Volunteers
Marysville student is Sen. Steve Hobbs’ page
Totem Middle School student Kristofer Davies recently served as a page to state Sen. Steve Hobbs in Olympia.
Kristofer is the son of Erik and Shari Davies of Marysville. He also is the great-great-nephew of former state director of pollution control Wallace W. Bergeson, and his widow, Lois Bergeson, of Olympia. He stayed with his aunt during his time in Olympia.
Kiwanis Club serves flapjacks to walkers
Lynnwood Kiwanians arrived at the Lynnwood High School track at 5:30 a.m. May 17 to prepare and serve pancakes, sausage and juice to the walkers at the Relay for Life fundraising event for the American Cancer Society.
This is an annual project and a favorite community service event for the club.
Many of the relay walkers donated money for their breakfast, with proceeds going to the Relay for Life.
The Kiwanis Club of Lynnwood meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Lynnwood Fire Station on 44th Avenue W. and 188th Street SW.
Memory book given to foundation
Stanwood High School senior Leah Titus recently presented a memory book for the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation to Jeff Lind, president of the nonprofit organization.
Titus created the memory book from boxes of saved articles and other collectibles for her senior project.
Her mentor for the project was foundation administrative assistant Merry Carlson.
“I enjoyed doing this project because I got to get creative, learn a lot about how the foundation works and contribute to the community,” Titus said.
Arlington students beautify cemetery
Colby Cavanaugh, Mackenzie Bergam, Hailey Baker, Leah Peek and James Donegan recently volunteered a day to prepare the Arlington City Cemetery for Memorial Day.
The Arlington High School students grew many of the flowers they planted at the cemetery.
Christmas House’s board members
Erik Azar, Kim Howard, Dawn Jones and Jerry Thomas are the new members of the Christmas House board of directors. Newly elected officers include president Rick Kvangnes, vice president Pam Sorenson, treasurer Mike Dunican and secretary Hope Ringstad.
Christmas House is a charity that provides gifts and warm clothing to qualifying low-income families throughout Snohomish County.
Last year, Christmas House provided gifts and clothing to more than 9,500 children and more than 3,300 families from 21 communities in the county, reflecting a 14 percent increase in the number of people asking for help.
More than 650 volunteers logged more than 8,000 hours at Christmas House. More information is available at www.christmas-house.org or 425-338-2273.
Nurses note Red Cross’ anniversary
American Red Cross nurses gathered recently at the Snohomish County Chapter to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Red Cross nursing.
Red Cross Health Services is a division of the chapter’s Disaster Services Department. The Snohomish County Chapter has 22 nurses trained and ready to respond to local emergencies. Several have served on national disasters across the country. All are volunteers
Hundreds raised for Mill Creek seniors
A crowd of about 100 people attended a spaghetti lunch fundraiser and contributed more than $1,600 for senior programs in Mill Creek.
The event on May 15 was sponsored by North Creek Retirement Community, senior program manager Bill Durham said.
For more information, call 425-357-6002.
WINNERS
Youth Art Festival poster winners
The Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center recently announced the winners of its 11th annual Youth Art Festival poster contest.
First prize went to Caroline Hankins, a senior at Stanwood High School. She won $100 and her poster advertised the arts festival.
Christine Callies, an eighth-grader at Saratoga School, won second place.
Stanwood High School students Kindra Johnson and Kyra Kantola shared third place for their collaborative piece.
Stanwood Camano Kiwanis Club provided food for the festival on May 16.
Essay contest winners announced
The winners who participated in recent Horse Country Farm essay contest have been named.
In the first-through-third-grade category, Lydia Nelson of Marysville took first place, Justine Tarvin of Everett and Mark Markert of Bothell were the second-place winners, and Madeline Harrison of Monroe and Cierra Markert of Mountlake Terrace placed third. Isabelle Eelnurme of Lake Stevens won first place in the counselor-in-training contest.
In the fourth-through-sixth-grade category, Michael Markert of Bothell placed first, Anthony Markert of Mountlake Terrace and Adalyn Joy Tibbits of Lake Stevens took second place, and Shelby Nelson of Everett and Tori Wright of Arlington placed third.
In the seventh-to-ninth-grade contest, Rhys Sell of Everett won first place; Emily Holiway of Marysville and Krista Lockie of Monroe took second; and Amanda McDowell of Marysville, Samantha Helmick of Camano Island and Diedra Proo of Tulalip tied for third. McKenna Slack of Stanwood won first place in the counselor-in-training essay contest and Krissa Rosendahl of Arlington was second.
Horse Country Farm is in Granite Falls.
Bus drivers hit million-mile mark
Three Community Transit drivers recently achieved the Million-Mile Mark. They are Ann Brown of Marysville, Gary Krause of Everett and Pete Majkut of Everett. Each met the National Safety Council’s standard of 12 ½ years without a preventable accident to earn the honor.
For reaching the million-mile mark, each driver has a bus named for him or her. Drivers also receive a special Million-Mile Driver jacket and patches for their uniforms.
Ceremony honors local Royal Rangers
A Council of Achievement met recently to honor and recognize the work of the boys of the Warm Beach Community Church Royal Ranger Outpost 168.
Since September, the group has completed a collection of 193 merits and achievements. Seven different Medals of Merit were awarded to five of the boys in the outpost.
The boys honored included Austin Jenkin, Larry Norris III, Austin Franklin, Benjamin Brotka, Travis Whittaker, Taylor Bye and Alex Stubbins.
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