If you live on Vashon and use the Internet I think that VashonAll is an invaluable service.
In the past 2 weeks we have.
1. Lost our dog and posted it to VashonAll whereby someone from VIPP (Vashon Island Pet Protectors) called to check on if we found her and gave us a suggestions, which happened to be where she was!
2. Needed a handyperson (man) and gotten several recommendations.
3. Solicited childcare from VashonAll and had many qualified candidates contact us with interest.
Now frankly it might sound like overuse. Except that now our total solicitation on VashonAll equals 5.
So what is it? It is an online list-serve. Which is a place where a group of select people (those who live on Vashon) post things and then you either get an email every time someone posts or a daily list of all the posts.
Beyond what it is in a technical sense is that it connects you to other people's lives. To the reality that rental housing on Vashon is hard, to the road closures, the wierd noises, the missing pets, the need for plumbers, the teenager who will help you move, the 10 year old who wants to babysit for the first time, the estate sale etc. It is sort of an online pulse of the Island.
It totally dig it.
Here it is:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/vashonALL/info
there is also now a facebook group called VashonALL. Which is essentially the same thing but via facebook. I haven't posted anything but have nearly bought furniture from it and have looked up information on it. That one is very user friendly for photos of things for sale etc.
Anyway, that's my 411 and review of VashonALL....
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