks in to see how he is settling over 6 months later. When we are ready for another bulldog we will be using them again. If you are not looking to add to your family please consider donating! They are doing thier best to help as many dog as possible and it's not cheap! Please be patient in the application process these things take time and they will get back to you! Highly recommend it's worth the wait!

Went to the Cinematique resource event with a young person I work with. Of all the booths, the…read morepeople working the Treehouse booth (I believe their names were Jack and Lou) were the most helpful, informative, and fun. They made accessing Treehouse resources easy and also gave us great information on resources outside of Treehouse. Thankful for places like Treehouse and for kind, fun, well-informed staff like Jack and Lou (I hope I am remembering names correctly)

I did a day of volunteering at Treehouse about a year and a half ago. It was a great experience and…read moreTreehouse is an amazing organization. The staff are incredibly dedicated and passionate about what they do. Treehouse offers many services to help foster kids have a more stable and normal life. From tutoring and college preparation, to school supplies and clothing, to after school care and summer activities, Treehouse improves the lives of thousands of foster kids and helps meets economic needs that foster parents sometimes cannot. Like most nonprofits, Treehouse can always use help. My (former) workplace ran a clothing drive and then a group of about 10 of us sorted and tagged clothes for the Wearhouse. It was a fulfilling and heartwarming day of service. I would not hesitate to recommend the services this organization provides or suggest it as a nonprofit worthy of your support. See the website for ways to help.

We love Denise Louie Education Center. My kids learning knowledge from here. There is a lot of fun.read more

My daughter has been attending since last year during COVID. The staff took precautions to make the…read moreschool a safe environment. I decided to have my daughter attend because she has traveled to most places in the US and to my home land the last couple of years. I wanted COVID to be a positive experience and not coup her up in the house. Since attending DLEC my daughter has learned her basic education her cousins are learning in Kindergarten. My daughter learned so much and worth the experience. I travel from Seatac and sometimes Auburn to drop off and pick her up but it's so worth it. She has even got accepted into her local school without testing to join kindergarten when she turns 4. I'm glad to have her start her education very young. Everyone thinks she's very smart and a fast learner, visually and physically. Also her social skills has improved so much. She's not shy around people and communicate with those when spoken too. Thanks to all the staff for making her beginning education experience so much fun and challenging during these tough time in our lives. I appreciate very single staff!

This value village use to be my go-to, but now it sucks. I can't count how many times I pick up an…read moreitem only to find the ORIGINAL TAG ON IT for LESS THAN what VV is now asking for it... You get your stuff for free. It's donated. You're ripping people off.

I went to Value Village tonight to shop and when it came time to pay, I tried paying at self…read morecheckout with a $50 bill and the machine spat it back out twice. An employee - older guy, little sketchy looking so we'll call him Sketch- come over to try and help, identified it as an older bill - I asked if I could exchange for some smaller bills to try - he said "sure you can go to the bank tomorrow and exchange it." Fair - they're not a bank though it could have been communicated more professionally than that. Then I said I would just go to the regular checkout and THAT'S when Sketch said if the machine rejected the bill they couldnt take it at the regular register either. I had NO other money - not on a card, no other bills - this was it. He took it to talk to the lady at the register, marked it with the color changing pen and then came back and said they couldn't take it. I asked why - I have worked around money, the mark PROVED the bill was REAL. I asked him: "Doesn't this mean this is real" (I already knew the answer was yes) and Sketch says: "I don't know and now that it's marked we can't take it." You don't KNOW but you work at a store that takes cash? You should know this, sir. And YOU'RE the one who marked it!! I also showed him the strip going through the bill and THAT wasnt even enough. "It's a strip," he says, "but not a metal one." How the F do you KNOW that when you don't even know the color the marker is supposed to turn! So asked what my options are - he takes my items, tosses them in the cart haphazardly and tells me: "you can come back tomorrow when you have real money and pay for them." I HAD REAL MONEY!! It was MARKED - the strip was inside the bill and the holographic face was on it!! How much more real could it be?! So I ask: "Well what if I come in tomorrow morning and pay for it with the same bill?" Like how would they know? Sketch says: "So you're saying you're going to come back and use this same bill tomorrow?" I told him: "That is NOW what I said" (Don't put words in my mouth, sir!) "I asked IF - how will the morning crew know?" "Oh they won't take a marked bill and I'm gonna tell them." So I finally said: "Fine! Go ahead and save them and I'll be back tomorrow morning." My sister overheard and comes over, I explain what's going on - my sister paid for my purchases with a card (Thanks sis!) which I repayed with the bill. Here's the thing about that $50 bill - I got it this morning from a CURRENCY EXCHANGE after exchanging some Euros and the bank ATM my sister deposited it in right afterwards took it no problem. If it wasnt real, the bank ATM certainly would have rejected it. My sister also worked with money and said yes that mark color meant it was authentic. IT WAS REAL AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HARASSED ABOUT IT!! My sister also said that Sketch seemed to be following us around the store and we had my niece with us. This may have also been discriminatory as he likely thought we were a lesbian couple with a kid and Value Village claims to be "Christian". Must've missed that "love thy neighbor" verse. I will NEVER be back to this Value Village and I will be getting in touch with their higher ups so they can be aware that their Marysville location won't take legal tender after its been PROVEN TO BE REAL and may be discriminatory against gay people even when they might not be gay

