Community Extra: Opportunities
Published 9:56 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PAWS adoptions: Shelter lowers fee
Through Aug. 31, PAWS is lowering its adoption fee for all cats, six months and older, to $30. The price is a third of the normal fee, offered in hopes of relieving an overload of cats at the PAWS Lynnwood shelter.
The tough economic climate has increased the number of people asking PAWS to take in cats they can no longer afford to keep. PAWS is trying to accommodate those requests as much as possible, but when space is limited it is reserved for stray animals who need a place to wait for their families to find them.
Cats adopted from PAWS are spayed or neutered, have microchips, have had their first set of vaccines and come with a cat carrier.
More info: www.paws.org.
Donate: Bring food bank your bounty
Marysville Community Food Bank has received more than 2,000 pounds of fresh produce this summer, but more donations are needed to help feed hungry families.
Extra squash, tomatoes, beans, plums, apples or other fresh produce can be donated to the food bank located at 4150 88th Street NE., Marysville.
The food bank also needs volunteers who are willing to glean from local fruit trees when the owners are unable to pick the fruit themselves and don’t want it going to waste. Interested volunteers can call the food bank at 425-658-1054 or e-mail marysvillefoodbank@clearwire.net.
Donation hours are 8 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and again from 2 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Volunteer: Hoop coaches wanted
Marysville Parks and Recreation is seeking volunteer coaches for the youth basketball league for first through eighth grades.
The program focuses on developing fundamentals, teamwork and good sportsmanship in a recreation league environment.
Practices begin the first week of December and the league activities conclude the third week of March.
Volunteer packets are available at the Marysville Parks and Recreation office, located at Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville.
For a volunteer packet, call the Marysville Parks and Recreation office at 360-363-8400 or e-mail dhall@ marysvillewa.gov.
Donate: Humane Society garage sale
The Humane Society’s annual garage sale to benefit the low income animal food bank and medical care for the animals of the low-income will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6326 Lakewood Road, Stanwood.
Small items can be donated at the sale or picked up by calling 360-652-5844. Donations of large dog wire cages, cat carriers and all types of dog and cat food also are needed.
Volunteer: Hospice and Home Care
A free information session to review the volunteer opportunities at Providence Hospice and Home Care is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 16, in downtown Everett.
To register and to get driving and parking information, call 425-261-4815 by Sept. 14.
Learn: How to help during a disaster
Snohomish County Fire District 1 is offering Community Emergency Response Team training for citizens interested in learning how they can help their community during a major disaster.
Classes are set to meet from 6 to 10 p.m. every Monday and Thursday beginning Oct. 12 through Nov. 9 at the Fire District 1 Training Center, 12425 Meridian Ave., Everett.
CERT classes teach citizens about readiness, basic disaster first aid, search and rescue operations, how to put out small fires and the psychological effect of disasters.
The class is free; however, students will need to create or buy a home disaster kit and purchase personal safety equipment to participate in some class activities. Assembled kits will be available for purchase the first night of class.
Online registration is available at the Fire District 1 Web site at www.fire district1.org. For more information contact Tina Delisle at 425-551-1250 or tina delisle@firedistrict1.org.
