Bringing it home
Links to Local Community Resources

Social Environment

Center for Law, Diversity and Justice --http://www.wwu.edu/cldj/
Community to Community Development
--http://foodjustice.org/wp/index.php
Fairhaven College World Issues Forum
--http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven/WorldIssuesForum
Northwest Youth Services
--http://www.northwestyouthservices.org/
Opportunity Council -- http://www.oppco.org/
Solutions Project -- http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/
Whatcom Community Foundation - http://wfcn.org/index.html
Whatcom Hispanic Organization
--http://www.whatcomhispanic.org/
Whatcom Human Rights Task Force --http://www.whrtf.org/
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center - http://www.whatcompjc.org/
Whatcom Volunteer Center - http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/
WWU Center for Educational Pluralism - http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/CEP
WWU Ethnic Student Center
- http://www.esc.as.wwu.edu/
WWU Social Issues Resource Center - http://socialissues.as.wwu.edu/

Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol/Drug 24 Hour HelpLine 360-722-3700, 1-800-562-1240 http://www.adhl.org
ADATSA Program – Washington State DSHS 4101 Meridian Avenue 360-714-4083
Behavorial Health Outpatient Services 809 E. Chestnut Street Bellingham, 360-715-6400
Lummi Counseling Services (CARE) 2530 Kwina Rd 360-384-2330
Hillcrest Community Services- various programs- 1414 Larrabee Street Bellingham, 360-733-8400
Al-Anon/Alateen Whatcom County, District #25 360-671-5444 http://www.al-anon.alateen.org
Alcoholics Anonymous - District 11
360-734-1688 http://whatcomaa.org

Native American Organizations

Social services
Bureau of Indian Affairs - Puget Sound Agency - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/wa/wamap.html
Indian Village Mission - 2220 Nulle Road Bellingham, WA 98226 360-933-4008
Lummi Indian Business Council - http://www.Lummi-nsn.gov
Nooksack Indian Housing Authority- 4979-F Mt Baker Hwy Deming, WA 98244 360-592-5163
Nooksack Tribe Indian Child Welfare - 4975 Deming Rd Deming, WA 98244 360-592-4322
Lummi 24 Hour Helpline 360-384-2285
Lummi Family Services 2400 Lummi View Dr. Bellingham, WA 98226 360-758-3500
Nooksack Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 70 864 Parklyn Way Ferndale, WA 98248 360-354-4762
Nooksack Tribal Center P.O. Box 157 Deming, WA 98244 360-592-5176

Culture
Lummi (Xwlemi') Language Department 2616 Kwina Road Bellingham, WA 98226 360-384-2298 (Ted Solomon)
Nooksack Collection- Deming Library, WCLS http://www.wcls.org/
Washington Rural Heritage
- http://wrh.statelib.lib.wa.us/
Whatcom Museum of History and Art - http://www.whatcommuseum.org/
Reefnet Festival Event - 360-758-2194 www.lummi-island.com

Education
Lummi Nation Education Department
2616 Kwina Road Bellingham, WA 98226 360-384-2347 http://www.lumminationschool.org/
Northwest Indian College 2522 Kwina Road Bellingham, WA 98226 360-676-2772 http://www.nwic.edu/
Bellingham Technical College
3028 Lindbergh Avenue Bellingham, WA 98226 http://www.btc.ctc.edu/
Western Washington University
- http://www.wwu.edu/
Whatcom Community College
237 W. Kellogg Road Bellingham, WA 98226 360-676-2170
Goodwill Learning Center 1115 E. Sunset Drive, #100 Bellingham WA 98226 360-738-0483
Whatcom Literacy Council 230 W. Kellogg Road Bellingham WA 98226 360-647-3264

News/Information
Indian Country News
- http://www.indiancountry.com/

Poverty

Alger Food Bank 18731 Parkview Rd Alger, WA 98233 360-724-5131
Bellingham Food Bank 1824 Ellis St Bellingham, WA 98225 360-676-0392
Blaine Food Bank 500 C Street Blaine, WA 98231 360-332-6350
Christmas Food Baskets - Salvation Army 2912 Northwest Avenue Bellingham WA 98226 360-733-1410
Deming Food Bank St. Peter's Catholic Church 6206 Mt. Baker HWY Deming, WA 98244 360-592-5037
Everson Nooksack Valley Food Bank 204 N. Washington Everson WA 98276 360-966-4833
Ferndale Food Bank 1671 Main St at the WTA Transfer Station Property Ferndale, WA 98248 360-384-1506 http://www.ferndalefoodbank.com
Food Stamps - Washington State DSHS 4101 Meridian Avenue Bellingham, WA 98226 360-714-4000
Foothills Food Bank 6210 Mt Baker Hwy Deming, WA 98244

Teenagers

GRADS - Teen Parent Program - 1306 Dupont Bellingham, WA 98225 360-676-5003
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County
1715 Kentucky Street Bellingham, WA 98229 360-527-9777 http://www.whatcomclubs.org
Lummi Cedar Project
- 2659 MacKenzie Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226 360-380-1464
http://www.cedarproject.org/
DeMolay -Chuckanut Chapter (teenage boys) 2626 W. Maplewood Bellingham WA. 98226 360-676-0419
Family Reconciliation Services - 1720 Ellis Street Suite 100 Bellingham, WA 98225 360-647-6100
Girls on the Run YMCA 2530 Grant Street Bellingham, WA 98225 360-671-6689
Nooksack Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 70 864 Parklyn Way Ferndale, WA 98248 360-354-4762
Operation Home Free Greyhound (rides for runaways) 365 Harris Avenue Bellingham WA 98225 1-800-621-4000
The Power of Hope 1337 Lincoln St. #2 Bellingham, WA 98229 360-671-7390 http://www.powerofhope.org

Links to Local Resources:
Social Environment
Alcohol Abuse
Native American Organizations
--Social services
--Culture
--Education
--News/Information
Poverty
Teenagers

Whatcom READS! would like to thank Whatcom Counts for their generous contribution in creating this list of resources.