I love a clean, organized, well-stocked thrift store - and Island Thrift delivers! Located a few…read moreblocks from the center of Oak Harbor, it's worth the slight detour to check out their wealth of treasures, all of which are well-marked, well-presented, and well-priced. They have everything from vintage knick knacks to toys to books to small furniture. And clothes, TONS of clothes, all organized by size, style, season...you name it. They also have a large selection of household items, like dishes, bedding, towels, and small appliances. One thing I really appreciate is that they have dressing rooms so you can try things on! Some larger thrift stores have done completely away with this option, and while I understand why, I appreciate the ones who still have them. The line can get a little long at the counter, so keep that in mind if you're there on a busy day. But if you want a great thrifting experience, and to support a lovely small town business, definitely give Island Thrift a try!

Came to this thrift store for the first time today and while I was looking through one of the racks…read moreone of the workers, an Asian woman with big eyeglasses came out of nowhere, practically running up on me and told me she was working on that rack. She looked very visibly angry when saying this. I apologized and told her that I genuinely thought this was one of the racks on display in the store and backed off it. I hadn't been here before so I didn't know the layout of the store. She didn't say anything to me after that and hurried off away? I tried to go through the rest of the store but, after that the vibe was just off and I had to leave. Not sure if I will come back. At least not for awhile. Overall the store is very organized and clean. The clothing selection isn't the most stylish but, they can't help want gets donated to them. Would have liked it more if my visit had been better.

My experience with this particular organization will be different from the other reviews here due…read moreto interacting with them outside of their location. Today my daughter and I went to donate clothing to Value Village and a full sized boxed truck from Treasures in Heaven was in line in front of us. Once they pulled up to the unloading area it and started to unload in became apparent this was a loaded full box truck, unloading for well over 30 minutes while cars piled up in line and the driver and passenger did very little to assist in the unloading process while the entire VV team worked their butts off. I doubt the fact people are donating to this Christian organization and simply having it turned over to Value Village is what people donating are hoping for. This is also incredibly rude behavior on behalf of Treasures as the line is nearly out of the parking lot, people are abandoning the line foregoing donating. Many of the boxes are taped shut so the VV workers have to open them prior to accepting them slowing the process further. Treasures is dumping their unwanted inventory at the Issaquah Value Village, holding up the line, hogging up the employees and inconveniencing dozens of people simply trying to do a nice thing. I'm writing this review because I find this behavior extremely unbecoming of Treasures and likely deceptive to those donating there, furthermore it is inconsiderate on multiple levels.

Shopped at this business when they were located in Snoqualmie. Personnel were very nice and…read morehelpful at Snoqualmie location. Today, we visited NB store. You all need to make sure to tell your cashiers that they need to be friendly to customers even if they may be having a bad day. The cashier didn't seem to care about customers or working there. No smile, no "Hi! How are you?".

