CareFest volunteers needed to help communities
Published 10:40 pm Friday, April 25, 2008
EVERETT — CareFest is an event that lives up to its name.
Starting at 9 a.m. May 3, volunteers will fan out around the county to provide a variety of services, including crafting quilts for traumatized children, doing yard and housework for the elderly and disabled and singing hymns with seniors.
Volunteers from various churches and ministries in Snohomish, Lake Stevens, Granite Falls, Monroe and surrounding areas invite the public to help complete a long list of projects.
Volunteers will serve at Pioneer Human Services, Rachel House, St. Joseph’s House, Cocoon House, Housing Hope, Matthew House, Pregnancy Resource Center and others.
Those who wish to participate can sign up online by going to the event’s Web site, www.carefestsnoco.org.
Those interested in volunteering can scroll through the project list to see project names, places and times.
The daylong event also includes two blood drives hosted by the Puget Sound Blood Center.
One blood drive is scheduled at The Free Methodist Church, 604 Ave. C in Snohomish, and the other is at Summit Rehabilitation, 9514 Fourth St. NE, Suite 101 in Lake Stevens.
For more information, call 425-334-9181 or go to www. snocommchurch.org.
Reporter Leita Hermanson-Crossfield: 425-339-3449 or lcrossfield@heraldnet.com.
