Name: Gifting our Treasures – The Joy of Letting Go
Start: 2025-11-10T19:30:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-10T19:30:00-08:00
Location: The Mehdi Reading Room

Gifting our Treasures – The Joy of Letting Go

With Lynda Dowell and Rebecca Crichton

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Date:: Monday, November 10
Time:: 7:30 pm PST
Cost:: $10 – $35 Sliding Scale

Venue

: The Mehdi Reading Room
: 1119 8th Ave
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Event Format: In-Person

EVENT NOTES
Doors for this event will open at 6:30 PM. Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.

Headshots of Lynda Dowell (with straight blonde hair and eyeglasses) and Rebecca Crichton (with short grey hair)

Arts & Culture

Most people have too much stuff and figuring out what to do with it can feel overwhelming. We know we need to do something with it all and might not know where to start. Join us for a conversation about how generosity can help you simplify your life and bring joy to others. This season of gratitude and generosity could be the right impetus for gifting your treasures to people who will appreciate them.

Join Lynda Dowell, professional realtor and downsizer, in a conversation with Rebecca Crichton about how our treasures might become treasures for others. They will discuss the necessary and uncomfortable topic of what to do with our stuff. We can reframe our relationship with the many things in our life to see them as gifts to those who will also love and value them. Let’s turn giving into living.

Lynda Dowell is a real estate transition specialist and Senior Home Coach™ and a REALTOR® specializing in helping seniors navigate the emotional and logistical process of selling a longtime family home. Her passion for this work stems from her own experience assisting her family members with downsizing and relocating. Before her career in real estate, Lynda was a middle and high school teacher. She brings a unique talent for listening and adapting to individual needs, breaking down complex situations and guiding people through a step-by-step process. Combined with deep empathy, she serves as a trusted partner, helping clients reframe their relationship with their possessions and move forward with confidence and grace. Lynda presents informative talks for community groups and senior living communities on the process of downsizing, moving, legacy and personal stories.

Rebecca Crichton, Executive Director of Northwest Center for Creative Aging (NWCCA), brings wisdom and purpose to her work with the aging community. She retired from a 21-year career at Boeing as a writer, curriculum designer, and leadership development coach. Her Encore Career uses her knowledge and experience to offer programs and resources related to Creative Aging in the Seattle area. NWCCA collaborates monthly with Town Hall Seattle. She facilitates Wisdom Cafes for the King County Library System and writes a regular column for 3rd Act Magazine.

Trained as a Hospice Volunteer, Rebecca continues to teach and facilitate Grief and Resilience support groups for several organizations. Rebecca has master’s degrees in child development and organizational development and is a Certified Coach.

Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Northwest Center for Creative Aging.