A couple of days ago we told you about classical guitarist Michael Partington, who was busking around town for a worldwide charity. Each morning this week from 10:30-11:30, he’s at the Green Bean Coffeehouse at 210 N. 85th St. All money raised goes to charity Musequality, which serves disadvantaged children around the world.

Here’s Michael at the Bean on Wednesday:

The UW faculty member and hundreds of other musicians around the world will perform at noon on Sunday, hoping to set a new world record for the biggest busk around the world. 

University of Washington students are hosting their second annual food drive called Stuff-the-Bus on Saturday and Sunday.

Sponsored by The Daily and Chi Psi Fraternity and a number of other organizations, shuttle buses will be parked in front of QFC grocery stores on Holman Road in north Greenwood, as well as at Northgate and University Village. Volunteers there will accept food and cash donations to Food Lifeline.

Their goal is to get food and cash donations equaling $20,000. Last year they raised 8,049 lbs of food and $1,069 in cash, for a total equivalent to $14,671.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association’s volunteer group, Phinney Neighbors in Action, is sponsoring a Comfort & Joy Gift Drive for the children of Childhaven and Broadview Emergency Shelter.

The drive is collecting toys, books and other items for young children and teens for birthdays and other special occasions. Click here for a list of gift ideas. Return unwrapped gifts to the Phinney Neighborhood Center or Greenwood Senior Center by April 13.

Childhaven helps abused, neglected and at-risk children up to the age of 5. Broadview Emergency Shelter provides emergency shelter and transitional housing to homeless women and children, many of whom are domestic violence survivors. Two-thirds of Broadview’s clients are children. 

Most families come to Broadview with few or no belongings, having fled domestic violence situations, faced evictions, or moved from shelter to shelter while looking for housing. To assist with their basic needs, Broadview supplies residents with household goods, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene items. Due to budget restrictions, we are looking at having to reduce the items that we are able to provide to our families.

If you are able to assist us with any of the items listed below, it would be a wonderful additional gift to our residents. Items can be brought to Solid Ground at 1501 45th Street, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Please mark them for Broadview Shelter and include your name and address.

Household Goods (gently used items are OK): Sheets (twin if possible, but other size are OK); blankets; towels; dishes; silverware; cups; pots and pans; cleaning supplies; laundry detergent; dish soap; sponges; Comet; general purpose cleaner (i.e. Pine Sol).

Personal Hygiene Supplies: toilet paper; diapers, pull-Ups, and wipes; deodorant; feminine hygiene supplies; soap; shampoo & conditioner; lotion; toothpaste; toothbrushes; floss; hairbrushes. 

Those old but perfectly usable shoes languishing in the bottom of your closet can be sent to someone in need – and several local stores will help you do just that, and maybe even give you a reward.

The Sneakery at 612 NW 65th St. in Lower Phinney/East Ballard is just one store accepting gently worn shoes for people in need for the Soles4Souls shoe charity, which estimates that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unused shoes in their closets. You can drop off your old shoes any time during December, but if you do it this Friday, Dec. 12, you’ll get 20 percent off a new pair of shoes.

Market Street Shoes and Market Street Athlete in Ballard are also participating. To see the complete list of Seattle stores accepting shoes, click here.

A former board member from the North Seattle Boys & Girls Club in Greenwood, Eirik Olsen, has a small non-profit called Feed Washington with zero overhead costs that raises money to feed people.

Their fundraising model is pretty painless – donate $1 per month via an automatic credit card payment. That money is then distributed monthly to organizations that need help to feed people.

The North Seattle Boys & Girls Club will be the recipient of the monthly money sometime in the next year (the club is very close to being able to cook hot meals) and the more people participating, the more money the club will get.