GIVING

Nonprofit raises $7,400 at event

Clothes for Kids, a local nonprofit that provides clothing to eligible children in Snohomish County, held a luncheon and auction April 2 at the Edmonds Lutheran Church.

More than 120 people attended the event, received a souv

enir cookbook and dined on more than 20 different salads prepared by volunteers.

Volunteer collected the auction items from local businesses.

The guests also donated more than $7,200 to the nonprofit.

“My goal was to raise $3,000 to $3,500,” said Nancy Laird-Burris, program manager of Clothes for Kids. “I was blown away by the response from the volunteers, the community and the attendees.”

The nonprofit has thanked community businesses for their donations and the Edmonds Lutheran Church for the use of their Fellowship Hall.

School House gets a $60,000 grant

Little Red School House received a $60,000 grant from M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust for a technology project.

Little Red School House, founded in 1963, is a community-based service provider that helps Snohomish County families whose children, from infants to toddlers, have developmental disabilities, delays or are at risk of falling behind their peers.

The project includes the creation of a new web-based database and the development of an electronic records system.

The money will allow the nonprofit to increase its services for families in Snohomish County.

Little Red School House provides home-based parent coaching to more than 500 young children and their caregivers each year in addition to its other services, including early intervention by expert speech, motor therapists, social workers and special educators.

The nonprofit also serves more than 800 children through outreach programs in collaboration with Sno-Isle Libraries, the Tulalip Tribes and local homeless shelter providers and child-care centers.

District gets POW/MIA flags

Edmonds and Lynnwood Veterans of Foreign Wars posts presented POW/MIA flags to the Edmonds School District at a school board meeting.

Edmonds VFW Post 8870, commanded by Jim Traner, and Lynnwood VFW Post 1040, commanded by Martin Spani, provided flags to each of the 35 schools in the district to honor the memory of those soldiers who never returned home. The flags also honored the efforts of the teachers and staff of the Edmonds School District to support the nation’s history, traditions and institutions.

The flags will be displayed until the last POW/MIA comes home, on six designated national holidays: Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day.

HONORS

Troop takes first place in science fair

Cathcart Girl Scout Troop 40926 won a first place award at this year’s Cathcart Elementary School science fair for its wormery experiment and display.

The troop created wormeries–one with red wrigglers and the other with earthworms–to see how worms tunnel.

The troop had extra challenges preparing for the science fair due to the snow days in February.

They also made posters for their display.

Their experiment received 18 points out of a possible 20.

Rotary recognizes Melody Clemans

Snohomish Mayor Pro Tem Melody Clemans has been awarded the Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of her service to the Snohomish community.

The award, which includes $1,000, has been donated to the Rotary Foundation for community and international service.

James Church, president of Snohomish Rotary Club, made the presentation during a regular breakfast meeting.

Food bank thanks its volunteers

It is the 2011 National Volunteer Appreciation Week and Sky Valley Food Bank has many volunteers to thank.

Neil Watkins, executive director of the nonprofit, has thanked the efforts of volunteers who contributed 16,241 hours at the food bank last year. The volunteers helped the food bank gather, sort and distribute 790,615 pounds of food to 56,693 clients.

April 10 through April 16 has been declared National Volunteer Appreciation Week to celebrate and thank volunteers for their dedication and commitment.