FYI
Published 10:58 pm Monday, October 6, 2008
Donate goods to help battered women
The Everett Community College Student Activities Programs Board is collecting toiletries and cell phones through October for Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To donate, bring items to EvCC’s Student Activities Office in Parks Student Union, Room 209, 2000 Tower St., Everett.
Donations requested include twin sheets and blanket sets; bath towels and washcloths; laundry and dish soap; bleach and cleaning products; blow dryers, curling and straightening irons; socks, pajamas and underwear for women and children; slippers; and deodorant.
Donations are not limited to this list.
Donations of cell phones and chargers are also needed. Most cell phones are able to call 911 to provide help during an emergency.
Gulf Coast gets more local Red Cross relief
As three-week assignments end for American Red Cross disaster relief volunteers already deployed to areas of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ike, new waves are heading there as replacements.
Five trained and ready volunteers from the Snohomish County Chapter left for Texas on Saturday to help with shelter staffing and in other support roles for storm victims.
Volunteers are Bill Westlake, Mountlake Terrace; Brendon Anderson, Arlington; Sue Larson, Monroe; Angela Staab, Arlington; and Rock Borchardt, Sultan.
Snohomish Historical Society meets Wednesday
The Snohomish Historical Society presents an interview with Anne Eason, conducted by Snohomish City Councilwoman Karen Guzak, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Waltz Building, 116 Ave. B.
Eason was recruited to fill an empty seat on the City Council in 1970 by then-Mayor Payson Peterson. He stopped by one evening to plead with Anne that he needed a woman on the council to “calm down the boys.”
Eason served two terms.
“We are excited to hear Anne’s story and see how we can learn from the past,” said Warner Blake, historical society president. “Talks such as this give us an opportunity to take the oral history of some of the people who are responsible for making history in Snohomish.”
No reservations are necessary and refreshments will be served.
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