Community Extra: Applause
Published 2:53 pm Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Heart screenings take on personal meaning for volunteersVolunteers from Lynnwood Fire and Fire District 1 had a personal interest in participating in a Feb. 12 Nick of Time Foundation event at Meadowdale High School, which offered heart screenings to youth in memory of Matthew Truax. The two departments were among those who responded Sept. 13 when Truax, a Meadowdale junior, collapsed during physical education class after suffering sudden cardiac arrest.
Medic Dan Grantier had wanted to volunteer with the Mill Creek-based nonprofit before. “But it all became much more urgent” after that 911 call, Grantier recalled.
“When Nick to Time organized a screening at Meadowdale High School in honor of that student, I felt that getting a group of firefighters and medics from the Lynnwood Fire Department and Fire District 1 would be a good way to express our support for the parents of that student and try and make a difference for other students in our community who may be at risk of the same,” Grantier said.
Emergency room staff at Swedish/Edmonds, who also had attempted to revive Truax that day, were expected to be among the volunteers at the screening event.
In all, 555 youth received screenings, a record one-day number for the foundation. That day, the foundation screened its 10,000th young person, Grantier said.
“They are doing yeoman’s work in protecting the youth in the Puget Sound area from catastrophic cardiac events,” Grantier said.
Learn more at nickoftimefoundation.org.
City recognizes Eagle ScoutThe Mountlake Terrace City Council recognized Eagle Scout Kyler Griffith at its Feb. 13 meeting.
Griffith completed his Eagle Scout project at Ballinger Park, 23000 Lakeview Drive, where he installed three message centers that allow posting of park details, interpretive facts and other information such as volunteer efforts and recreational programs.
For more information on Eagle Scout projects, visit the city’s website at www.cityofmlt.com or call Parks and Facilities Superintendent Ken Courtmanch at 425-776-1811.
Eagle Scout honors veterans with projectAt the National Eagle Court of Honor, held at the Cedar Valley Grange in Lynnwood on Feb. 15, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1040 presented the VFW Eagle Scout award to Joe Brown of Troop 49. Brown’s Eagle Scout project consisted of repainting the walls at Lynnwood Veterans Park.
Firefighters bring gift of warmth to kidsFirefighters from Snohomish County Fire District 1 donated 100 coats to local children as part of the national Operation Warm-Firefighters Coats for Kids campaign sponsored by the International Association of Fire Firefighters.
Members of IAFF Local 1828 in Fire District 1 visited Discovery Elementary School south of Everett and provided about 50 new American-made winter coats for each child in the morning kindergarten classes. Firefighters delivered another 50 coats to the nearby South Everett Head Start preschool.
Local 1828 raised funds to purchase 36 coats and KISW 99.9 radio donated the rest.
Soroptimists assist clothing ministrySoroptimist International of Marysville recently presented Kloz 4 Kids with a check for $1,500. Kloz 4 Kids is a ministry of Marysville United Methodist Church and provides clothing to school-age children from low-income families. The clothing bank is open Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings by appointment; call 360-658-1021.
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