Helping Hands seeking more volunteers
Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, November 8, 2006
MS Helping Hands, an all-volunteer nonprofit group that provides services for people with multiple sclerosis, is looking for new volunteers.
Retirees who have electrical, mechanical, marketing or leadership skills are asked to consider working with the organization. The MS Helping Hands has a donor closet that recycles and supplies mobility equipment and other medical devices to those in need. Since 1999, the closet has recycled more than 45,000 mobility items.
For more information or to volunteer, go to www.mshelp. org or call 425-712-1804.
Dine Out for Kids aids Everett schools
The annual Dine Out for Kids event to support Everett public schools is Tuesday at numerous Everett restaurants. To support the schools, patrons need to obtain a purchase certificate and go to a participating restaurant.
People can get more information by calling 425-337-7542 or going to www.epsf.org. Present the certificate when ordering your meal. Scholarships and classroom grants are among the beneficiaries of the event.
Student show needs young performers
Are you a teenager who can sing and dance? The Lynnwood Arts Commission and the Rotary Club of Lynnwood are looking for high school and middle school students living in the Edmonds School District to participate in the “Student Showcase” program. Singers, dancers, instrumentalists, bands, jugglers, magicians, performance artists and others in the performing arts are asked to apply.
Based on audition videos, 10 to 15 students or groups will be selected to perform Feb. 22 at Edmonds Community College.
Those chosen to perform in this year’s showcase will have a chance to win prizes and scholarship money. To get involved, go to www. lynnwoodrotary.org and download an application and send it with an audition CD, DVD or VHS tape to the arts commission by Jan. 7. For more information, call 425-775-2400.
Mariner students need mentor-tutors
The South Everett Neighborhood Center and Mariner High School’s English Language Learning program are looking for volunteers to tutor and mentor at-risk students for whom English is a second language.
Volunteers will help students learn leadership and study skills and tutor them in English, algebra and geometry, with the hope of increasing graduation rates among the students.
Volunteers are asked to make a three-month commitment to work from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Program coordinators say the need for volunteers is great. For more information or to volunteer, call Shannon Newsum at 425-355-6055 or e-mail snewsum@lcsnw.org.
Volunteer for foster care review board
Volunteers are needed to join the Snohomish County Foster Care Citizen Review Board. Three days a week, the board meets to review placement of each child put in foster care in the county. Most volunteers are professionals or retired professionals who have eight or more hours a week to spend on volunteer activities. For more information or to volunteer, call 425-388-7818.
Join Marysville’s Christmas operation
Volunteers are needed to help with Operation Marysville Community Christmas. Help is needed on Nov. 18 and 19, when volunteers will help sort food and fill holiday boxes. For more information, call 360-658-1054.
