SNOHOMISH — Some nonprofit organizations in Snohomish County got a boost late last month with the help of dozens of volunteers as part of Comcast Cares Days.
The annual event was April 30, and more than 2,000 Comcast employees gave their time at 12 sites in Western Washington and Spokane, said Walter Neary, company spokesman.
About 200 Everett-based Comcast workers and their friends and families spent the day working at The Farm Ministries in Snohomish.
The Farm has helped many children and families through its programs. Bruce Karr, its well-known and beloved founder, died last year. His family and a team of volunteers keep the ministry going but money has been tight.
Volunteers from The Farm also worked on April 30.
Crews fixed up the miniature golf course, put in new swings on the playground, planted flowers and spread beauty bark and gravel. They also put a new roof on the Santa House, said Vicki Stevens-Karr, Bruce Karr’s wife.
The Farm held its Easter celebration for homeless families the next day. Everyone enjoyed The Farm’s new look, Stevens-Karr said.
“It was just beautiful,” she said.
At Sky Valley Resource Center, 183 Comcast volunteers cleaned and renovated the buildings, said spokeswoman Thera Martin.
The center is run by Volunteers of America Western Washington and has a community preschool, playground, senior center and food bank.
Volunteers painted and rebuilt shelves in the food bank, built a garden walking area next to the preschool and senior center, painted the preschool and cleaned the playground.
Katya Yefimova: 425-339-3452, kyefimova@heraldnet.com.
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