Front Porch: Drive to aid Maltby food bank

Gold Creek Community Church will attempt to break a record Sunday for the Maltby Food Bank with a Ten Ton Food Challenge.

Attendees were given shopping lists last week and encouraged to fill their trunks with needed food. As they arrive at church on Sunday they will remove their bagged food from their cars and set the bags behind their cars.

Representatives from Maltby Food Bank will then pick up the food during each service. The food will be weighed, and Gold Creek hopes to break a previous record held by mail carriers from the area of 19,000 pounds.

Pastor Dan Kellogg and Gold Creek Community Church are making an effort to reach out to our community.

Teens can hone writing skills: A teen writing workshop led by author Amber Kizer is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace.

Kizer wrote “Gert Garibaldi’s Rants and Raves: One Butt Cheek at a Time.”

She will discuss how to develop characters, build conflict and more.

Register at www.sno-isle.org.

Tour Everett today: A Historic Everett Downtown Tour begins at 10 a.m. today. Meet at the southeast corner of Rucker and Hewitt avenues.

$10, $5 for members of Historic Everett. Historian Jack O’Donnell leads the tour.

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