Giving
Toys for Tots drive declared a success
When Everett Golf and Country Club member Denise Benzel heard that Toys for Tots was running low on donations, she started a toy drive.
The club spread the word to members via e-mail, and toys started coming in the next
morning.
“We have had carloads of toys donated and a number of personal checks from our members,” general manager Maria Domann said.
Stanley Peterson donated $2,010. He raised the money after challenging patrons at Taster’s Wok, his favorite bar, to match his contribution
of $500.
Cub Scouts raise funds for food bank
Snohomish Cub Scout Pack 91 raised $2,715 for the Snohomish Food Bank.
The boys and their families raised money during the annual Fella’s Cake Bake in November. They recently presented the check to food bank director Elizabeth Grant.
The Scouts handily surpassed last year’s donation of $1,000.
Bank’s employee group awards grants
The First Heritage Bank Employee Giving Fund recently awarded $10,000 in grants to a number of local nonprofit organizations supporting health, human services and environmental programs.
The bank’s employees contribute to the fund and participate in the selection of grants.
The following nonprofits received grants to support specific programs: Assistance League of Everett, Christmas House, Cocoon House, Domestic Violence Services, Housing Hope, Little Red School House, Project Linus Snohomish County, Puget Sound Christian Clinic, Senior Services of Snohomish County, Sky Valley Food Bank, Snohomish Senior Center and Stilly Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force.
The fund has given grants to nonprofit organizations for the past three years. The fund typically supports nonprofit organizations in communities where First Heritage Bank has operations: Snohomish, Monroe, Marysville, Arlington, Everett and Woodinville. Grant amounts typically range from $250 to $1,000.
Seniors make hats, scarves for kids
The Mountlake Terrace Senior Center donated handmade hats and scarves to Holly House, an organization serving underprivileged children.
The seniors worked all year on this project and donated almost 250 hats and scarves. They also collected toys, socks, underwear and toiletries.
To celebrate a job well done, a Christmas luncheon was served in the home of member Janice Widdifield.
Students collect food, toys
Henry M. Jackson High School and the Mill Creek community in December collected 23,000 pounds of food for the Salvation Army of Snohomish County.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Murphy High School students Daniel Marshbank and Zach Elliott completed a community service project and brought in 1,776 pounds of food and a truckload of toys for the Sky Valley Food Bank.
Not only high schools helped the food bank. Chain Lake Elementary School in Monroe gave 3,025 pounds of nonperishable food. This was the second largest food drive that benefited the Sky Valley Food Bank the past holiday season, director Neil Watkins said.
Firefighters, baristas collect food, toys
North County Fire and EMS firefighters, Resilience Fitness and Stanwood Starbucks baristas teamed up during the holidays to collect food and toys.
They raised about 2,500 pounds of food for the Stanwood and Arlington food banks and more than 750 new toys for Christmas House.
Honors
Arts council, center award volunteers
The Arts Council of Snohomish County and the Schack Art Center named the art center’s Capital Campaign Committee its Volunteers of the Year.
The committee includes Bob and Dona Anderson, Hap and Clay Wertheimer, Marsha Cogdill, Don and Mary Hale, Ross and Sue Miller, Paul Roberts and Morrie Trautman.
These community leaders joined forces in 2006 to create a visual arts education center, which became the Schack Art Center, serving all of Snohomish County. They since have helped raise more than $6 million for the center’s capital campaign.
The Volunteers of the Year put in more than 5,000 hours while serving as members of the campaign committee.
“The passion and dedication of these individuals has been truly inspiring,” campaign manager Glenda Anderson said. “The Schack Art Center would not have been possible without their efforts championing this facility in the community.”
Sheriff’s lieutenant gets appointment
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Lt. Rachelle Heinzen has been appointed interim commander of the Basic Law Enforcement Academy at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in Burien.
Heinzen has been serving as assistant commander at the academy since March. She has been with the sheriff’s office for 13 years. She graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in law and justice.
“Lt. Heinzen represents the highest standards in public safety. I’m proud of her accomplishments and contributions to our county and state,” Sheriff John Lovick said.
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