Opportunities

Make: Blankets for kids

Project Linus seeks volunteers to help make quilts, afghans and fleece blankets at Make-a-Blanket Day, 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Valley View Bible Church, 9717 31st Ave. SE, Everett. Blankets will be donated to local children who have experienced traumatic life events.

No sewing experience is required. Volunteers are needed to help sew, iron, inspect, pin, fringe and tie. Materials and equipment will be provided, but bring a sewing machine if you have one. Snacks and door prizes included. Donations of supplies and finished blankets also are welcome.

More info: www.projectlinus.org or Diane, 425-252-4524

Float: Pumpkin river race

Historic Downtown Snohomish partners with the Snohomish Valley Festival of Pumpkins and Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue to bring back the Snohomish Pumpkin River Race, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Avenue A gazebo in downtown Snohomish.

Pumpkins can be adopted up until race day by purchasing $5 tickets at participating locations in and around the city. Tickets are numbered and corresponding numbers are placed on each adopted pumpkin. A limited number of tickets will be available at 9:30 a.m. the day of the event.

On race day, a search &rescue team will plop all the adopted pumpkins into the river at 10 a.m. to slowly float them on the tide toward the Avenue D bridge. The first pumpkins “rescued” from the river at or near the bridge are the declared the winners, with prizes awarded. Event times are approximate and depend on tidal flow.

More info: www.historicdowntownsnohomish.org

Save: Learn dog first aid

The Mountlake Terrace Recreation and Parks Department offers a new session of “Dog First Aid/CPR,” 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 10 at the Recreation Pavilion, 5303 228th St. SW.

This half-day class will help participants to protect themselves and their animal from further harm, injury or suffering by teaching prompt, effective first aid actions and care. A canine manikin will be available for practice.

Fees are $48 for Mountlake Terrace residents and $53 for nonresidents and include a manual and DVD. Registration is required.

More info: 425-776-9173

Attract: Honeybee how-to

Over the coming weeks, each Sno-Isle Library branch will offer a free workshop about “Hosting Mason Bees in your Backyard,” led by Missy Anderson of the King County Master Gardeners. Honeybee populations continue to decline, hurting crop yields. You can help from your backyard by hosting non-stinging, native mason bees in backyard bee kits.

Workshops will be offered at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Snohomish Library, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Darrington Library, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Sultan Library, 11 a.m. Oct. 17 at the Monroe Library, 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Marysville Library, 3 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Camano Island Library, 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Stanwood Library, 11 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Brier Library, 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Lynnwood Library, 11 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Mukilteo Library, and 11 a.m. Nov. 14 at the Arlington Library.

More info: www.sno-isle.org

Boo: Scarecrow Festival is under way

The Edmonds Historical Museum’s annual Scarecrow Festival is under way. Edmonds and south Snohomish County families, groups and businesses are invited to craft family-friendly scarecrows and enter them in the contest.

Entries are due by 6 p.m. Oct. 22 with online voting starting Oct. 23. Winners will be announced at the Nov. 13 Heritage Days banquet and auction. Winners in each category receive a certificate, a 2016 museum membership and bragging rights.

More info: scf.historicedmonds.org

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