Team Marti’s Dave Mitchell Named Hometown Hero by Seattle Mariners | News

KENT, Wash., September 24, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Dave Mitchell, Purchasing specialist for Team Marti of John L. Scott, was named a Hometown Hero by the Seattle Mariners September 15th Home game. This season, the Mariners are honoring exceptional members of the wider Pacific Northwest community for their vital roles in helping others endure, survive, and work to end the pandemic. Mitchell accepted the award on behalf of a team that provided over 3.5 million pounds of emergency food.

During the COVID pandemic in the major Kent Region, Mitchell worked tirelessly to organize volunteers and organizations to feed those hardest hit by the stay at home orders and other challenges. He has spent countless hours as a volunteer with Kent Community Partners and has been a key figure in their emergency supply operations.

Mitchell’s networking and connections with businesses and friends included a forklift, electric pallet truck, training, and many other tools and resources. As a result of his outstanding work, the Rotary Club named Mitchell a Rotary Hero and presented him with the rare Avenues of Service district award in July. That summer, Mitchell was also named interim executive director of the Kent Community Foundation, which Kent Community Partners set up to serve the community during the pandemic.

“This award is representative of the hundreds of volunteers and donors from the larger ones Kent Territory that has pulled together to fulfill the vitally important role of providing food to people in need. It was a team effort. I’m really excited to be part of such a caring community, “said Mitchell.

Mitchell joined Team Marti in 2020 as a Buyers Specialist, Trusted Advisor, and Home Buyer Attorney. Prior to joining Team Marti, Mitchell was COO and Interim President of Seattle Union Gospel Mission for eight years, and he was a key leader in setting up KentHOPE and Re: NOVO, programs to help women transition out of homelessness. He also served on the Kent The Police Diversity Task Force was on the board of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, led a C3 Leaders / Pinnacle Forum group and volunteered Young life for more than 30 years. Mitchell is an active member of the Kent Rotary and Bible Study Fellowship.

“We got Dave through his work in the Kent Community years ago and are proud to call him our friend and have him on our team, “said Marti Reeder, Managing Agent of Team Marti with John L. Scott Real Estate. “He’s so deserved of the Mariners Hometown Hero Award. For the past 18 months it has been a full-time job feeding our church, but ministry is in Dave’s blood. He is him. He’s a true church leader and our personal hero.”

For more information or photos, contact Dave Mitchell at 206-371-6852 or Marti or Merle shipowner at 253-246-8938.

Media contact

Marti Reeder, Team Marti, +1 2532468938, teammarti@johnlscott.com

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