Here are the summarized guest statistics gleaned from the (222!) completed registration forms. Some highlights:
- 420+ guests on-site, a 50% increase over 2014
- 91% of guests were new to Care Day (only 9% returnees)
- Guests represented 631 people (in their homes)
- 35% of guests were disabled
- 24% of guests were homeless
- Guests were 72% female
- 17 cities of residence, from as far away as Federal Way and Marysville
- 19 languages spoken at home
- Guests found out about Care Day a myriad of ways, but especially through friends and a child’s school
| Basics | Registrant lives in* | Home Language* | How Found CD* | |||||||
| Registration forms | 222 | Bothell | 63 | English | 57% | friend | 38 | |||
| Guests | 420+ | Kirkland | 24 | Spanish | 23% | school | 20 | |||
| at Care Day 2014 | 9% | blank | 18 | Chinese | 8 | church | 11 | |||
| Lynnwood | 18 | Tagalog | 4 | Goodwill | 11 | |||||
| Big Needs | Seattle | 17 | Telugu | 3 | family | 10 | ||||
| Disabled | 35% | Everett | 15 | Farsi | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Seeking work | 21% | Redmond | 14 | Amharic | 3 | Sophia Way | 8 | |||
| Homeless | 24% | Kenmore | 13 | Russian | 2 | CUE | 7 | |||
| Vet | 5% | Shoreline | 12 | Korean | 2 | food bank | 7 | |||
| Bellevue | 9 | Uzbek | 1 | flyer | 7 | |||||
| Household Members | Woodinville | 6 | Urdu | 1 | HopeLink | 6 | ||||
| of Registrant | Mtlk Terr | 4 | Tamil | 1 | postcard | 6 | ||||
| adults | 391 | Mill Creek | 3 | Portuguese | 1 | Canyon Hills | 5 | |||
| children | 240 | Fed Way | 1 | Lao | 1 | Head Start | 5 | |||
| total | 631 | Lake City | 1 | French | 1 | Storehouse | 4 | |||
| LF Park | 1 | Cambodian | 1 | DSHS | 4 | |||||
| Age (Registrant) | Marysville | 1 | Arabic | 1 | Apt mgr. | 3 | ||||
| <18 | 1% | Snohomish | 1 | Albanian | 1 | FB Bothell Comm | 3 | |||
| 18-25 | 3% | Punjabi | 1 | Case mgr. | 3 | |||||
| 26-35 | 20% | counselor | 2 | |||||||
| 36-50 | 24% | Friends of Youth | 2 | |||||||
| 51-65 | 45% | Gender (Registrant) | Noel House | 2 | ||||||
| 66-75 | 6% | Female | 72% | LWSD | 1 | |||||
| >75 | 1% | Male | 28% | Molina | 1 | |||||
| NSD | 1 | |||||||||
| * of 222 registration forms | Connect Up | 1 | ||||||||
Care Day is planning to have Care Day 2016 sometime next summer as the need seems clear. We don’t have a firm date or location, and there are so many ideas to consider. Your input and feedback is helpful as we seek to improve the event to better serve our needy neighbors and improve our community. Thank you for all the help you have provided so far – we continue to need you!
TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy Team
A mother and an infant receiving hygiene items.
Guests enjoying manicure service while volunteer got to hang out with guest’s dog.
