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SEATTLE, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Fundraising Professionals - Washington Chapter has chosen six outstanding philanthropists to honor at its 22nd anniversary National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 18, 2010. The luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle. More than 1,000 donors, volunteers, leaders and other supporters of nonprofit organizations are expected to attend this event - one of the...
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On September 15th, the Vertically Integrated Partnership (including Sodexo, Annie's Fun, Hirai Farms, etc.) donated 8,000 pounds of potatoes to the Bellingham Food Bank. Over 50 volunteers from Sodexo and Western Washington University were on hand to help to unload the potatoes. Additionally, the following key people made remarks to the crowd of volunteers and others who attended the event at the Bellingham Food Bank: Mike Cohen,...
SEATTLE, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines is offering special introductory fares on its new nonstop service between Bellingham, Wash., and Honolulu, beginning Jan. 7, 2011. Fares for the flights start at $149 each way for tickets purchased by Aug. 17, 2010, for travel from Jan. 7 through March 10, 2011. The airline is also offering four-night Alaska Airlines Vacations packages, including airfare and hotel, starting at $549 per person. (Applicable terms and conditions are...
SEATTLE, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines will inaugurate nonstop service between Bellingham, Wash., and Honolulu, Hawaii, starting Jan. 7, 2011. The daily flights will provide a convenient alternative airport for travelers in Northwestern Washington and Lower Mainland, British Columbia. "Alaska Airlines is proud to call the Pacific Northwest home. So we're delighted to offer Bellingham its first-ever nonstop scheduled service to Hawaii," said Joe Sprague, Alaska Airlines'...
Fifty million years ago, when what is now Washington state was covered with a verdant subtropical rainforest, a 380-pound flightless bird called Diatryma stalked the floodplains of the region's meandering rivers.Although Diatryma was long thought to have existed in this region, a recent discovery by geologists from Western Washington University of a fossilized footprint of this 7-foot-tall bird proves that it did indeed roam the forests of the Pacific Northwest, said George Mustoe, a...
LAS VEGAS, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT) and its subsidiary low-cost airline, Allegiant Air, LLC, today announced that beginning July 1, the company will offer nonstop jet service between Long Beach Airport (LGB) and Bellingham International Airport (BLI), which is located just minutes away from the Canadian border and a short drive from Vancouver, B.C. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060516/LATU102LOGO) Marking its first service announcement...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Xirrus®, the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays at Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, Washington. Whatcom is a county-wide public transportation agency with five facilities and 60 full time buses. During a recent fleet upgrade, they chose to wirelessly enable their buses and facilities...
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul, the leader in self-storage, today announced the addition of a self-storage reuse center for customers at the Bellingham UHaul Center, 4538 Guide Meridian. The UHaul Reuse Program, one of the Company's sustainability initiatives, was developed to provide a redistribution network for unwanted, gently used household goods, furniture, sporting equipment, bikes and clothing that formerly were destined for landfills. A photo accompanying this...
Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will be presented at this month's Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon.Leaves along bus routes were up to 10 times more magnetic than leaves on quieter streets, the study found. That magnetism comes from tiny particles of pollution"”such as iron oxides from...
BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines today will inaugurate nonstop, year-round service between Bellingham, Wash., and Las Vegas. The thrice-weekly service between the two cities will expand to include a fourth weekly flight starting Aug. 3. "The addition of Bellingham-Las Vegas nonstop service gives our customers another convenient alternative for traveling between the Pacific Northwest and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and the popular destination of Las...
