Front Porch: Help stuff a bus

The Everett Public Schools Foundation sponsors its annual Stuff the Bus for Kids school supply drive Aug. 14-16 and seeks donations and volunteers.

Backpacks with school supplies such as notebook paper, binders, pencils and pends will be presented to needy students in Everett School District elementary and middle schools. For a complete list of items sought, go to http://tinyurl.com/ESDsupplies.

Supplies can be dropped off at various locations throughout the city, including the Everett libraries, Coastal Community Bank’s Everett branches; the Frontier Communications building; Everett school district headquarters; at Aquasox stadium; the county Assessor’s office; Port Gardner Winery; the YMCA; Everett Beauty School; Cedar Cross United Methodist Church; Group Health; McClain Insurance; UTC Aerospace Systems; and Kids Dentistry, 111 S.E. Everett Mall Way, Suite D.

Volunteers also are needed to stuff backpacks Aug. 19-21. To sign up, or to make a monetary donation, go to www.everettsd.org/epsf.

More info: Kirsten Hansen, khansen@everettsd.org or 425-385-4695

Live on Whidbey and ride a ferry? The Island County Board of Commissioners seeks applicants to represent Coupeville and Clinton on the volunteer Ferry Advisory Committee. Members discuss concerns of ferry users and share that information with lawmakers in Olympia. Application materials are due by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 17. For more information, go to www.islandcounty.net, then to “Departments,” “Commissioners” and “Advisory Committees Openings.” More info: Pam Dill, pamd@co.island.wa.us or 360-679-7353.

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