TULALIP — Local heroes and Red Cross volunteers were to be honored Thursday for acts of courage, selflessness and service to community. The 2016 Red Cross Centennial Heroes Breakfast, at the Tulalip Resort Casino, is a fundraising event to help support the American Red Cross serving Snohomish County.
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Clare Waite Humanitarian Award
The Snohomish County Office of Neighborhoods, particularly the sheriff’s office homeless outreach program, is a recipient of the Clare Waite Humanitarian Award. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said the outreach program was created in 2015 to help homeless, mentally ill and chemically dependant people, and to bridge the gap between law enforcement, human services and corrections.
The Everett Police Department is also receiving a Clare Waite Humanitarian Award for similar outreach efforts.
The award is named for a longtime Red Cross employee who died in 2011.
Julie Muhlstein: 425-339-3460; jmuhlstein@heraldnet.com.
More heroes
Among honored heroes, a boy, 12, whose dad had collapsed
At a Stanwood senior center fire, officers kicked open doors
1/4 mile offshore, a dinghy flips and a 6-year-old is trapped
A student was choking, and his teacher knew what to do
Trio rescued unconscious man in water who had fallen 40 feet
CPR and defibrillator help save collapsed racquetball partner
First responders faced ‘a wall of fire’ on New Year’s Eve
Snohomish couple play key roles on Red Cross disaster team
Deputies, county workers, police reach out on the streets
New Family Services center in Darrington ‘belongs to them’
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