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EVENTS

Pancakes for a cause

Proceeds from a Norwegian Pancake Breakfast this month will benefit the Hungry Hearts Foundation. The breakfast is served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. Cost is $6; children under age 4 are free.

Hungry Hearts is a Lake Stevens nonprofit that helps feed school-age children in the Lake Stevens School District.

More info: 425-334-0421, www.hungryheartsfoundation.com

Dine with the King

The Carl Gipson Senior Center offers Dinner with Elvis at 6 p.m. Saturday . Local Elvis impersonator Shane Cobane performs favorite hits. Tickets are $17 for dinner and the show or $7 for show only.

More info: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3064490

Sno-Isle Tech celebrates 40 years

Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center holds a 40th Birthday Bash and Family Reunion, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday on campus at 9001 Airport Road. Alumni, friends and family are invited. RSVP to www.surveymonkey.com/r/SISCBDAY.

More info: 425-348-2220

Kite festival on Whidbey

The Whidbey Island Kite Festival runs Saturday and Sunday at Camp Casey in Coupeville. Watch sport kite competitions and a teddy bear drop, enjoy games, learn to fly a kite and more.

More info: www.whidbeykites.org

WAYS TO HELP

Donate to the USO

The Camano Island Women’s Republican Club hosts a fundraiser for USO Northwest at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Camano Island Library, 848 N Sunrise Blvd. USO Executive Director Don Leingang will speak. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. All donations and raffle proceeds will go directly to the USO Northwest’s Sea-Tac Airport Center, which supports military members and their families.

More info: www.ciwrc.com

Help at visitor centers

The Snohomish County Tourism Bureau seeks volunteers to staff its Visitor Information Centers in Snohomish and at the Future of Flight in Mukilteo. Volunteers are needed for weekly three- to four-hour shifts. Training is provided, along with fun tours around the county.

More info: 425-348-5804 ext. 100, stacey@snohomish.org

OPPORTUNITY

Be a library’s friend

Friends of the Library are nonprofit volunteer groups that help support and promote local library programs. Each local library branch — in the Sno-Isle Libraries and Everett Public Library systems — has a Friends group.

In 2015, Sno-Isle Friends groups raised more than $250,000 for local library programs and events, summer reading programs, furniture, technology and more.

Groups typically meet monthly and often have guest speakers. Some charge modest membership dues.

More info: www.sno-isle.org/friends, www.epls.org/159/Friends-of-the-Library

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