Front Porch: Take a walk on Camano Island

Published 8:37 pm Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Take a Camano walk

Friends of Camano Island Parks offer a guided community walk at Elger Bay Preserve on Saturday.

Meet at 9:50 a.m. at the junction of Dry Lake Road and Elger Bay Road, just north of Elger Bay Elementary School, 1810 Elger Bay Road.

It is a fairly level trail with one 50-foot elevation gain. The walk includes the signed, interpretive Elger Bay Nature Trail, a demonstration area of the Backyard Wildlife Habitat project. The walk will take place rain or shine.

Trail booklets and maps will be available at the walk for a $1 donation.

For more information about Friends of Camano Island Parks, call 360-387-0889 or go to www.friendsofcamanoislandparks.org.

Sale in Monroe: World Youth Day 2013 offers a second annual Holiday Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 601 W. Columbia St. in Monroe.

For more information, call Tricia at 425-308-3291 or email wydstmaryvalley@gmail.com.

Donate a toy: Cornerstone Academy leadership class is organizing Abbey’s Annual Toy Drive. It’s planned from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Haight Carpet, 207 N. Lewis St. in Monroe.

Bring unwrapped toys and donations.

The drive, which is in its third year, is named after 8-year-old Abbey Aney, who started collecting toys in conjunction with the Sky Valley Food Bank’s Precious Packages program.

For more information, go to abbeysannualtradition.org.