Front Porch
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, June 26, 2018
OPPORTUNITY
Ride your bike to market
Everett nonprofit Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop offers bicycle valet service this month at the Everett Farmers Market, held at Boxcar Park on the waterfront. A secure bike corral will be available this Sunday and each following Sunday through July.
The free service is rain or shine, but uncovered. Funded by BIKES Club of Snohomish County. Volunteers are welcome.
More info: sharingwheels.org
JUST FOR YOUTH
Archaeology for kids
School-age children can be “Digging Detectives” at 2 p.m. July 11 at the Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd. Learn how to excavate artifacts and put them together to discover how people lived in the past.
More info: 425-493-8202
Record a drumming remix
Teens and tweens can engage in some bucket drumming with Ian Dobson, 3:30 to 5 p.m. July 12 at the Stillaguamish Conference Room in Haller Park, 1100 West Ave., Arlington. You’ll get to digitally record and remix your own song to share, too. A program from the Arlington Library.
More info: 360-435-3033
A taste of show biz
Show Biz Kids 4-H Club meets next 6:30 to 8 p.m. second Tuesdays at the Horseshoe Grange, 16424 Broadway Ave., Snohomish. Students in kindergarten through high school explore the performing arts.
More info: 360-668-6681 or 425-357-6044
WAYS TO HELP
Project Linus event
Project Linus makes quilts and blankets to donate to Snohomish County kids who have experienced traumatic events. The next event is set for 12:30-2:30 p.m. July 10 (second Tuesday) at the Carl Gipson Senior Center of Everett, 3025 Lombard Ave. Materials are provided. Bring a sewing machine if you have one.
More info: Diane, 425-252-4524
Blood drives
The Red Cross plans a pair of blood drives in the area this month.
Everett: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12 at Providence Mill Creek Clinic, 12800 Bothell-Everett Highway
Snohomish: 2 to 7 p.m. July 13 at First Presbyterian Church of Snohomish, 1306 Lake View Ave.
Make an appointment at redcrossblood.org.
More info: 800-733-2767
Cascade Valley Hospital also hosts a blood drive, noon to 6 p.m. July 13. The hospital is at 330 S Stillaguamish Ave., Arlington. Registration is required.
More info: 800-398-7888
Rock out for flag
The Stanwood Camano Flag Fest features the Chris Eger Band, Geoffrey Castle and Nick Vigarino in concert, 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Kayak Point Golf Course, 15711 Marine Drive, Stanwood. Proceeds will go toward adding a 40-foot U.S. flag and pole to a smokestack in Stanwood. Tickets are $25; children younger than 12 free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.
More info: www.my360tix.com, 425-268-7283
