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There are free clothes to be had at the YMCA’s Community Closet. (Submitted photo)

There are free clothes to be had at the YMCA’s Community Closet. (Submitted photo)

OPPORTUNITY

Meet the future police chief

Get to know the two finalists vying for the police chief position in Monroe. The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Monroe Boys & Girls Club, 261 Sky River Parkway.

More info: www.monroewa.gov

WAYS TO HELP

Stuff the Bus in Everett

Everett Public Schools Foundation’s annual Stuff the Bus for Kids school supply drive continues through Sunday . Shop and drop off donations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at QFC (4919 Evergreen Way) or Fred Meyer (12906 Bothell-Everett Highway). Financial donations are welcome online as well on the foundation’s website, www.epsfoundation.org, where a school supply list also is posted.

More info: Kirsten Hansen, khansen@everettsd.org or 425-385-4693

Stuff the Bus in Marysville

Marysville’s Stuff the Bus school supply drive is now extended through Labor Day. Drop off school supplies at Marysville School District offices (4220 80th St. NE) or The Salvation Army (7227 44th Ave. NE). Financial donations also can be made online at bit.ly/SchoolSuppliesDonation.

A list of needed supplies and an application for receiving supplies are on the Marysville School District website.

More info: msd25.org/stuff-the-bus-2018

Donate cellphones

Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County takes donations of cellphones with chargers. Even without service, cellphones can be used to access 911 emergency services. The nonprofit gives them to clients who need the phones for safety reasons. Drop off donations at the New and Again Thrift Shoppe, 3010 Grand Ave. in Everett, or at other sites in Everett, Brier, Mountlake Terrace and Stanwood that are listed at dvs-snoco.org.

More info: 425-259-2827

There are free clothes to be had at the YMCA’s Community Closet. (Submitted photo)

There are free clothes to be had at the YMCA’s Community Closet. (Submitted photo)

SUPPORT

Free clothes, household items

The YMCA’s Community Closet is open to the public 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursdays at the Everett Y, 2720 Rockefeller Ave. Find free clothes, shoes, hygiene products and small household items.

Non-members will need to sign a waiver form to participate.

The weekly resource is run on donations.

More info: 425-346-6979

Parkinson’s disease help

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation support groups, for those with Parkinson’s or other forms of dementia and their caregivers, are in Bothell, Everett, Lynnwood and Stanwood.

More info: nwpf.org

A movement and dance class to help Parkinson’s patients get control of their movement again is 2 p.m. Thursdays at the Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave. Classes are $10 members, $12 non-members. Wheelchair and walker friendly. Supporters attend free. Drop-ins welcome.

More info: 206-550-4908

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