I received some hot tips through parenting forums that Bella's Voice was an awesome place to buy…read morecheap baby and kid clothes. As a soon-to-be parent, I wanted to dress my baby well but without spending a fortune since they will grow so quickly. True to their words, the onesies at Bella's Voice are about $1 apiece which is astounding in today's market. I came in twice over two weeks because I couldn't believe it and had to come back to see if the selection rotated as much as I hoped. The first time I was bummed that I found a cute unicorn sweater but it got confiscated for not having a price tag (their policy dictates that unpriced merchandise must be returned to the back room for processing with no guaranteed turnaround time for returning to the rack). By the second time I visited I found an even nicer kids jacket for about the same price which I promptly snatched up. The inventory turns at a steady pace and there's some fun stuff in there (Juicy Couture baby bottoms anyone?) This has definitely been my most promising resource for kid clothes for myself and parent friends so far, and has revitalized my former interest in thrift shop hunting as a hobby.

We used to really like Bella's Voice and shopped there regularly after moving to Lynnwood in 2024…read more We have spent close to $3,000. That changed with one visit which occurred a month ago. Look at the photos for the condition of a rug they sold. At the Shoreline store, I purchased a rug that was tightly rolled and sealed with tape, so there was no way to inspect it at the store. When I got it home and opened it, it was in unacceptable condition: heavily stained, paint marks, and a strong cigarette odor. This is not an item that should have been on the sales floor. I brought it back within a week with the tag attached and receipt in hand. The manager Leonora did not start by looking at the condition. Instead, she went straight to finding reasons to deny the return. First saying there was no tag (there was), then saying they don't accept returns on "furniture." At no point did she engage with the actual issue. When I tried to show her why I was returning it, another employee inserted herself and escalated the interaction. I did raise my voice out of frustration (my voice carries) but I made no threats and was trying to explain a legitimate issue. Rather than hearing the concern or working toward a solution, the situation escalated quickly. The manager told me to leave or the police would be called for CRIMINALLY TRESSPASSING, and that is exactly what happened. Police were called over a return. I tried to de-escalate and offered reasonable solutions (exchange or completing my purchase), but the manager declined and stayed focused on denying the return and calling the police to have us removed for CRIMINAL TRESSPASSING! Even the responding officer looked at the rug and attempted to find an amicable resolution. My daughter, who was not involved in the interaction, was also threatened with trespass, which was upsetting and unnecessary. This should have been straightforward customer service: 1. The item was not in acceptable condition and the condition was against their own donation policy. 2. It was packaged in a way that prevented inspection 3. A reasonable review could have resolved it Instead, it escalated into a situation involving publicly funded law enforcement over a defective item. As a nonprofit serving the community, I would expect a greater emphasis on resolving issues directly rather than relying on public resources to shut down a legitimate concern. For a place called Bella's Voice, it was surprising how quickly the conversation was shut down. The executive director has chosen to ignore my formal complaint. Photos are attached so others can judge the condition for themselves.

The team over at The Color Group is one of the best in the Pacific Northwest. Their quality,…read moreselection and service is the best. I've been using them to print my gallery imagine years and I've have nothing but good things to say about them.

I had a small job - 2 Prints for a frame with some mild photoshop work. I was a bit worried that…read morethey would turn me down or it would be so expensive that I would walk away. The work they not only went above and beyond my expectations; their customer services made me feel like I was amongst friends. I don't feel you'll be disappointed with your choice here.

The best shredding company out there. Great service, they live and work in our community and have a…read morepassion to take care of their customers. I trust them to take care of my confidential papers and they give me a certificate of destruction, backed by NAID so I know they have the training and proper equipment to do the job right. As a bonus they are a division of Peninsula Services, providing jobs for people with disabilities for over 50 years. A company that cares.

I went by the building and they were closed, had a number on the door to call for hours. I called…read moreand left a message. The next day Angel returned my call. They have restricted hours for the covid pandemic, 0800-1200 daily. I explained that I work the few hours they are open, and she told me to come in after work as she would be there. She was there and helped me, I was in and out was than 5 minutes! 5 star service!