GIVING

Student provides service in Kenya

Katie Main of Mill Creek spent January in west Africa as part of a Linfield College student team that offered free health care and food to thousands of impoverished and malnourished Kenyans.

During Linfield’s four-week January term, Main and her classmates traveled to Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya, where they provided services for 2,700 people.

Volunteers grow 550 pounds of produce

The Growing Groceries program and the Families Project worked with local agencies and groups to accomplish goals for 2010.

The Growing Groceries program is run by the Washington State University Snohomish County Extension and the Families Project is a part of the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program.

They secured nearly $3,000 in small grants, built three large garden beds and used five large livestock water troughs to grow vegetables.

Participating families harvested about 550 pounds of produce.

The program included information on gardening, nutrition and cooking.

More than 20 new ECEAP families were recruited for the 2011 project, seven of which are returning families.

Marysville Rotary Club awards grants

The Marysville Rotary Club awarded grants to several organizations.

Senior Services of Snohomish County received $5,000 to help purchase a van for the Meals on Wheels program. The Red Cross of Snohomish County received $1,500.

Housing Hope Beachwood in Marysville received $5,000 from the Rotary club. Kloz 4 Kids received $1,550 and $450 from Rotary program Happy Dollars last month. The Marysville Park and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt was awarded $1,000.

Scrub-a-Mutt, a nonprofit that assists animal shelters, received $1,000 and Christmas House was awarded $3,000.

The Rotary club also donated $10,000 to the Snohomish County Boys & Girls Club for capital improvements to the Marysville Boys & Girls Club.

HONORS

Volunteers honored in Sky Valley

More than 200 people gathered for the 13th annual Sky Valley Community Awards Celebration at Sultan High School to honor 40 people for their volunteer work.

The honorees are:

Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce: Sylvia Howe, Volunteer of the Year; Sky Valley Community Resource Center: Bonita Aadland, Community Leadership Award; Sultan Harvest: Dan Francis, Crew Member of the Year;

Sky Valley Senior Center: Marlene Wilson, Member of the Year; Sultan Food Bank: Bob Wavernack, Volunteer of the Year; Sultan Education Foundation: Shannon Boyovich and Galaxy Theatre, Supporter of the Year;

Sultan-Monroe Masonic Lodge 160: Kevin Naslund, Man of the Year; Gold Bar Red Hat Ladies: Richard Chase, Supporter of the Year, Fonda Ells, Community Service Award and Cindy Anderson, Youth Service Award; Sky Valley Historical Society: Bonita Aadland and Marlene Wilson, Community Service Awards;

Early Words Toastmasters: Connie Dunn, Toastmaster of the Year and Donna Murphy, the Genevieve Award; Sultan Pirates Youth Athletics: Charlie Weaver Bryan LaMunyon, Lifetime Achievement Award; Gabe DeBock, Presidents Award; Jillian Watts and Kaylin Comfort, Cheer Award, Senior Team 2010, Special Recognition; and Kurk Allgier, Pirate of the Year;

Gold Bar Post Office: Pat and Patricia Toman, Volunteers of the Year; City of Sultan: Bob and Teresa Knuckey, Volunteers of the Year; Snohomish County Fire District 5: Emmy Duros and Steve Tonkin, Firefighters of the Year;

Snohomish County Fire District 26: Service Awards to Matt Abers, Scott Dorsey, Brian Schleicher and Jeff Larsen, five years, Andrew Anderson, 15 years, Bill Tubbs, 20 years, Linda Larsen, 25 years, Robbie Hendrix, Member of the Year and Brian Pinelli, Memorial Award;

Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office: Sgt. Craig White and deputy Jeff Ross, Life-Saving Action and Deputies J. Cook and Lucas Robinson, Letter of Appreciation.