Catholic eighth-graders finish service projects
Eighth-graders at Immaculate Conception-Our Lady of Perpetual Help School recently helped gather food for a food bank for one of their service projects. They collected 861 items.
The eighth-graders also participated in Operation Christmas Wish and led a schoolwide effort to donate to Operation Homefront, which helps support troops and their families. Money from Thursday Masses was donated to the charity.
High-schoolers donate 9,220 pounds of food
Students in the leadership team at Henry M. Jackson High School recently helped provide 9,220 pounds of food for The Salvation Army Food Bank in Everett.
Students collected the food during their annual food drive.
Roughly 20 students helped deliver boxes of canned fruits and vegetables, pasta and other food staples despite snowy weather and school closures.
Kalani Packaging and owner Lono Dickson helped deliver the food. The school’s activities director, Judi Montgomery, and other staff also helped with deliveries.
The school has held the food drive for five years and it is a critical component for keeping the food bank stocked through the winter months, said Jerry Gadek, business administrator for The Salvation Army of Everett and Snohomish County.
Mountlake Terrace kids program receives $3,000
The Mountlake Terrace Recreation and Parks Department’s Kids Krew Program recently received a 2009 Quality Enhancement Grant for $3,000 from School’s Out Washington.
The grant is designed to help improve Washington State’s after-school programs for children ages 5 to 12, particularly those from families with low-incomes, communities of color and those with special needs.
Kids Krew Programs are available at the Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion, Madrona K-8 School and Evergreen Elementary School.
School’s Out received 52 applications from across the state with requests totaling more than $147,000. Mountlake Terrace was among 21 programs to be awarded the grant.
For more information about the Quality Enhancement Grant or Kids Krew Programs, call 425-640-3101.
Gateway students have artwork on display
Students at Gateway Middle School in Everett have their visual arts, photography and literature art pieces on display at the Everett School District Administration Service Center through Jan. 29 along with other students at district schools.
The artwork was designed for the 2008 Reflections Art Program. It can be viewed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 29 at 4730 Colby Ave., Everett.
An artists’ reception is set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Administration Service Center.
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