Community Spotlight
Published 10:44 pm Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Free screening offers a check of your lungs
Free lung screenings are available at a Respiratory Care Week event set for 1 to 7 p.m. today in the Cascade Room of the Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus, 1330 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
Respiratory care practitioners and other health professionals plan to be on hand to raise awareness of respiratory health issues through special screenings, exhibits and activities. Refreshments will be provided.
Timberfest to raise funds for youth
Timberfest 2007, Darrington’s community festival that coincides with Darrington High School’s football homecoming events, is set for Friday.
Parade and festival activities are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in downtown Darrington, and game time is 7 p.m. at the high school football field.
Food, a kids’ carnival, games and an auction are part of the festival.
Sponsoring the event is the Darrington Family Support and Resource Center, a program of Deaconess Children’s Services, a private, nonprofit organization based in Everett.
All proceeds raised from the festival auction will support Darrington Youth Council service projects and Youth Empowerment Through Drama program.
Volunteers set to make a difference
Millions of Americans across the country are expected to spend Saturday doing Make a Difference Day volunteer projects to improve their communities and help neighbors in need.
To find a local volunteer opportunity, dial 211 or click on “Volunteer Center” at United Way of Snohomish County’s Web site, www.uwsc.org. Projects are listed by age, group and interest.
For more information about Make a Difference Day or volunteering, call the Volunteer Center at United Way at 425-374-5534, e-mail volunteercenter@uwsc.org or call the Make a Difference Day hot line at 800-416-3824.
In addition, national Family Volunteer Day is set for Nov. 17. To volunteer or register a local project that needs volunteer help, contact the volunteer center at United Way at volunteercenter@uwsc.org.
Marysville shops looking for carolers
The Marysville Downtown Merchants Association is seeking carolers and musicians for the holiday season.
The association is looking for vocal and instrumental music groups to perform for special events and to stroll Third Street, enhancing the atmosphere for shoppers in December. Holiday songs and music in any language or style are welcome.
For more information or to apply, contact Mary Burns at 360-659-4997 or bookworks@verizon.net.
Flags available for Veterans Day
Lynnwood Rotary and Boy Scout Troop 304 want to see more U.S. flags in residential yards and in front of Lynnwood businesses.
The groups are promoting a “Celebrate America” flag installation and care plan.
For $30, participants can have a flag installed for display on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. After each holiday, the flag will be removed by the groups, cared for and then returned for the next patriotic display.
If the service is purchased before Nov. 11, the full five days in 2008 will be included.
Volunteers from the Rotary and Boy Scouts will visit businesses and residences to offer the service. For more information, call Bob Fuller at 425-640-6990.
