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Arlington Rotary helps Red Cross, Boy Scouts

Published 1:30 am Saturday, October 28, 2017

By Herald Staff

Arlington Rotary helps Red Cross, Boy Scouts
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Arlington Rotary helps Red Cross, Boy Scouts
Rotary Club of Arlington volunteers Steffen Emard and Jola Barnett help frame a staff cabin for the Boy Scouts at an Oct. 14 work party. (Contributed photo)
Dave Duskin, left, and Devin Brossard get ready to take down an old smoke detector and install a new one at a home in the Riverside Mobile Home Park in Arlington. (Contributed photo)

The Rotary Club of Arlington on Oct. 14 worked to frame two new staff cabins at Camp Fire Mountain, in Skagit County, for the Mount Baker Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Eventually, six of the cabins will be tree houses in the forested area along Lake Challenge. The club often helps with projects at the Boy Scout camp.

Earlier, the Arlington Rotary on Oct. 7 partnered with the American Red Cross to install smoke detectors at Riverside Mobile Home Park in Arlington. Smoke detectors were installed in hallways and bedrooms of nine homes.

That partnership is one of many across Snohomish County that aims to install smoke detectors in homes that have none. So far, about 160 smoke detectors have been installed in 70 homes.

Detectors are installed free for those who cannot afford to purchase their own. A limited number of specialized bedside alarms for those who are deaf or hard of hearing also are available each year. Learn more at getasmokealarm.org.

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