$8,285 raised by 60 donors
41% complete
$20,000 Goal
MISSION
To offer warmth, food, safety, personal hygiene, and a place to rest for our unhoused neighbors, regardless of their gender, religion, or veteran status.
The Westside Neighbors Shelter is the only shelter of its kind in the West Seattle/White Center/Burien area. Housed in The American Legion Post 160 and hosted by West Seattle Veteran Center, it’s a privately owned and all volunteer-operated shelter. It serves unhoused adults with a place to stay warm and dry when the outside temperatures in winter fall to dangerous levels. All adults are welcome, regardless of gender or religion, whether or not they’re a veteran.
The shelter offers daily hot breakfasts all year as a day center, along with shower services. When temperatures drop below 40 degrees in the winter, the building becomes a night shelter providing overnight services for 40+ people. Hot dinners are provided by the local community as well as breakfast in the morning. It's one of the few places in Seattle that allows unhoused people to shower and clean themselves up.
The Westside Neighbors Shelter receives no funding from city, county, state, or federal sources. Recently the shelter has joined forces with Anything Helps (anything-helps.org), bringing in case management and building trusting relationships with us and our guests. Anythings Helps team is signing up our guests for Medicaid, getting them into drug treatment, and transitioning them into housing.
Our amazing volunteers help provide food, clothes, and emergency services in the moment, rather than “after all the paperwork is done.” It’s an ongoing process of learning, growing, and building on the successes together as community.
RECOGNITION
On January 31, 2025, Fox13’s Alejandra Guzman interviewed Keith Hughes about the record number of people seeking help from Westside Neighbors Shelter.
On February 20, 2023, Governor Jay Inslee and First Lady Trudi Inslee toured the shelter and presented owner Keith Hughes with a certificate naming him Washingtonian of the Day for his initiative and efforts helping people needing shelter.
On January 2, 2023, Keith Hughes was interviewed by KING5 about the shelter.
In 2022, Keith Hughes was named Westsider of the Year by the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
View our current participation opportunities.
In-Person Volunteering
Volunteer at the shelter- make & serve meals, sort donations, provide security
American Legion Post 160
In-Person Volunteering
Donate clothing, food, personal care supplies
American Legion Post 160
Organization name
Westside Neighbors Shelter
other names
Westside Neighbors Network
Tax id (EIN)
81-5371035
Category
Housing & Shelter
Demographics
Low-Income, Veterans
Address
American Legion Post 160 3620 SW Alaska StBurien, WA, US
Seattle, WA, US
White Center, WA, US