Community spotlight
Published 11:00 pm Tuesday, July 3, 2007
East County Senior Center is raising money and asking Monroe area residents to help out in two ways.
The center is sponsoring a raffle, and the winner receives $500 in gasoline.
Tickets are $3 each or $5 for two and are available at the center, 276 Sky River Parkway in Monroe. The raffle drawing is set for Sept. 7.
In addition, the East County Senior Center has invited the community to donate to its flower and greeting card fund.
By donating $1 a month, one can help the center buy and send flowers and cards to its many members.
For more information, call the center at 360-794-6359.
Learn baby-sitting basics in Edmonds
Students ages 11-14 have an opportunity to learn how to be a babysitter.
Edmonds Parks and Recreation and Camp Fire USA offer a babysitting class set for 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 14 and 21. Cost for the course is $38.
Topics covered will include infant and toddler care, play ideas, behavior management, age characteristics, emergency procedures, finding a job and working with parents.
Students receive a class completion card. To register or get more information, call Edmonds Parks and Recreation at 425-771-0230 or go online to www.reczone.org.
Dine out to help nonprofit agencies
A fundraising effort supported by area restaurants on July 18 will benefit three nonprofit agencies.
Cocoon House, Senior Services of Snohomish County and the Snohomish County Center for Battered Women are the beneficiaries of “Platters That Matter.”
By eating out on July 18, diners help young people, women, seniors and families who are provided food, shelter and safety through the efforts of these three organizations.
Participating restaurants plan to donate a portion of the evening’s proceeds to help these agencies provide for those in need.
To find a list of participating restaurants go online to www.snococbw.org.
Japanese students need host families
Several Japanese students, ages 13 to 14 from the city of Kagoshima, need host homes.
The students are set to arrive July 22 and plan to stay through Aug. 10. They will be studying English at Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek.
Nicole Bingay, coordinator for American Culture Concepts, said host families have some evening and weekend responsibilities with the exchange students. In exchange for hosting a student, families will receive two tickets to the Aug. 5 Mariners baseball game.
For more information, call Bingay at 425-337-7633 .
Help for sufferers of traumatic grief
Separation and Loss Services at Virginia Mason Medical Center is facilitating a “Restorative Retelling” group for adult family members and friends suffering from traumatic grief as a result of a loved one’s sudden death because of homicide, vehicular homicide, suicide or accident.
The 10-week closed therapy group is set to meet 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, July 31 through Sept. 25 in Everett.
Call 206-223-6398 no later than July 15 for more information and to schedule a screening interview.
Monthly first aid, CPR classes offered
North County Fire and Emergency Medical Services in Stanwood and Bryant plans to offer monthly CPR and first aid training.
Training is scheduled for 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the Freeborn Fire Station, 3231 300th St. NW Stanwood. To register for a class or for more information, call Medical Services Administrator Dennis Graver at 360-387-8043.
